An analysis from the New York Times of internal pay data at the San Francisco company Coinbase showed disparities that were much larger than those in the tech industry. The fast-growing cryptocurrency start-up Coinbase has been rattled in recent months by tensions between executives and employees who said they were being treated unfairly because of their race or gender. More discussion on this article can be found here. Now that Bitcoin's price is soaring, so is the stock price of crypto companies, in particular mining firms. This is in part due to institutional investors wanting to get involved. Shares in companies involved in the crypto space are on the up following Bitcoin's price rally. Also, is the music industry really ready to further adopt blockchain? A great conversation with a music veteran hints at the possibility here. You can find these and more of the week's best stories covering crypto at the link below:
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