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ChainLink hits new all-time high of $9.50
LINK has hit a new all-time high after surging 15% in the past 24 hours Firmly established among the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market cap...
Over 90% of ETH’s Supply Now in Profit
More than 90% of ETH’s circulating supply is now in profit. The last time this level was observed was in early 2018 when the price...
Government-Owned Swiss Bank Launching Crypto Trading and Custody Services
Basler Kantonalbank (BKB), Switzerland’s eighth-largest bank, is getting into crypto through its subsidiary, Bank Cler. Owned by the...
European Bitcoin Exchange Hacked for $1.4 Million, Claims It Cannot Afford to Repay Users
2gether, a Spanish cryptocurrency trading platform, has been hacked for about $1.4 million and company executives claim that they do not...
Bitcoin’s 10% Drop Shrugged Off – Traders Expect More Big Dips On the Way Up
Bitcoin investors are shrugging off the recent drop in value that saw a loss of over 10.9% on Sunday. A number of speculators believe the...
Total Value Locked in Defi Surpasses $4 Billion, ETH Up Over 70% Last 30-Days
Statistics show that the decentralized finance (defi) economy has grown massively this year as the total value locked (TVL) in defi...
Indians Five Times More Likely to Suffer Crypto-Related Hacks: Report
People in India are five times more likely to suffer a cryptocurrency mining hack because of poor consumer awareness, according to a new...
MCO token jumps 39% on token swap announcement
The Crypto.com token, MCO, jumped by more than 39% in the past 24 hours as holders begin to swap their tokens for the Crypto.com Chain...
Bitpatt.com, a Safe, Fast and Reliable P2P Crypto Exchange, Launches Operations
While there are many crypto exchanges, fear of hacking and theft has slowly crept into crypto traders due to many such past incidents. It...
Alleged Twitter Hack ‘Mastermind’ Owns $3 Million in Bitcoin, Bail Set at $725K
Regional reports from Tampa show that the alleged “Mastermind” behind the July 15, Twitter hack owns more than $3.3 million...
Bitcoin, Ethereum and XRP: analysis of July heading into August
Bitcoin hit $12,000 before a flash crash, Ethereum rose to $420 and Ripple rallied to $0.32 Bitcoin hits $12,108 At the beginning of July,...
Publicly Traded Firms Launch New Mining Rigs, Less Hashrate Than Competitors
Two of the top mining manufacturers from China that recently had initial public offerings (IPO) released two new mining rigs. Canaan Inc....
Triple-Entry Bookkeeping: How Satoshi Nakamoto Solved the Byzantine Generals’ Problem
In 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto essentially solved the infamous computational issue called the “Byzantine generals’ problem”...
China Never Banned Bitcoin as Commodity, Beijing Arbitration Commission Explains
The Beijing Arbitration Commission has published an article clarifying that bitcoin’s use as a commodity has never been banned in...
India Proposes Amnesty for Citizens Holding Unreported Gold
The Indian Ministry of Finance has reportedly proposed an amnesty program for citizens holding unreported gold. The government plans to...
Putin Signs Law Giving Cryptocurrency Legal Status in Russia
Russia’s bill to regulate cryptocurrencies has been signed into law by President Vladimir Putin. The new law gives legal status to...
US Court Dismisses Claims Against XRP: Report Shows Ripple Paid Moneygram $15.1M in Q2
The Northern California District Court finds that claims against Ripple Labs and its token made by two investors cannot be proven. The...
Accused of Spreading a FUD Zeus Capital Doubles Down on Chainlink Pump and Dump Claims
Zeus Capital LLP has released a new report reiterating its earlier stance that Chainlink is a giant pump and dump scheme. This new report...
Dispelling the Myth That Bitcoin Proponents Want a Cashless Society
Bitcoin and a great number of other cryptocurrencies are electronic versions of currency. Many people falsely assume that crypto...
Big Travel Firm CWT Pays $4.5 Million Bitcoin Ransom to Hackers
CWT, one of the biggest travel companies in the U.S., this week paid $4.5 million in bitcoin to hackers who infiltrated the firm’s...
Major Chinese Banks Bar Customers From Buying Gold, Precious Metals
Major Chinese banks have taken measures to prevent customers from buying gold, platinum, palladium, and other precious metal-related...
Single Miner Reorgs Ethereum Classic – Devs Report a Chain Split
Members of the Ethereum Classic team reported that the network suffered a reorganization (reorg) today. The blockchain network is asking...
Block 478,559: Bitcoin Cash Fans Worldwide Celebrate the Cryptocurrency’s 3rd Anniversary
Three years ago at approximately 2:14 p.m. ET, the first Bitcoin Cash blocks were mined. That day, block 478,558 was the last common block...
Coinbase Reviewing 19 Crypto Assets for Listing, Including Wrapped Bitcoin and Paxos Gold
Crypto exchange Coinbase said Friday that it is reviewing 19 cryptocurrencies for possible listing. These new assets are: Ampleforth, Band...
Federal Agents Arrest Suspected 17-Year-Old Twitter Hack ‘Mastermind’ in Florida
On Friday a 17-year-old Tampa teenager was arrested in Florida for allegedly being the “mastermind” behind the July 15 Twitter...
US Regulator Zeroes in on Binance Chain as SEC Awards Monitoring Contract to Ciphertrace
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) intends to award a fixed-price contract on a single source basis to Ciphertrace. The SEC...
As Gold Touches New Highs Investors Face Storage Issues, Market Dilution, Threat of Seizures
During the last few weeks, gold has skyrocketed in value over the concerns fueled by the faltering global economy. Despite the fact that...
Chinese Police Take Down $6 Billion Plustoken Ponzi, Arrest 109 People
Chinese authorities have reportedly arrested 109 people in connection with the Plustoken Ponzi scheme. Twenty-seven of them are allegedly...
Chainlink and Aave lead DeFi token upsurge
Chainlink’s LINK token dropped nearly 30% after hitting an all-time high asLEND/USD declined similarly after rallying 600% over...
pTokens project launches pNetwork DAO with staking rewards of 42% APR interest
London, Friday 31st July 2020 – The pTokens project has today launched the pNetwork DAO, giving holders of the governance token $PNT...
Bitcoin fees increase as hash rate hits new high
Average transaction fees and hash rates are surging, even as BTC/USD holds above $11k heading to the monthly close As Bitcoin’s price...
Indian Government Confirms Crypto Bill Is ‘Awaiting Approval’
The Indian government has confirmed in a Right to Information (RTI) reply that the inter-ministerial committee’s cryptocurrency bill...
Bitcoin Trading Is Booming in Uncertain Russia, With 350% Spike in New Users on Paxful
Bitcoin trading is growing in Russia. That’s despite attempts by the government to make it difficult for investors to do so. For...
Stablecoin Cold Storage Backed by Satoshis – Simba is a New Way of Holding Assets in Switzerland
When it comes to Switzerland, first of all, people have associations with first-class chocolate, delicious cheese, the most precise...
Fidelity Digital Assets Quotes Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto in Latest Investment Thesis
Fidelity Digital Assets (FDA) quotes Satoshi Nakamoto in its latest investment thesis report. The thesis is part of a series of reports...
Bitcoin an Option, as Dennis Gartman Says He’s Exiting ‘Crowded’ Gold Market
Gold bull Dennis Gartman is moving out of gold because the market has become “too crowded.” In an interview with Bloomberg on...
Bitcoin Cash Games Launches $3K Leaderboard Tournament to Celebrate the 3rd BCH Anniversary
To celebrate the third anniversary of Bitcoin Cash, the world-class gaming platform Bitcoin Cash Games is launching a leaderboard...
Stimulus Is Failing: Global Banks to Break Support Levels, US Dollar Plummets to 2-Year Low
Central banks worldwide have injected further stimulus into the economy, as European Union (EU) leaders recently approved a $2.1 trillion...
Crypto Exchange Operator Diginex to List on Nasdaq in September
Crypto startup Diginex has launched a cryptocurrency exchange ahead of its Nasdaq listing which has already been approved by the U.S....
Bitcoin Exchange Reserves Drop to a 12-Month Low Fueling Bullish Optimism
The number of bitcoin held on exchanges has touched a 12-month low, as bitcoin exchange balances have reached levels not seen since June...
Cardano sees price dip after launch of Shelley Upgrade
Cardano is trading just above $0.1399 as bulls look to steady prices after a 6% drop The price of Cardano against the US dollar has...
Major Investment Bank Oppenheimer Bullish on Bitcoin, Highlights Instead of Gold
U.S. investment bank Oppenheimer’s analyst says gold is “extended” and has “run up a bit,” bringing...
Up to 72% of Ethereum wallets are in profit
Approximatly 31.86 million Ethereum addresses are currently in profit, more than the total number of Bitcoin addresses with balances As...
‘Huge Demand in India’ Spurs Zebpay to Launch OTC Bitcoin Trading Desk
Indian cryptocurrency exchange Zebpay is launching an OTC bitcoin trading desk. The exchange has shared the details with news.Bitcoin.com,...
Bybit presents World Series of Trading (WSOT) – 200 BTC Prize Pool up for Grabs
While movie theaters may be unusually empty this time of the year, a different kind of summer blockbuster is coming soon, one that...
Tether Prints $300 Million, While XRP Reclaims Third Spot
Tether Ltd printed a total of USDT 300 million Wednesday and this brought the total coins created to 540 million in the last three days...
Zero Collateral: $138 Million in Defi Flash Loans Issued in 24 Hours
The decentralized finance (defi) realm continues to heat up with concepts like yield farming, but another scheme called defi flash loans...
Privacy-Enhancing Protocol Cashfusion Completes Security Analysis
Just a few days prior to the Bitcoin Cash anniversary, BCH fans found out that the Cashfusion audit from Kudelski Security is now...
Bitcoin Tops $11,000 Reigniting Interest in India
A resurgent bitcoin is rekindling Indian interest in cryptocurrencies with reports suggesting many dormant holders are back to trading. A...
Novogratz: Global ‘Liquidity Pump’ Will Keep Bitcoin Rising, Price to Hit $20K This Year
Billionaire investor Michael Novogratz said global “liquidity pump” from stimulus packages will keep driving bitcoin’s...
The Onecoin Debacle: Indictments Unsealed, 2 Dead in Mexico, Story Gets ‘Darker’
The Onecoin fiasco is still making headlines these days as a number of alleged money laundering companies were exposed on July 25, two...
Cake DeFi: A One-Stop Shop for Generating Yield
Cake DeFi, a platform that allows users to generate cash flow through pooled masternode staking and options lending, has created a...
Some DeFi tokens could crash if Bitcoin continues to surge
Bitcoin’s surge above $10k is spelling bad news for the DeFi boom as the market cap of some tokens tank double digits Several tokens...
Crypto Hardware Wallet Firm Ledger Hacked, One Million Customer Emails Exposed
Ledger said on Wednesday that its e-commerce database was hacked in late June, compromising about one million email addresses. No user...
XRP market cap hits $10.8 Billion
XRP climbed to $0.2425 to hit a monthly high as bulls established control with a 10% upside Ripple’s price has pumped for a fifth day in a...
Power Plants in Iran Are Authorized to Mine Bitcoin
Power plants in Iran are allowed to mine cryptocurrencies, the deputy head of the country’s Power Generation, Distribution, and...
93% of Bitcoin’s Supply Profitable at $11K, ‘Realized Price’ Recovers from Black Thursday
Onchain data shows that bitcoin’s breakout above $11,000 puts 93% of the circulating supply in a state of profit. Additionally,...
Ethereum Price Creates GPU Shortage, Some Manufacturers Blame Nvidia
During the last four weeks, cryptocurrency markets have gathered significant value, and the crypto asset ethereum gained over 40% during...
Bitcoin’s Current Breakout Sets It up for $28,000, Headed for Six Figures – Max Keiser
Max Keiser has predicted that bitcoin’s current bullish pattern will lead toward a price of $28,000. While the bitcoin bull does not...
Bakkt Futures Volume Hits $122 million, as Bitcoin Reached New 11-Month High
Volumes on bitcoin futures offered by Bakkt set a record high on July 27, with 11,500 contracts traded on the institutional exchange....
Coinbase Sees More Institutional Investors Buying Bitcoin in H1
Coinbase says more institutional investors are now using its platform to build direct positions in the cryptocurrency market. Crypto fund...
Swiss Exchange SIX Lists Actively Managed Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Product
Switzerland’s principal stock exchange SIX Swiss Exchange is listing a new bitcoin exchange-traded product (ETP). The BTCA index,...
Goldman Sachs Warns US Dollar Risks Losing World Reserve Currency Status, Gold and Bitcoin Soar
Goldman Sachs has warned that the U.S. dollar may lose its status as the world’s reserve currency. The investment bank is bullish on...
A1 Telekom Austria Adds Bitcoin to Payment Service for Thousands of Retailers
Austria’s leading telecom company, A1 Telekom Austria Group, has announced that its merchant payment service now accepts...
Bitcoin spikes to $11,395 as dominance reaches 64%
Bitcoin soared more than 12% to hit a high of $11,395, with dominance in the market surging to 64% Bitcoin has breached $11,000, rallying...
Litecoin breaks out of channel following Bitcoin’s climb
Litecoin pushed more than 10% into the green following Bitcoin’s run to $11k Crypto market outlook Bitcoin’s latest spike in...
Thailand Has Now Licensed 13 Cryptocurrency Service Providers
Thailand has been growing the number of licensed cryptocurrency service providers. The Thai regulators have now approved 13 crypto...
Ignorance and Greed Sustain Cryptocurrency Scams in Nigeria
Nigeria is not only Africa’s biggest cryptocurrency market but is also a leading adopter of digital currencies globally. Official...
Hackers Transfer $28 Million Worth of Bitcoin from 2016 Bitfinex Breach
Around 2,500 stolen bitcoins ($28 million) from the 2016 Bitfinex breach were transferred from the hacker’s wallet on Monday. The...
Bitcoin Fees Skyrocket 590% Since Mid-June – Supporters Think Mempool Size Is ‘Bullish’
Bitcoin fees have grown much larger in recent days spiking to a two-month high to $3.80 per network transaction. The crypto asset’s...
Americans to Buy Bitcoin With Their Second Stimulus Checks After Initial Investment Turned in 50% Profit
U.S. investors may be planning to use their second $1,200 stimulus money to buy bitcoin – again. The U.S. government is, on Monday,...
29 Cryptocurrencies Delisted on Liquid Exchange to Comply With Singapore’s FATF Crypto Regulation
A major Japanese cryptocurrency exchange, Liquid, has delisted 29 cryptocurrencies to comply with the crypto regulation in Singapore in an...
Market Update: Cryptocurrency and Gold Markets Fueled by Failing Global Economy
The cryptocurrency economy has spiked significantly on July 26 into the overnight trading sessions capturing over $300 billion in value....
Multiplier Incentivises Yield Farmers with MXX Tokens
Bitcoin Press Release: Multiplier platform will officially launch the minting of MXX tokens on its platform on the 29th of July, 2020....
3iq Files IPO for Ether Fund to Trade on Canadian Stock Exchange
3iq has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) of its Ether Fund in Canada. The Canadian fund manager’s Bitcoin Fund is already...
Ethereum targets $400 as XRP struggles to gather momentum
Ethereum is ready to test price levels above $350 but XRP/USD looks odds on for a breakdown to $0.20 Bitcoin has exploded above $10,000...
Bitcoin explodes to $10,336 after building over the weekend
Bitcoin touches a high of $10,336 and could climb higher to the $11,000-$12,000 range over the short term Bitcoin price has raced to a...
Cyclebit Empowers Retailers to Accept Crypto Payments In-Store, Online and On-The-Go
Cyclebit is a crypto payment processor that allows merchants to easily accept digital assets payments anywhere, in both offline and online...
Live-Streaming Service Twitch Gives Subscribers 10% Discount if They Pay With Cryptocurrency
The live-streaming service Twitch is now offering a 10% subscription discount for people who register with cryptocurrency. The new offer...
Hyperinflation Hits Lebanon: Food Prices Soar 200%, Biggest Crisis Since Civil War
Lebanon has entered hyperinflation, the first country in the Middle East and North Africa to do so. With a 462% annual inflation rate and...
Exploring Decentraland: A Review of the Virtual World Built on Ethereum
During the last two weeks, I’ve been roaming around the virtual world Decentraland in order to get some perspective on the platform...
Market Update: Crypto Cap Nears $300 Billion, BTC Hits $10K, ETH Rallies Hard
The digital currency economy is steadily approaching a $300 billion market capitalization, as a great number of coins have been seeing...
Visa Moving to Integrate With Digital Currency Platforms
Visa says it is working to integrate digital currencies with its existing global network of 61 million merchants. The global payments...
Popular Indian Youtube Channel Hacked to Promote Bitcoin Giveaway Scam
Following the massive Twitter breach that saw many high-profile accounts tweet about a bitcoin giveaway, a popular Indian Youtuber now...
J. A. McDonald: The Longest Running Case of Mass Hysteria
It is a mass delusion on an epic scale, beyond that of any known mental illness or fallacious belief. It is neither genetic nor viral nor...
ESPN Announces Online Gaming That Allows Bitcoin Deposits and Withdrawals
ESPN Global has announced the launch of a blockchain-powered gaming platform, which will allow competitors to deposit and withdraw using...
Greatest Chess Grandmaster: Bitcoin Empowers Public and Protects Dissidents
Russian human rights campaigner and chess supremo Gary Kasparov has said that the current economic crisis, which has led to unconventional...
New Coronavirus Relief Package Proposed With Second Round of Stimulus Checks for Americans
Republicans have proposed a new coronavirus relief package with a second round of stimulus check payments, a draft summary of the proposal...
1,000 People Had Access to Twitter ‘God Mode’ — 130 Accounts Targeted by Hackers
More than 1,000 Twitter employees and contractors reportedly had access to Twitter’s “God mode” earlier this year,...
Leadership Feud at Bitmain: 10,000 Antminers Go Missing in Inner Mongolia
Reports detail that 10,000 Antiminers have been allegedly stolen from a Bitmain facility in China. Sources say that the missing mining...