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…
IMF Representative of Nigeria Calls for Caution Over…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) resident representative for Nigeria, Ari Aisen recently discussed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) directive that targets crypto entities. In remarks made during a special virtual press briefing, Aisen repeats…
Nigeria Crypto Ban: Stakeholder Body, Politicians Assail Central…
A body representing cryptocurrency and blockchain stakeholders in Nigeria has joined other crypto industry players in assailing the recent Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) directive to banks. The CBN order, which seeks snuff out crypto…
21Shares to list Polkadot ETP on Swiss SIX…
21Shares, a major provider of cryptocurrency exchange-traded products, or ETP, is launching the world’s first Polkadot (DOT) ETP. The new product, DOT ETP, will be listed on the Swiss SIX exchange on Feb. 4, 2021,…
California Man Loses $27,000 in Bitcoin After Falling…
In Daly City, California, authorities are investigating a crypto scam incident where a man lost $27,000 worth of bitcoin. A 48-year-old man claimed the scammers tricked him into giving them the keys to his wallet.…
ETH breaks out vs. Bitcoin — Whats next…
The price of Ether (ETH), the native cryptocurrency of the Ethereum blockchain network, achieved a new all-time high on Jan. 25. At the same time, technical analysis shows that the ETH/BTC pair is breaking out…
Lawsuit Filed to Stop a Global Cryptocurrency Scam…
A class-action lawsuit has reportedly been filed against a cryptocurrency scam that has duped many Indian investors. The scam, promoted in three Indian languages, lures investors by promising up to 900% return on investments. The…
Bitcoin ‘Going Through the Roof’ Unlike Assets Controlled…
Former Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh is bullish on bitcoin. He sees all assets that are not controlled by the U.S. government “going through the roof,” unlike those the Fed purports to control. He has…
Crypto-friendly trading firm eToro rumored to be prepping…
Trading platform eToro reportedly could go public in 2021. Sources told Cointelegraph that eToro has been working with the London Stock Exchange's "Elite" program to prepare for an initial public offering. "EToro does not comment on…
Free TON Community Achieves Sufficient Decentralization With the…
The Free TON community declares achieving sufficient decentralization and mainnet status as a consequence on December 22, 2020. One of the Most Decentralized PoS Networks in the World Free TON was launched May 7, 2020…
The Advantages of Joining the Mining City Community
This article explains the characteristics of the network marketing community based on Mining City and answers one not so simple question – why do most people fail in Multi-Level Marketing? What Google Won’t Tell You…
US Representatives Add Digital Currencies to the 2021…
The United States government is preparing to pass the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and the latest bill includes a broad definition of currencies and includes “digital currencies.” However, after more than 50 NDAA…
Mining City: A Blueprint for Success?
“Together we grow!” This is the slogan of Mining City, a company with a solid foundation in the cryptocurrency market. Is this catchphrase a real promise, or an overstated declaration? Let’s find out. Brick by brick Cryptocurrencies are considered…
HASHR8 Assesses The World Of Bitcoin Mining With…
Bitcoin mining-focused media company HASHR8 has launched the first report in its “Bitcoin Mining Index,” a planned series on the world’s prominent mining regions that offers detail on how the practice is taking shape and…
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Jumps to $14.2K; Ethereum Gas…
Bitcoin is making gains during the U.S. presidential election uncertainty while Ethereum’s gas data is highlighting a DeFi decline. Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $14,061 as of 21:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET). Gaining 2.2% over the…
New Contender Emerges Despite Wikipedia’s Begrudging Listing of…
For nearly two years, Cardano has clashed with Wikipedia over its refusal to list a Cardano page. The online encyclopedia states the listing criteria come down to verifiable information sources and the inclusion of appropriate…
Desperation Among Filecoin Miners Creating a Big Market…
Filecoin miners are paying large investors an annual percentage rate as high as 40% to borrow FIL, the closely-held native token required to participate in the decentralized storage network. This dynamic has created a lending…
Awesome interactive NFT artwork shows effects of sponsoring…
A former baseball player has created a non-fungible token, time-sensitive artwork piece that allows crypto holders to donate Bitcoin to enable two African American boys to fulfill their dreams. According to a representative for the…
Is PayPal’s Crypto Announcement Really All it’s Cracked…
Last week, payments giant PayPal lit the cryptosphere ablaze with the announcement that it would be allowing its users to purchase, sell, and hold a number of cryptocurrencies on its platform. Specifically, the new features,…
Filecoin Offering: Community Alleges Token Dumping, Tron’s Justin…
The recent Filecoin (FIL) token offering is creating controversy as some crypto community members are alleging that an unknown account has received 1.5 million tokens when only 500,000 were due for unlocking. According to reports,…
Finance Redefined: DeFi party’s over, back to building…
This week in DeFi was notable for its lack of notable events. Nobody set new records for the fastest hack of a new contract, nobody famous exit scammed or pulled a DeFi Jesus reincarnation act.…
Pantera says they’re placing a heavier bet on…
In an October 6 webinar, Pantera Capital disclosed that their Digital Asset Fund intends to invest more heavily into DeFi assets than the rest of the market. Source: Pantera Capital.Pantera’s co-chief investment officer, Joey Krug…
US Senate Candidate Is a Hodler, Sees Bitcoin…
US Senate candidate Cynthia Lummis is pro-bitcoin. She bought her first bitcoin during her time in Congress. Now she calls herself a hodler and sees the cryptocurrency as a viable alternative store of value to…
The Yearn.finance factor: Key use cases to explain…
The crypto industry is known for its dramatic price action, euphoria and bubbles. In the latest sustained fad since the 2017 initial coin offering, or the ICO boom, the decentralized finance niche of the industry…
MCS, First Exchange to list TRON’s SUN and…
Singapore, September 20, 2020 — For the first time in the industry, MCS (MyCoinStory), a global cryptocurrency derivatives exchange announced the listing of SUNUSDT futures contract on September 18, 2020. Just a day prior to…
Forex Strapped Nigeria Designates Crypto Assets as Securities
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of Nigeria has designated crypto assets as securities as the authorities step up efforts to regulate Africa’s largest cryptocurrency market. The SEC says the classification of crypto assets for…
Square Launches Cryptocurrency Open Patent Alliance To Protect…
Today, mobile payments company Square launched the Cryptocurrency Open Patent Alliance (COPA), a non-profit focused on keeping patents from becoming barriers to innovation in the space. “Crypto organizations (or even governments) have filed for hundreds…
Blockchain’s demographics seem to be shifting in surprising…
People in their 20s and 30s now appear to make up the majority of crypto traders worldwide. This represents a shift away from previous numbers, which indicated not so long ago that people in their…
Blockchain Battle With China Ensues With New US…
Members of the US Congress have sponsored a non-partisan bill in the hopes of catching up with China’s blockchain development. The “American Competitiveness Of A More Productive Emerging Tech Economy Act,” or COMPETE Act for…
Australian exchanges delist privacy coins amid Chainalysis integration
Pressured by external forces, two Australian exchanges have begun to delist a number of privacy coins including Monero (XMR) and Bytecoin (BCN). On August 24, YouTuber Alex Saunders tweeted a screenshot of what appears to…
An AWS Virtual Machine Is Infected With Mining…
A cybersecurity firm has unearthed a monero mining script embedded in a public instance of an Amazon Web Service (AWS) virtual machine. Now the firm is raising the question: How many other community Amazon Machine…
GHOSTed: John McAfee Breaks Up with His Privacy…
John McAfee, the cybersecurity pioneer and cryptocurrency commentator who founded the computer security company that bears his name, has just announced that he will no longer be associated with the privacy asset project he started…
Why the Decentralized Web’s Development Is Unstoppable
Steven McKie is a founding partner and managing director at Amentum Capital, developer on HandyMiner and HandyBrowser for Handshake and host of the BlockChannel podcast. A version of this article first appeared on Medium. The…
Casa Launches In-Wallet Purchasing
Bitcoin custody solution provider Casa has announced today that it is offering in-wallet bitcoin purchases, allowing Casa App users to forgo exchanges when they add to their HODLings. In a release shared with Bitcoin Magazine,…
South African Bitcoin Investment Company Faces Fresh Scam…
FX Choice, a forex and crypto trading company, is making new allegations that South African bitcoin investment company, Mirror Trading International (MTI) is a multi-level marketing scam. The company says it uncovered this after researching…
Travel Management Company CWT Pays $4.5M Bitcoin to…
U.S.-based corporate travel firm CWT paid $4.5 million in a Bitcoin ransom to hackers who stole sensitive files from the company. According to a July 31 report from Reuters, representatives from CWT (formerly Carlson Wagonlit…
Bitcoin Futures Traders Bet on Bullish Price Action,…
Bitcoin (BTC) futures trading has been on a high since July 21 with both the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Bakkt seeing sizeable increases in volume and open interest for their contracts. This resurgence in BTC…
What Crypto Lender Celsius Isn’t Telling Its Depositors
Standing in a spacious, white living room and sporting a black T-shirt, Alex Mashinsky, CEO and co-founder of cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network, urged his customers to ignore the naysayers. “Don’t listen to the FUD-ers, look…
Crypto Race Heats Up: Bitcoin’s Dominance Ratio Drops…
The largest digital asset by market capitalization, bitcoin has lost a significant share of market dominance during the last few weeks. Bitcoin’s dominance ratio dropped to 61.5% on Thursday, after hovering around 66% for months…
AMFEIX Investors Raise Concerns About Massive Pending Withdrawal…
A number of people who invested in a cryptocurrency company are claiming that the company is scamming its users. The fund in question is called AMFEIX, which promised high-yield monthly returns to its users and…
Twitter Hack Special: $120K Stolen, FBI Investigate, Calls…
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…
Introducing Hashrate Index, An Online Tool For Bitcoin…
The success of Bitcoin ultimately depends on the health of its mining industry. Bitcoin mining is central to transaction validation, the prevention of double spending and the hard cap on the bitcoin supply — basically,…
Paypal Developing Cryptocurrency Capabilities, Letter to European Commission…
Paypal has confirmed that it has been developing cryptocurrency capabilities in a letter the company sent to the European Commission regarding the EU framework for cryptocurrency markets. Recently, Paypal and Venmo were rumored to soon…
Introducing the CoinDesk 20: The Assets That Matter…
Which cryptocurrencies matter most to the market? That question gets tougher to answer every day as new digital assets join the thousands already traded. Those looking to figure out which ones are the most important…
Introducing the CoinDesk 20
Which cryptocurrencies matter most to the market? That question gets tougher to answer every day as new digital assets join the thousands already traded. Those looking to figure out which ones are the most important…
European Blockchain Ecosystem Needs €350 Million for the…
A study report by Leadblock Partners, an appointed representative of Sapia Partners LLP, finds an accelerating growth of the European blockchain ecosystem. The findings of the Leadblock Partners study suggest European respondents have a funding…
Mining Company Ebang’s Stock Listed on Nasdaq Down…
The bitcoin ASIC mining rig manufacturer, Ebang International Holdings, was recently listed on Nasdaq last Friday on June 26. Ebang is now the second mining rig manufacturer to have a U.S. initial public offering (IPO)…
Why the Stock-to-Flow Bitcoin Valuation Model Is Wrong
Nico Cordeiro is the chief investment officer and fund manager at Strix Leviathan. He oversees quantitative research, strategy development, risk management and portfolio allocation. A longer version of this post can be found here. The…
DeFi Protocol Balancer Hacked Through Exploit It Seemingly…
The Balancer automated market maker protocol has been hacked for over $500,000 in a single Ether (ETH) transaction, facilitated once again by a dYdX flash loan. As analyzed by the 1inch.exchange team a few hours…
Yield Farming Pool Concept May Solidify Ethereum’s Role…
Decentralized finance (defi) applications on the Ethereum chain have been growing wildly during the last two years. Now a number of synthetic versions of bitcoin, that leverage the Ethereum chain, has outpaced offchain solutions like…
Bitmain’s Cofounder Accused of Hindering Next-Gen Bitcoin Mining…
On June 11, 2020, regional reports disclosed that the cofounder of Bitmain, Micree Zhan, is still battling with Jihan Wu in an ongoing feud. The quarrel is allegedly causing shipment problems for customers, as reports…
Poloniex, Bittrex Named in Lawsuit Involving the Alleged…
On April 3, the cryptocurrency community learned about 11 class-action lawsuits against various executives and digital asset companies. The law firm that filed the lawsuits is also involved with a class-action against Tether and Bitfinex…
Carl Watner: The Tragedy of Political Government
“What is tragic about political government?” you might ask. Let us return to that question once we have examined the nature of political government and the State. In order to distinguish between government and other…
Despite Russia’s Confusing Crypto Laws, P2P Bitcoin Trade…
Peer-to-peer cryptocurrency trading data shows digital assets like bitcoin are growing extremely popular in Russia, despite the State Duma’s opinions and regulations aimed at crypto assets. On Monday, the Russian government published a draft version…
Russia Leads Global BTC Trading on LocalBitcoins for…
Despite local cryptocurrency uncertainty, Russia is strengthening its leadership on major peer-to-peer exchange LocalBitcoins in the share of Bitcoin (BTC) trading volumes. Russia has traded the most Bitcoin on LocalBitcoins exchange for two consecutive months,…
Meet the US Senate Candidate Who’s Invested in…
Cynthia Lummis was the U.S. Representative for Wyoming from 2009 to 2017, and is now running for U.S. Senate. A budget hawk and founding member of the Freedom Caucus, she first bought bitcoin in 2013…
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…
Bitcoin Hashrate Bounces Back- 2x the Mining Pools,…
Around 18 days ago, the Bitcoin protocol experienced it’s third block reward halving and the network saw a 33% hashrate loss. Since then, however, bitcoin miners have increased in both number and hashpower, as the…
US Plan to Delist Chinese Stocks Could Trigger…
The mounting tensions between the US and China as a result of the ongoing pandemic have contributed to global instability and could ultimately provide a major boost to Bitcoin. The United States House of Representatives…
Bitcoins Price Nears ‘Golden Cross,’ but Will BTC…
The price of Bitcoin (BTC), the top cryptocurrency by market capitalization, is trading down 2.59% for today’s session at $9,540, erasing the push towards $10,000 late on Thursday. Ether (ETH), the second biggest crypto by…
Bitcoin Price Nears ‘Golden Cross’ But Will BTC…
The price of Bitcoin (BTC), the top cryptocurrency by market capitalization, is trading down 2.59% for today’s session at $9,540, erasing the push towards $10,000 late on Thursday. Ether (ETH), the second biggest crypto by…
Bitcoin Hashrate Drops 30% — A Bullish Sign,…
Bitcoin (BTC) hashrate has decreased by 30% in the last three days in line with the predictions made by industry insiders. Before the halving, Cointelegraph surveyed a number of industry insiders about their expectations for…
Bitcoin Cash and BSV Hash Rates Surge Following…
The Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin SV hash rates have recovered following a dramatic fall after their halvings in April, as the Bitcoin hash rate declined since the May 11 halving. According to bitinfocharts, Bitcoin Cash’s…
Tether Held on Exchanges Could Help Forecast Bitcoin…
A crypto data firm representative explained how Tether’s on chain data can potentially forecast Bitcoin’s (BTC) bull runs. Marketing and social media director at Santiment, Brian Quinlivan, told Cointelegraph on May 7 that the percentage…
Billionaire Investor Winklevoss Condemns XRP Army, Points Out…
Ripple’s XRP has once again stolen the spotlight in the cryptocurrency market. This time around it has nothing to do with the millions of tokens dumped by one its co-founder, Jed McCaleb, or the legal…