The first woman to gain more than a million YouTube subscribers is now going all-in on bitcoin to promote financial freedom to her loyal fanbase. “I kind of view bitcoin as similar to YouTube, which…
DeFi Pulse unveils safety ratings to allow users…
Decentralized finance (DeFi) analytics platform DeFi Pulse has launched new safety ratings in alpha to enable users to compare the risks of on-chain protocols. However, the ratings system is still in development and does not…
Ethereum 2.0 Rolls on With Prysm Client Web…
Following the Spadina testnet failure at the end of September, the Ethereum 2.0 Phase 0 rollout looked in serious jeopardy. Billed as a dress rehearsal for ETH 2.0 genesis, core developer Danny Ryan reported several…
Sats-Earning Platform Carrot Wants To Reward The World…
Of its many potential applications, bitcoin as a medium for rewarding microtasks is one of its most exciting. This implementation takes advantage of the technology’s natively digital qualities, its relative freedom from borders and its…
Money Reimagined: Trump, Crypto and Fairer Taxes
For Democrats, it was a moment of truth. For Republicans, it was “fake news.” Among some members of the crypto commentariat, there was a very different reaction to The New York Times’ recent scoop on…
First Mover: Nine (Bullish) Bitcoin Predictions for Final…
A lot of crypto investors like to think of bitcoin as a bet on higher inflation, or as a futuristic hedge on some imagined economic-armageddon scenario – Gold 2.0, as they say. Lately, it’s looking…
Bitcoin price unfazed after $150M hack of major…
In an official statement, KuCoin Global CEO Johnny Lyu confirmed a major hacking attack on Sep. 26. The breach affected the firm’s Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), and ERC20 hot wallets, after private keys were leaked.…
The emergence of cryptocurrency hedge funds
I started exploring Bitcoin first in 2012 and, still today, I am fascinated by the opportunities and future potential digital assets pose as an emerging alternative asset class. One of the most relevant recent developments,…
3 Reasons Bitcoin Just Tanked Below $11K for…
Bitcoin prices tumbled 6.2% Thursday, falling below $11,000 for the first time in a month. The price drop trimmed the largest cryptocurrency’s 2020 rally to 50% and sent digital-asset market traders and analysts scrambling to…
Crypto Long & Short: The Surprisingly Sunny Outlook…
Every epic tale needs a tragic hero, and one of the top candidates for that role in this century’s dramatic passage so far has to be the hedge fund manager. Toppled from their masters-of-the-universe pedestal…
15 Ways to Stay Sane While Trading Crypto
This is not a guide of how to trade crypto. This is not about how to make money, how to invest, or where to find alpha. But if you’ve dabbled in crypto-trading? Then you know…
Blockchain Bites: Ripple’s Rebuff, DeFi’s ‘Degens’ and China’s…
Both the U.S. and China are advancing on their central bank digital currency (CBDC) designs, there’s a new smart contract language for Bitcoin and the Department of Justice (DOJ) seized millions worth of crypto from…
First Mover: As Wall Street Goes Topsy-Turvy, Crypto…
As the coronavirus takes its devastating toll on the U.S. economy, financial pros are increasingly confounded by the markets. The economy is in its worst shape since the early 20th century, and stocks are soaring. The U.S. government’s…
Chainlink Partnership Proposes its Own Take on Human…
Chainlink (LINK), in partnership with a video game called War Riders, has introduced human readable Ethereum (ETH) names. These names will use a different approach than the Ethereum Name Service, or ENS. Removing friction for…
This Model Shows Bitcoin’s Next Big Breakout is…
Bitcoin’s prolonged bout of sideways trading is bound to end eventually, and all the signs are suggesting that the next large trend-defining movement could take place in the coming days or weeks. This recent price…
Developer Reveals Layer-Two Private Messaging and Payment System…
On July 4, 2020, the Bitcoin Cash proponent Cain published an interview with the blockchain developer, Shammah Chancellor, about a new project called Stamp Chat. At its basic level, “Stamp is a prototype of a…
All Inflation? In Bitcoin Terms, Stocks Never Recovered…
Bitcoin (BTC), in fact, crushed stock markets during the Covid-19 recovery with equity “growth” simply down to inflation, fresh data argues. Charts showing stocks denominated in gold and Bitcoin in 2020 show that far from…
On-Chain Analyst: Next Drop May Be Last Time…
The price of Bitcoin (BTC) is consolidating below $9,200, which has acted as a key support level since late May. According to Cole Garner, if BTC breaks down to the $7,000s, it may be the…
Simple Ledger Protocol Universe Is Thriving: Lottery, Mint,…
It’s been close to twelve months since we reported on the vast Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP) universe built on top of the Bitcoin Cash chain. At the time, there were 2,700 unique SLP tokens created,…
Crypto Community Seeks an Edge With Mind-Bending Designer…
They could replace your morning coffee, so the saying goes on morning show broadcasts. Nootropics, sometimes called smart drugs, are a class of performance-enhancing supplements that are seeing widespread use in the tech and crypto…
Bitcoin’s Forks Have Trounced Bitcoin This Year
While bitcoin has outperformed gold and the S&P 500 index in 2020, data shows even better returns among leading bitcoin “fork” cryptocurrencies. These cryptocurrencies are created by copying the Bitcoin source code repository through a…
The Mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto Allegedly Leveraged a Russian…
4,171 days ago in 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto invoked the Bitcoin network after sharing the white paper with people since Halloween 2008. Just recently, it has been discovered that Nakamoto leveraged a Russian proxy to obfuscate…
Samson Mow’s Infinite Fleet Game 2020 Launch Backed…
Prominent Bitcoin figures are working together to ensure the alpha release of Pixelmatic’s Infinite Fleet space adventure game is launched by the end of 2020. Infinite Fleet, under the leadership of Blockstream Chief Strategy Officer…
CryptoKitties Creators Launch Token-Powered NBA TopShot in Beta
Dapper Labs, the team behind the Ethereum-based non-fungible token (NFT)-powered game CryptoKitties, has launched its forthcoming NBA TopShot game in beta. Cointelegraph experienced a sneak preview of the game, which allows players to own, trade…
Blockchain Bites: Your Ultimate Guide to Consensus Distributed,…
As the sun rises on the second day of Consensus: Distributed, CoinDesk TV will draw to a close. We kicked off our virtual event with a 24-hour non-stop live stream featuring more than 50 programs and dozens…
Chainlink Nears Key Support After Being Battered by…
Although Chainlink has been one of the most bullish cryptocurrencies throughout 2019 and 2020, its short-term price action has lagged against that of Bitcoin and many of its other peers. The crypto is flashing some…
CoinJoin’s First Steps: How Dark Wallet Paved the…
CoinJoin. Trustless mixing. Anonymity. Bitcoin Magazine’s September 2013 cover — all black with hints of golden fingerprints — needed only four words to announce a powerful new privacy tool. At a time when industry representatives…
Crucial Moment for BTC, Bull Run Prediction, Halving…
Coming every Sunday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a…