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…
XRP Posts a Bullish Breakout as Altcoins Begin…
XRP has been severely underperforming Bitcoin and the aggregated crypto market throughout the past few days and weeks, struggling to gain any momentum as its price continues hovering within the mid-$0.20 region. This underperformance may…
Crypto Analyst: Altcoins To “Tank” While Bitcoin Runs…
Bitcoin price exploded yesterday, sending altcoins reeling. Today, however, alts have recovered but still haven’t caught up to the top cryptocurrency. One crypto analyst, comparing past market cycles, believes that altcoins are going to “tank”…
World Gold Council Survey Shows Cryptocurrency Investment the…
According to a recent research survey, cryptocurrency investment is a touch more popular than gold in Russia. An organization called the World Gold Council surveyed 2,023 investors and cryptocurrency turned out to be the fifth-largest…
Crushing Bitcoin Dominance Could Decimate Altcoins Through Q1…
The DeFi boom and an explosion of ROI across altcoins helped bring bullish sentiment back to crypto, and it helped push Bitcoin above $10,000 and hold the key level for the longest stretch ever. But…
Analyst: Chainlink Likely to Rally to $16.50 as…
Chainlink has been struggling to break above $11.00 throughout the past few days and weeks. This level has become a strong resistance for the cryptocurrency, and both bulls and bears have largely reached an impasse.…
Getting the story straight: Blockchain to curb fake…
With the United States Presidential Election set for next month, the concern over fake news has once again dominated public discourse. Fake news — the deliberate spreading of verifiably false information under the disguise of…
What Does G20’s CBDC Announcement Mean for the…
Over the past several years, the Group of 20 (G20) has increasingly had its eye on cryptocurrencies. However, until recently, G20 seemed to view and engage with crypto and blockchain technology from a distance. The…
Bitcoin Hash Rate Rockets to New All-Time High;…
From a fundamental perspective, Bitcoin has never been stronger. The benchmark cryptocurrency has evolved from being a speculative asset to a reserve asset that is being widely adopted by retail investors, funds, institutions, and corporations…
Hong Kong Crypto Exchange Launches Hardware Wallet With…
The Hong Kong-based crypto exchange Gate.io has launched a new type of hardware wallet that features fingerprint recognition. The device supports over 10,000 cryptocurrencies with wallet.io and multi-signature functionality with over 40 public chains. The…
Security token trading volume crashed by 60% in…
Following four months of spectacular growth, security token trade volumes have crashed by nearly 60%. From May through August, monthly volume gains for the sector ranged between 113% and 280%, posting record highs that increased…
Sell Setup Combo On Bitcoin Coincides With Ominous…
Bitcoin price has fallen more than $400 from yesterday’s peak. The drop happened abruptly as the daily candle closed and turned to October 13th’s trading session. The collapse also coincides with two sell setups triggering,…
The Great Plague Of Shitcoinery
And the inescapable ravage of modern seigniorage… Originally, seigniorage, also spelled “seigneurage,” came from the Old French language, stemming from the right of the lord (seigneur) to mint money — profiting tremendously from money creation.…
Political Prosecution Of Julian Assange Calls For Nonviolent…
On October 1, 2020, WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange’s extradition hearing at the Old Bailey in London came to an end. What unfolded during 18 days of hearings was a Kafkaesque show-trial of a free press,…
One of Hal Finneys lost contributions to Bitcoin…
In a February 8, 2011 post on Bitcointalk, Finney said that reading a book titled “Guide to Elliptic Curve Cryptography” by Hankerson, Menezes, and Vanstone, gave him an idea of how to speed up signature…
European central bank execs are wrong — Intentionally…
Recently, European central bank executives — Thomas Moser from Swiss National Bank and Martin Diehl from Deutsche Bundesbank — stated that central bank digital currencies don’t need a blockchain. They expressed their opinions by saying…
Ecological Sanity Is Compatible With Human Freedom
In the early days, Bitcoin proposed a simple model of how the world could be transformed: The free market was going to produce inflation-proof money with strong privacy features, which could be used to avoid…
Bitcoin’s Hash Rate Hits New Highs, Leading to…
Bitcoin’s recent price turbulence has not been emblematic of its underlying strength, as the cryptocurrency’s hash rate has been plowing higher throughout the past several weeks and months, just setting another fresh all-time high. This…
Bitcoin’s Hash Rate Surges Higher Despite $2,000 Price…
Bitcoin has faced a strong correction over the past few weeks as legacy markets have collapsed from local highs. The leading cryptocurrency currently trades at $10,250, over $2,000 below the year-to-date high at $12,500. Bitcoin’s…
Judge Dismisses $200M Damages Claim in SIM-Swap Crypto…
A California judge has dismissed the $200 million in damages claim against the telecom giant AT&T for alleged negligence and fraud. The judge still ruled the telecom company had to answer the lawsuit by Michael…
DistX is Taking the Crypto World by Storm
Total Value Locked in Defi Jumped 85% in August, $8 Billion in Assets Held A lot has changed during the last month, as the popular decentralized finance (defi) ecosystem has swelled considerably in value. Since…
No, a quantum computer wont instantly reward you…
A Bitcoin wallet with nearly $700 million is up for grabs — but anyone intending to be a “crypto thief” and nab it will have to crack the password first. Crypto Twitter user Alon Gal…
Digital Platform for Smart-Contracts Barter Smartplace: Future Unicorn…
Total Value Locked in Defi Jumped 85% in August, $8 Billion in Assets Held A lot has changed during the last month, as the popular decentralized finance (defi) ecosystem has swelled considerably in value. Since…
Privacy Options Underutilized in Cryptocurrency Usage: Report
Advances in cryptography have not met with user enthusiasm, suggesting a disconnect between the cryptocurrency community and its cypherpunk ancestors. According to Coin Metrics, transactions of privacy-focused cryptocurrencies zcash (ZEC), monero (XMR), and grin only…
Ethereum Struggles Under the Weight of DeFi Growth:…
For a growing number of Ethereum users, the “rent is too damn high.” Earlier this week, ETH miners–who are responsible for confirming transactions on the Ethereum network–were raking in cash. According to on-chain analytics firm…
The Genesis Files: How Hal Finney’s Quest For…
Once described by PGP creator Phil Zimmerman as “the Mister Rogers of cryptography,” Hal Finney (1956) was known for his relentlessly uplifting spirit. He carried a positive perspective on life with him even when amyotrophic…
Five Signs Bitcoin Dominance Has Bottomed: Are Altcoins…
Bitcoin is up well over 50% year to date, but altcoins have beaten out the first-ever cryptocurrency in 2020. Etheruem, for example, has tripled compared to the number one cryptocurrency, and several others hare outperformed…
Our Hero Hal: Fundraising For A Bitcoin Visionary
Hal Finney is remembered as one of the early pioneers of Bitcoin, a peer-to-peer electronic cash system, and an advocate for widespread use of cryptography to help enhance people’s privacy. Finney was one of the…
A Monetary Layer For The Internet
ARPANET’s First Mark Into Networked Computing Created in February 1958, the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) was a response to the Soviet launch of Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite, to research and develop…
Textbook Signal Is Predicting a Stunning Reversal For…
Ethereum has seen a strong correction from the highs it has seen earlier this month. After peaking at $440, the asset has slid to $385 as of this article’s writing. ETH’s retracement comes as Bitcoin…
Video: How To Use Lily Wallet
Multisignature (or multisig) bitcoin wallet authorization requires the use of multiple keys to sign off on transactions, thus providing extra security over funds and dividing effective ownership of bitcoin among multiple people. Though multisig authorization…
P2P Cryptocurrency Exchanges in Africa Pivot: Nigeria and…
Leading cryptocurrency exchanges are bullish about Africa’s growth prospects as evidenced by their ongoing forays into the continent. During the month of August, Kucoin crypto exchange announced the addition of Nigeria’s naira currency as a…
Analyst: Altcoins Likely to Continue Rallying as Bitcoin…
Bitcoin and the aggregated crypto market have seen some mixed price action over the past few days, with major digital assets showing signs of weakness while smaller market cap altcoins continue seeing bullish price action.…
Hash Watch: Bitcoin Cash Miners Begin Signaling Node…
There’s 88 days left until the Bitcoin Cash upgrade scheduled for November 15, 2020, and the community has been watching miners closely. On August 18, the Bitcoin ABC team published a blog post that revealed…
Bitcoin Hash Rate Hits Record Average High With…
As the price of Bitcoin continues to meet resistance passing $12,000, its hash rate has hit a new all-time high. Data from Blockchain.com confirms that on Aug. 15, Bitcoin’s seven-day average hash rate reached a…
Approach Altcoins With Caution: Bitcoin Dominance Paints Foreboding…
Following Bitcoin’s big breakout weeks ago, altcoins have been rallying left and right. Several majors, mid, and small-cap altcoins have outperformed the first-ever cryptocurrency by a large margin. All that may soon turn around, however,…
Hong Kong Wealthy Move Gold Offshore: Why Bitcoin…
Precious metal dealers in the political and protest torn Hong Kong claim that the wealthy are moving gold offshore following a new security law passed by Beijing in July. Investors fearing that their wealth is…
Bitcoin Price Nears $12K Again as Gold Correlation…
Bitcoin (BTC) saw fresh gains on Aug. 6 as bulls refused to rest and the price steamed toward $12,000. Cryptocurrency market daily snapshot Aug. 6. Source: Coin360 BTC price recovers $1,200 crash losses Data from…
Triple-Entry Bookkeeping: How Satoshi Nakamoto Solved the Byzantine…
In 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto essentially solved the infamous computational issue called the “Byzantine generals’ problem” or the “Byzantine Fault.” Throughout the history of man, people used ledgers to record economic transactions and property ownership. A…
Silver Fractal: Are Crypto Altcoins On the Cusp…
A fractal has been discovered in silver and altcoins that mimics the early days of Bitcoin. Silver is already on the move, starting to follow the fractal, but the crypto market is lagging behind. If…
Bitcoin is Flirting with a Fresh Bull Break…
Bitcoin is now flashing some immense signs of strength as its price pushes up towards its yearly highs of $11,400. This comes as Ethereum, and many other major altcoins, also build technical strength. This ongoing…
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 figures show the country is well ahead of fellow African countries. Citizens of the West African…
Twitter Doesn’t Need Web 3.0 to Solve Its…
Preston Byrne, a columnist for CoinDesk’s Opinion section, is a partner in Anderson Kill’s Technology, Media and Distributed Systems Group. He advises software, internet and fintech companies. His biweekly column, “Not Legal Advice,” is a…
Cardano’s ADA Price Continues Upward Push as Goguen…
Bitcoin’s (BTC) volatility hitting its lowest since late 2018 has forced investors to turn to altcoins that could act as more lucrative investments in their portfolios. Cardano (ADA) has been one of the largest benefactors…
After the Twitter Hack, We Need a User-Owned…
CoinDesk columnist Nic Carter is a partner at Castle Island Ventures, a venture fund based in Cambridge, Mass., that focuses on public blockchains. He is also the co-founder of Coin Metrics, a blockchain analytics startup.…
3 Key On-Chain Metrics May Explain Chainlinks Meteoric…
The price of Chainlink’s LINK token has increased 480% since the beginning of 2020/ These three key metrics may explain its rise. LINK price 2020. Source: Nomics. Is it another pump? Chainlink has been in…
Tag Team of Powerful Sell Signals Could Take…
With Chainlink setting a new all-time high and entering price discovery mode, all eyes turned to the altcoin called Tezos. In the past Tezos and Chainlink have risen in the same tides. If history repeats…
Max Keiser: Bitcoin’s Rising Hash Rate Shows Confidence…
Bitcoin’s recent mining rewards halving that took place just a couple of months ago went off without a hitch and has had a negligible adverse impact on the dynamics seen amongst the cryptocurrency’s miners. This…
Bitcoin Miner Death Spiral Cancelled as Hash Rate…
Following the Bitcoin halving, concerns over miner capitulation have proven unfounded. The week just gone saw the network hash rate reach a new all-time high of 125 million TH/s. Source: blockchain.com Significant pullbacks occurred in…
Sell Signals On Ethereum and Others Could Mean…
Chainlink set a new all-time high and has gone parabolic. Dogecoin has gone viral. Even XRP is pumping. The crypto space is clamoring that altcoin season is finally here. However, sell signals appearing on the…
Small Cap Altcoins Have Outperformed Bitcoin By 5x…
Over the last several years of crypto bear market, Bitcoin has vastly outperformed altcoins of all types. However, now that the first half of the year is in the books, data shows that alts have…
Here’s How Bitcoin Could Crush the Ongoing Altcoin…
Bitcoin is flashing some signs of strength as it pushes towards $9,400. This marks a break above the resistance it has faced at $9,300 over the past week. Although BTC has only climbed slightly today,…
3 Reasons Cardano (ADA) Suddenly Surged by 85%…
The price of Cardano (ADA) increased from $0.074 to $0.137, by more than 85% in less than two weeks. It surpassed Bitcoin SV (BSV) to become the sixth-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. Cardano surpasses Bitcoin…
Bitcoin Price Stalls at $9,300, Altcoins Rally to…
Within the last few hours Bitcoin (BTC) price pushed above $9,300 after struggling to hold the $9,300-$9,400 level for the past three days. The move was accompanied by a notable surge in purchasing volume which…
Chainlink’s LINK Crypto Hits All-Time High on China…
Chainlink blockchain’s native asset LINK hit an all-time high Tuesday. The crypto topped at $5.76 on Binance exchange, up by about 4,164 percent from its first day of trading. Its gains appeared as a part…
Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Is Vulnerable to ‘Looting’: New…
Savvy attackers might be able to “loot” bitcoin from others by way of the Lightning Network if users aren’t careful, a new cybersecurity report warns. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem computer scientists Jona Harris and…
This Leading Altcoin Only Has 8% Chance of…
Altcoins have been absolutely dominated by Bitcoin over the last several years of crypto bear market. While the first-ever cryptocurrency has reached nearly 50% of its former all-time high, most altcoins remained down 90% or…
Encryption Crackdown: Private Phone Network With 60,000 Users…
An international law enforcement team has brought down an encrypted phone network with 60,000 users worldwide. The platform was one of the largest providers of encrypted communications, widely used by organized crime groups. UK’s National…
Renowned Cryptographer Says His Patent Was an Obstacle…
Tatsuaki Okamoto explains why his “electronic cash” patent might have presented an obstacle to Hal Finney in his ambition to create his own electronic currency. Six key patents Sometime before Dec. 6, 2004, Hal Finney…
This New Economic Narrative Could Shift the Tides…
Bitcoin has been closely tracking the traditional markets in recent months, which is part of the reason why it has been caught within such a persistent trading range since the start of May. The equities…
How Cryptocurrency Funds Work
Cryptocurrency funds are a new type of investment vehicle that parallels traditional portfolio investments, like hedge funds, but are composed entirely out of digital assets. Because of this, they play by slightly different rules than…
Brutal Drop In Altcoins Anticipated as Bitcoin Dominance…
A brutal drop in altcoins may be coming if the bottom of a two-year-long bullish channel holds in Bitcoin dominance. If it breaks down, however, altcoin season may finally be here. Why Bitcoin Dominance Matters…
Someone Has Been on a $200M Crypto Exchange…
A cybercriminal group has allegedly stolen around $200 million from cryptocurrency exchanges over the past two years. In total, they are believed to have hit 10 - 20 victims across the United States, the Middle…
Bitcoin Is the Technology of Dissent That Secures…
The U.K. hearing of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s U.S. extradition on the week of February 24, 2020, presented a test of Western liberal democracy. The indictment of Assange under the Espionage Act for publishing classified…
Altcoins Pumping on Cryptocurrency Exchange Listing Brings Back…
You can’t teach an old dog new tricks, but apparently, listing an older cryptocurrency on a new exchange can bring back memories of the cryptocurrency bull market that once was. An altcoin being listed on…
Breaking Bitcoin: Crypto Proponents Discuss Honeywell’s 6 Qubit…
On June 19, 2020, the massive industrial firm Honeywell told the public the company is now running a quantum computer that effectively leverages six effective quantum bits, or qubits. Honeywell’s machine is two times more…
Freaky Friday: 60% of Bitcoin Contracts Expire This…
With Bitcoin consolidating for nearly six weeks and the cryptocurrency community expecting a major move as a result, open interest in BTC options has been surging across the market. This coming Friday, June 26, nearly…
Crypto Leaders on the Future of Bitcoin: Join…
The shock of the COVID-19 pandemic had a profound effect on the cryptosphere–most famously, perhaps, on March 12th, crypto’s ‘Black Thursday’, when the price of Bitcoin plummeted from nearly $8000 to under $5000 in less…
How Will Top Analyst’s S&P 500 All Time…
As Bitcoin maintains its positive correlation with the S&P 500, a top analyst has predicted an all-time high for the U.S. benchmark. Research firm DataTrek published a note earlier this week that the S&P would…
Bitcoin Difficulty Sees Two-Year Record Surge as Hash…
The Bitcoin (BTC) mining difficulty has seen its biggest upward move for over two years after warnings over BTC price selling pressure. According to data from on-chain monitoring resource BTC.com on June 17, the latest…
Not So Private: 99% of Zcash and Dash…
Chainalysis says it can track 99% of transactions involving Zcash, and almost all of Dash’s – coins that both fancy themselves as private and untraceable. Now, that’s because the majority of users do not utilize…
Analysts Think the Stock Market Has Peaked; Why…
The stock market has been caught within an intense uptrend over the past couple of days while Bitcoin consolidates within the upper-$9,000 region. The ongoing equities rally has come about due to renewed hopes of…
How Tether On Ethereum Is Rapidly Becoming The…
While all eyes are on Bitcoin, as the cryptocurrency community watches and waits for the asset’s next uptrend to begin, another crypto asset has gone parabolic – but not in price. The market cap and…
You Say You Want a Revolution: What Blockchain…
“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” R. Buckminster Fuller The world is beset by wicked problems. Due to…
Bitcoin Looks “Sharp” After Shrugging Off These 6…
Bitcoin has been on a wild ride over the past several years, incurring massive volatility and bearing witness to many pivotal events that will help shape its future. Many of these events have had bearish…
Bull Flag Forming On Bitcoin Dominance Could Deal…
Browsing through crypto Twitter or any Bitcoin or cryptocurrency-related subreddit, lately, there’s been talk of an altcoin season brewing right under the noses of crypto investors everywhere. However, a bull flag forming on BTC dominance…
Why An Even Deeper Correction Is Expected For…
The crypto asset known as Theta was the hottest altcoin in the space during May, but false rumors of a partnership with Google led to a strong selloff. The downside in the cryptocurrency looks to…
‘Zorab’ Fake Decryption Tool Exploits Ransomware Victims’ Desperation
Hackers can be real jerks. A new form of malware has been developed to imitate decryption software that is supposed to help people who have already been victims of ransomware encryption attacks. The Most Diverse…
Years-Old Cybersecurity Vulnerably Exposed in Blockfolio
As of April 22, there are approximately 5,400 cryptocurrencies being traded with a market value of $201 billion United States dollars. The 24-hour daily trading volume has recently been hovering around $100 billion, a key…
Bloomberg: “Bitcoin will approach record high of about…
The latest report from Bloomberg reveals that the company expects Bitcoin (BTC) to retest the record highs from 2017, and may even go as high as $28,000. COVID-19 & Institutions helping Bitcoin The report suggests…
Bitcoin Crash May Be Profit-Taking To Prepare For…
As difficult it may be to believe, you’ve read that headline accurately – altcoins may finally be ready to break out against Bitcoin and bring the battered and beaten asset class more in line with…
S&P 500 Sell Signal May Drag Bitcoin Back…
The lingering correlation between Bitcoin and the S&P 500 may be soon coming back to haunt the cryptocurrency market if a chillingly accurate sell signal sends the major US stock index tumbling back towards Black…
Ethereum Chart Makes It Clear: Altcoin Season Is…
All throughout the crypto market, small-cap altcoins going on massive rallies brought back the return of talk about an impending altcoin season. However, a pair of coinciding sell signals triggering on Ethereum price charts likely…
Bitcoin Hash Rate Falls Lower Than Black Thursday,…
Bitcoin‘s hash rate, a measure of the amount of processing power fueling the cryptocurrency’s underlying blockchain protocol, has fallen to a low beyond the levels seen following the Black Thursday market collapse aftermath. Does this…
BTC Dominance Signals Abrupt End to Crypto Altcoin…
BTC dominance – a metric that weighs the entire Bitcoin market cap against other crypto assets – has been falling in recent weeks, giving many small-cap altcoins a chance in the limelight. The short-lived altcoin…
Bitcoin Hash Ribbons Indicate Post-Halving Miner Capitulation Has…
Hash ribbons, an indicator used to depict the health of Bitcoin miners powering the network, has just signaled capitulation for an unprecedented 4th time in this market cycle. And according to the tool, post-halving miner…
Japan’s Crypto Garage Is Raising the Bar for…
This is a sponsored article provided by Crypto Garage. At Tokyo-based Crypto Garage, innovators are working to create a wide array of specialized cryptofinance tools to help facilitate a transformation of our financial world into…
Wild Satoshi Theories: The Curious Case of Bitcoin…
On Wednesday, 50 bitcoin mined on February 9, 2009, was moved from the original address to a new address. The movement of coins caused a great commotion throughout the cryptocurrency community, as some individuals assumed…
Bitcoin Rallied 28% Two Weeks After Satoshi-Era Coins…
So-called “Crypto Twitter” was set ablaze today by an unusual 50 Bitcoin transaction made by a Satoshi-era wallet from 2009 that has been dormant for over a decade. News of this initially led many to…
Hackers Target Enterprise Blockchains
When blockchain technology was first brought to the public’s attention, it was lauded on many fronts as “unhackable.” While there are many benefits to blockchain worth noting already, we probably still haven’t seen what its…
Are Altcoins Silver To Bitcoin As Gold? Unusual…
Bitcoin has long been referred to as the digital counterpart to the scarce physical asset and precious metal, gold. But could altcoins be the digital silver to Bitcoin as digital gold? According to an incredibly…
Blockchain Bites: Last Day of Consensus, Will Crypto…
Top Shelf Consensus: Distributed ended on a high note with a keynote address from Juan Benet, founder of Protocol Labs, who granted a rare interview as he closed out the week-long virtual conference. Speaking widely on…
Forget BTC Price, It’s Now Possible to Trade…
Bitcoin (BTC) holders now have a new tool to leverage the largest cryptocurrency’s growing ecosystem as two new futures markets go live. In a blog post on May 15, derivatives platform FTX confirmed it had…
Bitcoin Climbs Past $9.5K as Analysts Stress ‘Decoupling’…
Bitcoin (BTC) rose to reclaim $9,500 on May 14 as the recovery from last weekend’s $1,200 crash gained fresh momentum. Cryptocurrency market daily overview. Source: Coin360 BTC price up 11% in days Data from Cointelegraph…
Blockchain Technology: A Remedy for De-Globalization?
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly impacted the world both economically and socially, serving to aggravate political tensions while driving nationalist protectionism. Despite the full extent of the pandemic being not yet fully…
Tether USDT Surpasses XRP as the 3rd-Largest Cryptocurrency
Tether’s USDT has just surpassed XRP in market capitalization, becoming the third-biggest cryptocurrency in the moments leading into the Bitcoin halving. Sitting with a market cap of $8.79 Billion, it is now bigger than XRP, whose…
Tether USDT Surpasses XRP as the 3rd Largest…
Tether’s (USDT) has just surpassed XRP in market capitalization, becoming the third biggest cryptocurrency in the moments leading into the Bitcoin halving. Sitting with a market cap of $8.79 Billion it is now bigger than…
Chainlink Brings Verifiable Randomness to Ethereum
On May 11, Chainlink (Link) announced the launch of a verifiable random function (VRF) that enables generation of on-chain trusted randomness. Ii is undergoing security review on the testnet where it is available for integration…
Bitcoin Dominance Exposes Altcoins To Bounce or Die…
Over the last month, Bitcoin dominance has grown by nearly 3%. The climb has largely been driven by the asset’s block reward halving set for less than 24 hours from now. The latest move in…