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…
Verge of disaster: 200 days transactions wiped from…
Privacy-focused blockchain network Verge (XVG) has experienced a significant block reorganization, replacing transactions dating as far back as July 2020. Despite being described as potentially “the deepest reorg that has ever taken place in a…
Traffic to Binance surges to record highs, site…
Leading crypto asset exchange Binance was forced to suspend its spot and margin trading services just a few minutes after its CEO took to Twitter to boast the platform had smoothly handled new record highs…
Central Bank of Nigeria Orders Banks to Close…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has circulated a letter directing banks and financial institutions to identify and close accounts of cryptocurrency transacting entities. The directive, which took immediate effect, threatens “severe regulatory sanctions” to…
Central Bank of Nigeria Orders Banks to Close…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has circulated a letter directing banks and financial institutions to identify and close accounts of cryptocurrency transacting entities. The directive, which took immediate effect, threatens “severe regulatory sanctions” to…
Crypto-Friendly Travel Firm Travala Becomes the First Merchant…
Crypto-friendly travel website Travala has announced the integration of a brand-new payment application, Binance Pay. With such a move, the travel booking company becomes the first merchant to implement Binance Pay as a payment form…
Binance Coin hits all-time highs as BNB surpasses…
Binance Coin (BNB), the in-house token of cryptocurrency exchange Binance, saw its price hit a new all-time high this week, passing Bitcoin Cash (BCH) by market cap. BNB/USD 1-week candle chart (Binance). Source: TradingViewBNB, Binance…
Privacy-Centric Cryptocurrency Firo Suffers 51% Attack on Its…
The proof-of-work (PoW) cryptocurrency Firo announced that its protocol came under a 51% attack, notifying its holders to stop transactions. Formerly known as Zcoin, the privacy coin was reportedly subject of a blockchain reorganization attack.…
As Bitcoin rises above $41K, can Coinbase keep…
Coinbase is under the microscope as the Bitcoin price surged past $41,000 following a minor retrace after topping $40,000 on Thursday. The United States-based crypto exchange is known for experiencing serious connectivity issues during periods…
How DeFi trading is evolving after a whirlwind…
When the history books are written about cryptocurrency, 2020 will be remembered as the year decentralized finance exploded in popularity. A powerful illustration of how this young, often misunderstood space has grown comes from DeFi Pulse.…
Binance Fractal That Last Sent BNB Up By…
Binance’s native token BNB was among the few gainers on Tuesday as the rest of the high-cap cryptocurrency assets corrected lower. Binance Coin trades inside a medium-term ascending parallel channel. Source: BNBUSD on TradingView.com Binance…
Buterin Blasts Ripple’s Defence Against Pending SEC Lawsuit
It finally happened. After years of uncertainty on the matter, the SEC is taking decisive action against Ripple. The point in question is whether Ripple’s native XRP token is a security or not. Late yesterday,…
Elon Musk Ponders Tesla Putting Billions Into Bitcoin,…
Tesla and Spacex CEO Elon Musk made a series of tweets about bitcoin on Sunday. One of them concerns whether it is possible to buy bitcoin in “large transactions,” particularly for Tesla to convert its…
Bitcoin price blasts by $17.5K, but not all…
The price of Bitcoin (BTC) exceeded $17,400 in a strong intraday rally. On Coinbase, BTC even came close to the $17,700 mark, setting a new two-year high. As BTC glides through the multiyear resistance above…
Report: Binance Launched US Arm to Deliberately Evade…
Leaked documents allegedly created by Binance’s senior executives revealed how the world’s most influential cryptocurrency exchange planned to evade US regulations and profit from American investors. The document, obtained and exclusively published by Forbes, dates…
CZ: The Pandemic Situation Has Benefited the Crypto…
Despite the “Black Thursday” crash in March this year, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) said the panic situation has been good for crypto, especially in terms of segment growth. The comment came during an interview…
Foresight or folly? Data show 70% of exchanges…
A recent survey by cryptocurrency data aggregator, CryptoCompare, shows that centralized exchange operators do not see the emergence of decentralized trading venues like Uniswap as a threat despite growing volume and activity in the DeFi…
Leading Auction House Christie’s Listing Bitcoin Art for…
The world’s largest auction house, Christie’s, will be presenting Bitcoin artwork for the first time. Block 21 of “Portraits of a Mind,” an art project showcasing the original Bitcoin code by Satoshi Nakamoto, will include…
OKEx CEO slams Binance’s Changpeng Zhao for promoting…
OKEx CEO Jay Hao called out Binance and its CEO Changpeng Zhao for their recent support of certain DeFi projects. He also claimed that Binance Smart Chain, or BSC, is highly centralized, noting that it is…
Why Binance Coin (BNB) Rose by 55% in…
Binance Coin (BNB), the native token of Binance Chain and Binance Smart Chain (BSC), surged by 55% in 13 days. Some high-profile investors anticipated the strong performance of BNB following the release of BSC. The…
Analyst Sees Ethereum in “Reversal Stages” as Price…
Ethereum is on the track of registering more losses eves as it trades 196 percent higher on a year-to-date timeframe. A pseudonymous analyst highlighted a string of technical and fundamental catalysts that could push the…
Is SushiSwap an Exit Scam? Crypto Community Decries…
SushiSwap’s SUSHI token holders were left holding the bag this weekend after ‘Chef Nomi’, the project’s pseudonymous founder, suddenly sold $13 million worth of the tokens. The apparent financial exodus from the project has led…
Defi’s Raw Deal: Sushiswap Creator Transfers Multi-Sig Control…
After a number of individuals from the crypto community accused the anonymous developer Chef Nomi of exit scamming, the developer transferred the project over to Sam Bankman-Fried, the CEO of the trading platform FTX. On…
Hacker behind 1,400 BTC Electrum wallet theft transacted…
On Aug. 30, a Github user made a post about losing 1,400 Bitcoin (BTC) via an elaborate hack that affected his Electrum wallet. N-chain analysis indicates that the hackers had a Binance account and that…
Hacker behind 1,400 BTC Electrum wallet theft transacted…
On Aug. 30, a Github user made a post about losing 1,400 Bitcoin (BTC) via an elaborate hack that affected his Electrum wallet. N-chain analysis indicates that the hackers had a Binance account and that…
Binance may know who is behind the 1,400…
On Aug. 30, a Github user made a post about losing 1,400 Bitcoin (BTC) via an elaborate hack that affected his Electrum wallet. N-chain analysis indicates that the hackers had a Binance account and that…
Binance’s “Build for Bharath” Accelerator Program to Boost…
Binance has announced the launch of “Build for Bharat,” a new hackathon and accelerator program for the DeFi ecosystem in India. The announcement came on in a post on Binance’s official blog on August 23rd.…
BlackRock, Vanguard, Indirectly Hold Bitcoin Via MicroStrategy Investment
Earlier this week Bitcoin (BTC) bulls and crypto investors were thrilled by the news that MicroStrategy, a Nasdaq-listed business intelligence company worth $1.2 billion, had formally adopted Bitcoin as its primary reserve asset by purchasing…
Binance Futures Launches BTC-Margined Perpetual Futures Contracts
Cryptocurrency exchange giant Binance is today launching Perpetual Futures contracts margined with Bitcoin with a leverage of up to 125x. According to a press release that was shared with Finance Magnates, the contracts are to…
Ethereum Classic Considers Network Rollback Following $5.6M Theft
Ethereum Classic suffered a 51% attack last weekend, the second such attack in less than two years. Initial investigations at the time showed no evidence of double-spending. Ethereum Classic (ETC) price drops after reports of…
Binance Coin Up 20% on DeFi IEO Hype;…
Binance’s native token BNB surged by more than 20 percent after its CEO Changpeng Zhao announced his plans to launch an in-house decentralized finance product. The BNB/USD exchange rate on Sunday established its quarter-to-date high…
Was The CryptoForHealth Twitter Hack Good For Bitcoin?
This article originally appeared in our Weekly Bits newsletter. If you want our news and analysis before anyone else, make sure you subscribe now! As I prepared to send this newsletter out last week, something strange…
Binance CEO Believes Bitcoin is Going to $1…
In an interview with Altcoin Daily, Binance founder, and CEO, Changpeng Zhao (CZ) answered true to Bitcoin reaching a $1 million valuation one day. However, considering that the price prediction came from a quickfire, true,…
Bitcoin Price Predictions by Top Analysts Are Usually…
Since Bitcoin (BTC) price rallied above $19,000 in 2017, crypto analysts have issued an amazingly wide range of price predictions on the date and value of the next all-time high or low. Sometimes these predictions…
Hacker Gains Control of Binance, Bitfinex and CoinDesk…
Twitter accounts of both crypto exchange Binance and its founder Changpeng Zhao were hacked by an anonymous user, drawing attention to the security issues involved and how easy it would have been to implement a…
Binance CEO CZ Showcases First Use of Binance…
Binance’s CEO has just demonstrated the first use of Binance Card, a cryptocurrency debit card that was first announced by Binance in April 2020. In a July 10 tweet, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao revealed that…
Binance At Last Confirms Autumn 2020 Launch of…
Binance first announced plans for a UK crypto trading platform in mid-June. The company has now confirmed an Autumn 2020 rollout. Source: binance.com The UK platform will provide GBP and Euro on/off ramps via bank…
Twitter Users Can Now Send Crypto to Each…
Torus, a Singaporean crypto key management platform, now allows users to send cryptocurrencies through social media platforms like Twitter. With Torus’ latest update, v1.7.2, users can now send tokens to any Twitter or GitHub account,…
Binance Donates $70k of PPE Equipment to Hospitals…
Binance Charity (BC) has donated $70k worth of personal protective equipment (PPE) to eighteen hospitals and government institutions in the Philippines. The contribution, which includes sanitizer, goggles, masks, gloves, and overalls, is intended to keep…
Binance Completed Its Biggest Upgrade Ever and Says…
Binance just completed its largest upgraded on June 28, making the world’s largest crypto exchange faster, announced founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao, or CZ. Anticipating the next bull run The trading platform has reportedly re-wrote…
Binance Pool Is Now the Largest Bitcoin SV…
A year after removing Bitcoin SV from its exchange in April 2019 and the mining pool operated by leading crypto exchange Binance now produces more blocks than anyone else. According to crypto statistics and services…
Binance Adds New Bitcoin Futures as Crypto Market…
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has launched a new Bitcoin (BTC) futures product despite institutional investors showing fresh uncertainty about the future. In a blog post on June 11, Binance revealed its quarterly futures contracts had gone…
Goldman Scandal, BTC Bull Trap Fears, How Libra…
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…
Grayscale is Now Buying 1.5 Times the Amount…
Crypto fund manager Grayscale Investments is accumulating Bitcoin at a rate equivalent to 150% of the new coins created by miners since the May 11 block reward halving. According to data published by independent crypto…
Justin Sun Responds Over Steemit Hardfork: Vows to…
In February this year, Justin Sun’s Tron Foundation purchased social media crypto DApp Steemit. Following that, Sun and the Steem leaders were at loggerheads over who would lead the community. Ultimately, a month later, this…
CZ on Binance’s New Chinese Domain: ‘Let’s Focus…
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange and owner of crypto pricing website CoinMarketCap, is getting closer to one of the most crypto-sceptical jurisdictions in the world, China. After leaving the country amid a nation-wide crypto…
Binance is Planning to Enter Chinese Crypto Market:…
Popular crypto exchange Binance is planning to enter the Chinese market with the launch of its new China website. This comes after Binance was forced to leave China following strict regulations that shut down all…
CZ May Have Pulled An Elon Musk-Style Gaffe…
In a recent tweet, Binance (BNB) CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) may have inadvertently admitted his involvement in the management of the recently acquired CoinMarketCap (CMC). Following in Elon Musk’s footsteps? Zhao’s tweet from May 14…
CoinMarketCap Initially Rejected the Metric That Now Puts…
Crypto markets data aggregator CoinMarketCap yesterday changed its methodology to rank exchanges on their web traffic by default — a metric that puts CoinMarketCap’s new owners Binance in the top spot. But this stands in…
Brave Browser (BAT) Has the Largest Potential Crypto…
Brave browser continues its phenomenal growth rate, hitting 13.8 million users at the end of April. Of those users, 1.7 million have opted into the crypto rewards system, according to co-founder Brendan Eich. Brave Browser…
Survey Shows Many BTC Holders Use Hardware Wallet,…
A survey posted to Reddit shows that most crypto holders store the majority of their Bitcoin in hardware wallets and keep a backup of the private keys on a sheet of paper. Reddit user gunnaj…
3 Key Factors Why Bitcoin Price Exploded to…
The Bitcoin (BTC) price increased from $7,700 to $9,500 overnight, increasing by 23%, according to Coinmarketcap, in less than 24 hours. The three main factors that catalyzed Bitcoin’s recent rally are record-high spot exchange volume,…
Binance Sees Record High Trading Volume as Investors…
The crypto market has been able to add on over $20 billion to its total capitalization, with the upswing seen today by Bitcoin and many of its smaller counterparts marking a full erasure of the…