Laszlo Hanyecz has the honor of conducting the first commercial Bitcoin transaction: trading 10,000 bitcoin for about $30 worth of pizza… https://www.coindesk.com/blockchain-bites-iran-and-russia-revisit-crypto-regulations-bitcoin-pizza-day-10-years-later

During a Monday appearance at CoinDesk’s Consensus: Distributed, Buterin appeared to confirm a July launch date put forth in February by the lead researcher of the Eth. 2.0 project, Justin Drake… https://www.coindesk.com/vitalik-buterin-clarifies-remarks-on-expected-launch-date-of-eth-2-0

With companies closing, unemployment rising and investors spooked in the age of the pandemic… https://www.coindesk.com/starting-a-bitcoin-startup-during-the-covid-19-crisis-feat-yan-pritzker

The “Great Lockdown” is redrawing the bitcoin mining landscape as the economic crisis makes smaller operations less profitable and access to China’s hardware supply chains crucial… https://www.coindesk.com/in-canada-theyre-essential-in-argentina-theyre-shut-down-bitcoin-miners-reckon-with-covid-19

Reddit is experimenting with recording points and perks on a blockchain… https://www.coindesk.com/reddit-may-use-ethereum-for-a-new-token-based-points-system

The digital assets lending field seems to be heating up with Blockchain.com starting to offer lending directly to retail consumers globall… https://news.bitcoin.com/blockchain-com-borrow/