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February 19, 2020 CRYPTO FIRST: Coinbase, the San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange, says it’s the "first pure-play crypto company" to be approved as a Visa principal member. While Coinbase could issue cards to other crypto companies under its new status in theory, the firm said the membership would allow it to offer new features for its Coinbase Card and expand to new markets. Full story CODERS’ CONUNDRUM: An old debate is resurfacing in the bitcoin developer community: how to update the software when no one's in charge. The catalyst this time is called Taproot/Schnorr, a years-in-the-making privacy and scaling upgrade that's seen exciting progress recently, and has now reached the "pull request" review stage. Full story NO USERS: Contents Protocol, an $8 million ICO content-sharing project, is shutting down citing “negative perceptions” of crypto brought regulatory uncertainty and difficulties in onboarding new users. The platform said Wednesday it will refund investors as much as $7.5 million-worth of the ether (ETH) raised in its token sale. Full story FLYING THE FLAG: Samsung Electronics unveiled a suite of flagship blockchain phones in the Galaxy S20 range, which are equipped with a new "secure processor dedicated to protecting your PIN, password, pattern and Blockchain Private Key." Full story PROTOCOL BEFORE PEOPLE: In her first opinion piece as a CoinDesk columnist, Jill Carlson implores developers to forget about the end users, for once. "Users are generally the sign that product-market fit has been achieved, Carlson said. Yet, it's not enough to satisfy the wants of consumers, but "about the wants and needs of the developers and dreamers who will get us there." Full story RECENT HIGH RE-TEST: Bitcoin's convincing move back above $10,000 has revived the immediate bullish case and shifted risk in favor of a re-test of recent highs near $10,500. The bullish case looks stronger with gold, a classic haven asset, rising toward seven-year highs above $1,610 on the coronavirus scare. Both bitcoin and gold have moved nearly in tandem this year. Full story   BREAK IN, BREAK DOWN: The top-line story on today's Markets Daily podcast is the recent attack on ethereum-based lending project bZx, which made off with $630,000-worth of ETH and rocked the DeFi community. Though the ne'er-do-well exploited "flash loans," synthetic assets and a price oracle, John Biggs and Adam Levine break down the event in a way even your grandpa can understand. Listen in WHO WON #CRYPTOTWITTER   Copyright © 2020 CoinDesk, All rights reserved.  Our mailing address is:  250 Park Avenue South New York, NY, 10003, US  Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list