Pseudonymous Grin founder Ignotus Peverell has stepped away from the project, reassuring the privacy coin’s community that it is in “s...
Why Bitcoiners Are Turning to Unschooling for Decentralized Education
Unschooling is an alternative education movement quickly gaining popularity and currency worldwide. Like Bitcoin, it is an individual...
A Wannabe Netflix Raised $575 Million on Ethereum – Then Ditched Crypto
What started as a $575 million token sale is now a rewards program for watching videos. TaTaTu’s initial coin offering (ICO) was amon...
Goldman Sachs CEO Hints Bank Might Launch ‘JPM Coin’-Like Crypto
Goldman Sachs may ultimately take part in the crypto disruption of finance, according to its CEO, David Solomon.
Bitcoin Heading for Fifth Month of Gains Despite Price Correction
Bitcoin is still on track to close with gains for the fifth straight month, despite having witnessed a double-digit technical correctio...
IMF Predicts Central Banks to Issue Digital Currencies
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) believes that central banks may issue digital currencies in the future, according to a report ...
Kik Hands Off Defend Crypto Frund to The Blockchain Association
The Blockchain Association, a collective of advocates involved with the blockchain industry, has taken over the Defend Crypto fund se...
Research: Only 30% of Known Stablecoins Are Live and Operational
Only 66 stablecoins — 30% of total announced tokens — are actually live and operational, according to a study published by the block...
Craig Wright Intends to Call Three Expert Witnesses to His Evidentiary Hearing
The man who claims to have invented Bitcoin, Craig Wright, will be appearing in court on Friday, June 28 in West Palm Beach, Florida ...
Koinex Exchange Shuts Down Ahead of Crypto Regulation
Another Indian crypto exchange has shut down permanently due to the banking restriction and regulatory delays. The exchange cites den...
The Politicization of Money: Crypto as a Safeguard Against Economic Propaganda
Money has come a long way since its origins. From cowry shells to crypto, transferable, divisible, and economically sound means of ex...
Trump Administration in Talks With Crypto Startup on Israeli–Palestinian Peace Plans
The Trump administration has tapped Israeli crypto startup Orbs to develop blockchain solutions for the region’s longstanding political...
Ethereum Co-Founder’s Polkadot Closes Token Sale, Claims $1.2 Billion Valuation
The Web3 Foundation has closed on a private sale of tokens to fund the development of Polkadot, the ambitious blockchain interoperabili...
US Lawmakers Question Terrorist Use of Facebook Cryptocurrency
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives questioned Financial Crime Enforcement Network (FinCEN) director Kenneth Blanco about Fac...
Charles Hoskinson Thinks Cardano Will Prevail Over Libra in Emerging Markets
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson claimed that emerging markets are where cryptocurrencies matter, and that Facebook’s announced vir...
ETC Labs Unveils ETC-ETH Interoperability Solution Backed by Metronome
San Francisco -based incubator for the blockchain Ethereum Classic ( ETC ), ETC Labs, has announced that it has partnered with crypto...
House Reps Question FinCEN Director on Libra’s Potential for Illegal Usage
Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ( FinCEN ) Kenneth Blanco briefed several members of the United States House on ...
8 Irate Quotes From Officials Who Hate Facebook’s Digital Currency
The best thing about Facebook’s proposed digital currency isn’t its BTF consensus algorithm, account-based data model or single Merkl...
Market Rebound Boosts Adoption of Cryptocurrencies for Payments
The use of digital assets to make payments is growing, according to a recently published study. It reveals that cryptocurrency’s role ...
Ethereum Tokens to Trade on Swiss Stock Exchange via R3 Tech
Public blockchain tokens will soon be trading on a major securities exchange. Revealed exclusively to CoinDesk, Swiss security token fi...
Buried in Facebook’s Libra White Paper, a Digital Identity Bombshell
Facebook’s Libra white paper includes a brief but potentially seismic nod to digital identity standards.
It’s Now Harder to Mine Bitcoin Than Ever Before
Bitcoin mining has become competitive than ever. Bitcoin mining difficulty – the measure of how hard it is to earn mining rewards in ...
Bitcoin’s Price Is Up 43% in 7 Days as Bull Frenzy Grips Market
With bitcoin’s rise to 17-month highs, the Mayer multiple (a ratio of price to the 200-day moving average) is teasing a break above 2...
Coinbase Pro Announces Support for Chainlink Token
Major cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Pro has added support for Chainlink, according to a blog post on June 26.
Bitwise to Launch Another Crypto Exchange-Traded Product
Crypto asset manager Bitwise has partnered with Swiss fintech startup Amun AG to launch another multi-crypto-based exchange-traded...
Northern Trust Hands Off Blockchain Solution to Fintech Firm
Northern Trust has handed over its blockchain platform to fintech firm Broadridge Financial Solutions, according to a press release o...
The Guns N’ Bitcoin Scorpion Case Holds Your Shooter and Your Satoshis
Digital assets have become very valuable over the last few years, spawning a string of devices that protect cryptocurrencies from mal...
New Crypto Guidelines From FATF Have Far-Reaching Implications
The FATF (Financial Action Task Force) has revealed updated guidelines that would require cryptocurrency and digital asset exchanges—...
Iranian Energy Grid Blames 7% Consumption Increase on Bitcoin Miners
Mostafa Rajabi Mashhad, the spokesperson for Tavanir, an Iranian state-operated grid entity, has explained that electrical consumption ...
What Indonesia Reveals About Facebook’s Libra Plan
Facebook published plans for the Libra cryptocurrency in seven languages, including Indonesia’s Bahasa – a move that offers perhaps the ...
CFTC Approves LedgerX to Settle Futures in Real Bitcoin
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has cleared bitcoin derivatives provider LedgerX to offer physically settled bitcoin fu...
Wait for October: New Bitcoin Miner Demand Is Again Outstripping Supply
Bitcoin’s ongoing bull run has juiced demand for new mining equipment, putting pressure on manufacturers to produce enough machines t...
Bitcoin Price Parabolic Advance Continues Past $12,000
Bitcoin price has continued its rapid growth and on June 26 it hit $12,000 for the first time in over a year, according to Coin360 . ...
Germany: CDU and CSU Union to Integrate Blockchain Into Public Services
In Germany , the CDU and CSU Union wants to integrate blockchain technology into public services, Cointelegraph Deutschland reported ...
Europol Arrests Six People Allegedly Behind $27 Million Bitcoin Theft
Europol, in conjunction with the United Kingdom’s South West Regional Cyber Crime Unit, the Dutch police , Eurojust, and the U.K.’...
48 Crypto Exchanges Approved in the Philippines
The number of approved cryptocurrency exchanges has been growing in the Philippines. In addition to 11 operators registered by the cen...
Facebook’s Libra Cryptocurrency: Bad for Privacy, Bad for Competition
Allowing Facebook to mint its own coin, the Libra, would turn it into the greatest anti-competitive trust case in history. It would mak...
Bitcoin on Track for Best Second Quarter Price Gain on Record
Bitcoin’s 165 percent gain so far this quarter is the best second quarter performance on record and the highest q...
Two Israeli Brothers Arrested for Phishing Fraud, Bitfinex Hack
The Israeli Police cyber unit arrested two brothers, Eli and Assaf Gigi, for allegedly perpetrating a multi-year phishing scheme and p...
Ethereum-Based Synthetic Asset Platform Loses Over 37M Tokens in Oracle Attack
The Ethereum -based synthetic asset issuance platform Synthetix has lost over 37 million synthetic ETH (sETH) in an oracle attack , acc...
AICPA Proposes New Standards That Would Apply to Blockchain-Based Audit Data
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) has proposed a new set of standards for audit evidence including acco...
Crypto Analyst Says Bitcoin Price Could Hit $100,000 During Next Bull Run
ThinkMarkets chief market analyst Naeem Aslam predicts that bitcoin ( BTC ) will hit somewhere between $60,000 and $100,000 during its...
New Betting Game Allows People to Wager on BTC's Next Block Fee
Bitcoin core ( BTC ) prices have been rising sharply over the last few weeks and people have also noticed BTC transaction fees have s...
BCH Development Fund Doubles Its Goal After a Successful Month
In May, a group of Bitcoin Cash ( BCH ) supporting businesses and individuals launched a fundraiser to support BCH development.
A Monumental Fight Over Facebook’s Cryptocurrency Is Coming
Given how slowly Washington lawmakers have taken to devise a coherent, informed view of cryptocurrency, the Chair of the House Financ...
TrendMicro Detects Crypto Mining Malware Affecting Android Devices
A new cryptocurrency-mining botnet has been detected exploiting Android Debug Bridge ports, a system designed to resolve app defects in...
Why Ethereum’s Privacy Matters and What’s Being Built to Support It
Mixers. Computational data layers. Zero-knowledge proofs: these are just a few of the technologies being leveraged to enhance privacy o...
A Blockchain System for Azerbaijan’s Digital Economy
Azerbaijan has been a hotbed for a series of ambitious fintech-related announcements over the past several months, as the nation’s au...
Sharding, Explained
1.What is sharding? Sharding is a form of database partitioning, also known as horizontal partitioning. The process involves break...
Ethereum Co-Founder Criticizes Facebook’s Libra Token for Centralization
Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin said that Facebook’s Libra token is like “a centralized wolf in a decentralized sheep’s clothing”...
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