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…
US Elections, COVID, Zombies, & Bitcoin: Miko Matsumura…
With less than three weeks to go until the presidential election, all eyes are on the United States and on the country’s economy. Indeed, throughout this COVID-ridden year, the financial steps that the Federal Reserve…
The Great Financial Reset: IMF Managing Director Calls…
As the global economy shudders from the disastrous effects of central planning, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director in Washington, DC, Kristalina Georgieva is calling for a “new Bretton Woods moment.” Georgieva spoke about…
Scammers Are Impersonating Kraken Listing Staff on LinkedIn,…
Scammers have been impersonating members of Kraken’s token listing team and employees in recent weeks, promising coverage of projects in exchange for a fee. Kraken, a digital-asset exchange operating from the United States, said Friday…
DeFi Token LEND Turns Into AAVE With a…
The transformation of Aave’s native asset LEND into a new symbol, titled “AAVE,” has begun with a 25 percent price surge. In retrospect, the team behind Aave announced two weeks ago that it would transfer…
Top 5 Crypto Derivatives Exchange in 2020
Crypto derivatives are now among the most common financial products on any cryptocurrency exchange or trading platform, thanks to increased interest among the trading community. Trading crypto derivatives has its own advantages as it allows…
DeFi traders blame YFI price collapse on shorting…
Yearn Finance (YFI) price has been in a serious rut during the past 2 weeks and many in the crypto community blame the sharp correction on Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the CEO of Alameda Research and…
Digital Yuan Trial Goes Live But Fears Over…
After years of rumors and leaks on Chinese social media, Shenzhen residents became the first in the country to trial the digital yuan. Distribution of funds took place via a lottery-style promotion with 50,000 “red…
Defi Community Members Aim to Sue Yearn Finance…
Members of the decentralized finance (defi) community are upset with Yearn Finance founder Andre Cronje over the mishap with Cronje’s secret Eminence (EMN) project. The Eminence protocol gathered $15 million before the project was ultimately…
Yearn finance (YFI) gains 36% as DeFi tokens…
In the past 72 hours, Yearnfinance (YFI) surged by 58% after dropping to as low as $12,260 at a few exchanges. Three factors that may have catalyzed the sharp rebound are: YFI had become deeply…
Yearn.finance (YFI) gains 36% as DeFi tokens follow…
In the past 72 hours, Yearn.finance (YFI) surged by 58% after dropping to as low as $12,260 at a few exchanges. Three factors that may have catalyzed the sharp rebound are: YFI had become deeply…
How the Decentralized Web Transfers Wealth From Corporations…
The internet of today is broken. We can use the internet, but we don’t own anything we do. Companies control our domain names, the content we host on web servers and our access to the…
SEC Bitcoin Blunder: Regulator Accuses John McAfee Of…
One of the crypto industry’s earliest supporters and the man who predicted Bitcoin would reach $1 million by the end of this year, was just arrested in Spain for tax evasion. That man is John…
Meet the Yield Farmers Plowing Cryptocurrency’s Riskiest Trend
One is a Grammy Award-winning musician with lots of spare time. Another is a software engineer with nowhere to go during the pandemic. There’s also an editor for a data site and a fund manager…
Venezuela’s State-Run ‘Defi’ Crypto Exchange Goes Live After…
Decentralized finance (defi) is allegedly coming to Venezuela after a recent decree from Venezuelan President, Nicolás Maduro and the United Socialist Party of Venezuela. The government recently introduced a defi platform called BDVE that purportedly…
Uniswap Captures $2 Billion Locked, Dex Volume Outpaces…
The decentralized exchange (dex) built on Ethereum, Uniswap has accumulated a whopping $2 billion in total value locked (TVL) this week. Tuesday’s data shows out of all the decentralized finance (defi) application’s Uniswap dominates the…
Matic Takes Step Towards Solving High Ethereum Gas…
Matic has just announced that Tether is now available on their network. The Matic team tweeted that this would help Ethereum immensely by diverting activity away from the mainchain. 1/ The industry’s leading stablecoin, Tether…
Crypto Co-ops and Game Theory: Why the Internet…
If the internet was a person, ARPANET was its first tooth, Facebook was the pubescent rage of middle school and Bitcoin was the key to its first car. Today, we find ourselves riding shotgun, unsure…
Token Projects to Recover $130M from the Kucoin…
The cryptocurrency community has been discussing the Kucoin hack as a great number of ERC20 projects have frozen, paused, or reversed their smart contracts after the hack. Estimates say that at least $129 million ERC20…
Blockchain Bites: DeFi Meets NFTs, TSLA Beats Bitcoin…
Bitcoin is moving off exchanges, has been less volatile than TLSA and broke its record for longest streak trading above five figures. Also: Bitwise’s bitcoin fund has more than doubled in size, KuCoin was hacked…
Defi Token Exposed as Pump and Dump Scam…
A leaked Telegram discussion by 50 so-called crypto influencers has exposed the extraordinary steps they take in order to profit on the back off unsuspecting defi investors. According to a leaked screenshot of the chat,…
Crypto-Fueled Market Openbazaar to Close Shop Unless OB1…
On September 25, the creators of the decentralized marketplace, Openbazaar, announced that unless the project can gather community funding, the supporting services like seed nodes and the API wallet will shut down. The firm behind…
What price must Bitcoin reclaim for a renewed…
Volatility was expected throughout the week regarding the expiration of a significant amount of futures. However, this didn’t really happen while the macro-economic environment also remains uncertain. A hack of a major cryptocurrency exchange on…
Makerdao Vote to Not Compensate Black Thursday Victims…
Large Makerdao holders decided not to compensate the victims that were liquidated during the unexpected flash crash that took place on March 12, otherwise known as ‘Black Thursday.’ An aggregate total of 38 votes was…
Craig Wright’s Summary Judgment Denied – Billion Dollar…
On Monday afternoon, Judge Beth Bloom, from the District Court of Florida, denied Craig Wright’s summary judgment and the infamous billion-dollar bitcoin lawsuit will go to trial in January. The court published a 93-page decision…
DAOs Will Never Govern the World (at This…
The enthusiasm for decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) continues to gain momentum as the crypto industry recognizes that monetary systems need governance; yet the gap between promise and implementation is demonstrated by the incidence of rage…
How 100 Pre-Loaded BCH Stickers and a Spoof…
An anonymous Bitcoin Cash (BCH) supporter says he deliberately started a spoof which successfully got the local media to report on the coin. The method, which involved the use of 100 Bitcoin Cash tip stickers,…
How a Spoof Turned Into a Media Hype…
An anonymous Bitcoin Cash (BCH) supporter says he deliberately started a spoof which successfully baited local media to report on the coin. The trick, which involved the use of 100 Bitcoin Cash tip stickers, only…
Ethereum’s Gas Spike Forces Coinbase Pro to Pass…
While Ethereum network fees have jumped to new highs this year, the popular cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase Pro, announced that the trading platform would be passing network fees onto customers. The move followed the exchange listing…
UK Mulls Over Negative Interest Rates, US to…
The Bank of England is now seriously considering implementing negative interest rates while the U.S. Federal Reserve has pledged to keep interest rates near zero for years. Some analysts say even the Fed will soon…
UNI defies price dump predictions, emerges as top…
The token, which was airdropped to past Uniswap users in batches of 400 per wallet without warning yesterday, has defied predictions that the market would crash from its initial pricing of $3 as the 75,235…
Bitcoin Unlimited Launches Two-Option Voting App Powered by…
On September 16, the Bitcoin Unlimited development team launched a new application called Votepeer. The software is powered by the Bitcoin Cash network and allows anyone to set up a transparent two-option voting process. This…
‘Growth hacker’ hides 100 caches of Bitcoin Cash…
An anonymous benefactor manipulated social media to get on the news in the Californian city of Bakersfield to encourage the adoption of Bitcoin Cash. According to a Sept. 17 blog post from the Bitcoin Man…
Report: Market Valuation of 14 Banking Giants Shed…
The world’s largest banks lost a considerable amount of market valuation amid the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new report that estimates financial incumbents lost $635 billion. Between December 2019 and August 2020, the market…
DeFi carnage, Chef Nomi’s admission, $625K prize for…
Coming every Sunday, Hodler’s Digest tracks every important crypto news story from the previous week. Essential reading for all Hodlers! Top Stories This Week DeFi goes boom as top tokens crash by 50%…
Rapper TI Cryptocurrency Fraud: Charged and Fined $75,000…
Rapper TI and four other people, including film producer Ryan Felton, have been charged by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over fraudulent token sales. TI, or Tip as the rapper is also known,…
IRS to Pay $625K to Crack Monero, Crypto…
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) wants to pay a contractor $625,000 if they can crack layer-two privacy schemes and the privacy-centric crypto asset monero (XMR). The tax agency says that the entity has “limited…
Defi Project Yfdex.Finance Vanishes With $20M Investors’ Funds…
Yfdex.Finance (Yfdex), a new liquidity mining pool, has reportedly exit scammed, making off with up to $20 million of investors’ funds. The decentralized finance (Defi) project convinced people to hand over their life savings following…
‘My heart is crypto’ — Dave Portnoy says…
Dave Portnoy, the founder of Barstool Sports, is coming back to Bitcoin (BTC) after abruptly abandoning trading digital currencies when his Chainlink (LINK) investment went belly up. In a recent video, Portnoy said his “heart…
Soaring Ethereum Fees Could Cause A Gloomy Future…
Ethereum has been a stand out star in the crypto market in 2020. Even with the recent over 15% collapse, the top-ranked altcoin is up over 200% year to date and 350% from the Black…
Prepping for an Airdrop: Prominent BCH Community Members…
On August 18, 2020, the Bitcoin ABC development team announced a “feature freeze,” which will include a new Infrastructure Funding Plan (IFP) and a week later explained it was also initiating a “governance council.” Despite…
Maria Bustillos on Tokenizing Journalism, the Death of…
Maria Bustillos, founding editor of the digital magazine Popula, is also one of the founding members of Brick House, an umbrella of independent publishers operating under a collectivist business model. An earlier supporter, and benefactor,…
Here’s The Reason Bitcoin May Not Break $20K…
Bitcoin breaking through $10,000 immediately brought with it the return of talk of new all-time highs. But the longer the cryptocurrency stays this far below the stock-to-flow model, the more likely lengthening market cycles become…
Federal Reserve’s Major Policy Shift to ‘Push Up…
The U.S. Federal Reserve has announced a significant policy change to push up inflation. Bitcoin is set to greatly benefit from this policy change. Not only the price of bitcoin could surge past $500K, but…
‘Bitcoin Will Never Ditch You’ Ad Dominates Front…
The number of bitcoin ads appearing in major newspapers is growing. The front page of Apple Daily, a major newspaper in Hong Kong, featured a “Bitcoin will never ditch you” ad this week. Bitcoin ads…
How the Battle for Thailand Is Being Fought…
Thailand’s protests highlight the vulnerabilities of major social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook. Thai residents began protesting the nation’s military regime earlier this year, giving voice to frustrations that have been building since a…
Sources Say World’s Largest Darknet Empire Market Exit…
One of the world’s largest darknet markets (DNM), Empire Market, allegedly exit scammed after the marketplace was taken offline for a number of days this week. DNM patrons are upset about Empire Market’s departure and…
China Digital Currency Battle Heats Up as Fed…
Just when you thought China was advancing unopposed in the national digital currency race, the Fed finally steps up. The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, in conjunction with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is developing…
Meet The Restaurant Owner Who Moved His Business…
This article originally appeared in our Weekly Bits newsletter. If you want our news and analysis before anyone else, make sure you subscribe now! Ali Hamam owns a string of Mediterranean restaurants in Ontario with his…
Warren Buffett Changes Mind on Gold: He Will…
Warren Buffett has changed his mind about gold as an investment, prompting some people to think that he might do the same with bitcoin. Max Keiser has predicted that the Berkshire Hathaway CEO will panic-buy…
#BitcoinForBeirut Seeks Sound Money To Help City’s Explosion…
On August 4, news of major explosions at the port of Beirut spread around the world, along with astounding videos and images. It quickly became apparent that the damage was extensive and that many in…
Capital One Files Patent for Cryptocurrency Market AI…
Major U.S. financial services company Capital One has filed a new patent application for a cryptocurrency analysis and trading system that will attempt to predict crypto market trends and generate trading decisions using artificial intelligence…
Amid US Postal Service ‘Crisis’ USPS Files Patent…
The United States Postal Service (USPS) is falling apart at the seams and many Americans are blaming the Trump administration. The USPS may have to deal with the U.S. election ballot process, as mail-in votes…
Flipstarter Campaign Aims to Raise Funds for Viral…
Bitcoin Cash supporters are a passionate bunch and the CEO of Bitcoinbch.com, Hayden Otto is an extremely impassioned BCH supporter. Otto has initiated a fundraising effort toward Bitcoin Cash marketing by leveraging the nonscustodial Flipstarter…
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…
Defi Implosion: YAM Token Market Cap Plummets to…
Yield farmers excited about the recent decentralized finance (defi) project, Yam Finance, got a rude awakening after the token’s value plummeted in value to near zero. Yam Finance developers discovered a major flaw in the…
Defi Implosion: YAM Token Market Cap Plummets to…
Yield farmers excited about the recent decentralized finance (defi) project, Yam Finance, got a rude awakening after the token’s value plummeted in value to near zero. Yam Finance developers discovered a major flaw in the…
Defi Implosion: YAM Token Market Cap Plummets to…
Yield farmers excited about the recent decentralized finance (defi) project, Yam Finance, got a rude awakening after the token’s value plummeted in value to near zero. Yam Finance developers discovered a major flaw in the…
Bitcoin Users Leery of Tor: 23% of the…
Hackers are stealing bitcoin through the large-scale use of malicious relays on the Tor network according to a newly published research report on the subject. The researcher dubbed “nusenu” said he warned people about the…
Defi Project Yam Finance Sees Over $500M Locked…
A new yield farming project is all the rage this week, as the Yam Finance project saw over $460 million dollars locked into the platform in 17 hours on Tuesday. On social media and crypto-focused…
Crypto Long & Short: 51% Attacks and Open-Source…
Human ingenuity finds a way around limitations. Sometimes these limitations are obstacles in the way of progress, and creative thinking comes up with new paths. Sometimes these limitations are a lack of knowledge, and experimentation…
Flooding Threatens China’s Bitcoin Miners, Chinese Billionaire Says…
This week cryptocurrency enthusiasts are still focused on the severe flooding in China during the 2020 monsoon season. The flooding has already displaced millions of Chinese citizens and skeptics are concerned about the vast number…
European Bitcoin Exchange Hacked for $1.4 Million, Claims…
2gether, a Spanish cryptocurrency trading platform, has been hacked for about $1.4 million and company executives claim that they do not have the money to repay customers. Chief executive officer Ramon Ferraz Estrada said over…
Why Trump Banning TikTok May Be a Blessing…
Yesterday saw many major altcoins rally to their yearly highs, with Ether (ETH) surging past $400, which I expected was a likely scenario in my last article two weeks ago. In addition, XRP also had…
Bitcoin ‘Fills’ $11.6K Futures Gap, But Is $10K…
The price of Bitcoin (BTC) has seen a great week with a surge to $11,700. After two months of consolidating inside a range, the price of Bitcoin finally broke through the psychological barrier of $10,000…
Bitcoin Price Climbs to $11,200, But Three Factors…
The price of Bitcoin (BTC) has increased from $10,995 to over $10,200 in the past 12 hours. But while the momentum of BTC also pushed up the price of other top cryptocurrencies, including Ether (ETH),…
First Mover: Chainlink’s Soaring Token Shows Lucrative ‘Oracle’…
Chainlink’s LINK tokens have quadrupled in price this year to become one of the biggest success stories this year in cryptocurrency markets. The project’s market capitalization, now the 12th highest among all digital assets at…
Billionaire Investor Believes Bitcoin Adoption Was Accelerated by…
The co-founder of Gemini Exchange, Tyler Winklevoss, said the ongoing pandemic situation is helping to boost Bitcoin adoption. In a recent tweet, Winklevoss described how the pandemic had uprooted life as we know it, in…
Remembering The Kodak Crypto ICO As Stock Prices…
Bitcoin’s signature volatility is finally returning, but not even the crypto market has been pumping like Kodak stocks. The photography powerhouse surged Wednesday as high as 500% intraday following news the Trump administration tapped the…
Zeus Capital Reportedly Offers Influencers 5 BTC for…
Zeus Capital is reportedly offering prominent members of Crypto Twitter payment to spread unfavourable news about Chainlink, which hit a new record high price recently. Zeus Capital came to prominence recently after releasing a report…
HEX Plasters UK With Ads Boasting of 11,500%…
Richard Heart’s controversial HEX token has launched an advertising blitz in the U.K., plastering ads on London public transportation, in newspapers, and during English Premier League soccer games. As reported by Twitter user Metallic Elmo,…
Popular Indian Youtube Channel Hacked to Promote Bitcoin…
Following the massive Twitter breach that saw many high-profile accounts tweet about a bitcoin giveaway, a popular Indian Youtuber now claims that his Youtube channel was hacked for the same purpose. Hackers replaced some content…
New Coronavirus Relief Package Proposed With Second Round…
Republicans have proposed a new coronavirus relief package with a second round of stimulus check payments, a draft summary of the proposal confirms. According to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, the new package will be the…
Crypto Scammers Steal $381 Million While Twitter Hackers…
Cryptocurrency related scams have taken a total of $381 million from victims so far this year. This figure makes crypto scams the largest category of cryptocurrency-related crimes so far in 2020. Chainalysis data still shows…
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Near $9,600 as Gold Hits…
As bitcoin closes in on $9,600, gold surpasses $1,900 and DeFi liquidity steadily grows. Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $9,592 as of 20:00 UTC (4 p.m. EDT). Slipping 0.03% over the previous 24 hours. Bitcoin’s 24-hour…
Crypto Scammers Steal $381 Million in 2020, While…
Cryptocurrency related scams have taken a total of $381 million from victims so far this year. This figure makes crypto scams the largest category of cryptocurrency-related crimes so far in 2020. Chainalysis data still shows…
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…
Blockchain Bites: PayPal, Mastercard Inch Closer to Crypto
Fintech giant PayPal is leaning on Paxos to handle its crypto services, Mastercard is expanding its crypto program and a prominent Canadian crypto platform has been accused of wash trading as much of 90% of…
Crypto Social Network ‘Minds’ Sees Users Flock From…
Crypto social media platform Minds has been garnering users who are concerned about their privacy, according to the company’s CEO. The open-source platform, seen as an alternative to Facebook or Twitter, awards users with cryptocurrency…
Crypto Twitter Hack Recap: A ‘Wake Up Call’…
July 15 will go down as an infamous day for Twitter, as an unknown attacker managed to take control of a number of accounts on the social media platform before duping unwary users into a…
What Does the Twitter Hack Mean for Bitcoin?…
For five hours, all of Twitter became Crypto Twitter. Wednesday, one of the biggest digital hacks in recent memory went down. A hacker, likely a Bitcoiner, gained access to Twitter’s administrative functions and began a…
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…
Bitcoin Price Must Now ‘Reclaim $9,400 Quick’ to…
Bitcoin (BTC) must reclaim $9,400 as soon as possible in order to change its bearish course, says Cointelegraph Markets analyst filbfilb. In an update on social media on July 16, the popular trader warned that…
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.…
Fidelity Acquires 10% Stake in Bitcoin Mining Firm…
The giant fund manager Fidelity International holds roughly 10.6% stake in the bitcoin mining company Hut 8. For six years now, Fidelity, the firm that currently manages $300 billion on behalf of its customers, has…
Bitcoin Difficulty Touches All-Time High, 120 Exahash of…
The network difficulty for the Bitcoin network spiked over 9.8% on Monday bringing the difficulty to its highest point ever. The record high of 17.35 trillion makes it much harder for bitcoin miners to profit.…
Cardano (ADA) Users Targeted as Latest in Series…
Cardano, the decentralized blockchain project that is powered by the ADA cryptocurrency, has issued a public warning against Youtube scams that are advertising a fake ADA token giveaway. Specifically, Charles Hoskinson, the founder of Cardano,…
Zimbabwe’s Battle To Control Currency Inadvertently Boosts Bitcoin…
Zimbabwe’s deteriorating economic situation is forcing authorities to sign off on some desperate and controversial decisions. Some of such decisions include the abrupt suspension mobile money as well as the recent designation of Zimswitch as…
Uncovering the Reason Behind Female Crypto Influencers’ Instagram…
Female crypto influencers that have spoken up about gender inequality in the blockchain space have recently had their Instagram accounts removed. Cointelegraph previously reported that three female crypto influencers — Rachel Siegel, Lea Thompson and…
Bitcoin SV is Up 21% This Week And…
Bitcoin SV, the controversial blockchain token promoted by Craig Wright, has surged by 21 percent in just two days. The wild price rally surfaced as Bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency token, jumped above $9,300 after a…
Altcoins Boosted by Bitcoin Dominance Falling to 10-Week…
Bitcoin dominance has been caught in a descending channel since May when it reached 69%. At present, BTC represents 64.9% of the total cryptocurrency market cap, a 10-week low. Bitcoin dominance year to date. (Source:…
Set Your Alarms: Most Bitcoin Is Now Traded…
Bitcoin (BTC) traders are changing their habits in 2020 — but volatility is still dominated by the start of New York stock market trading. According to data currently circulating on social media, volatility for the…
Q&A: Top Copy Trader and Crypto Pundit on…
There’s a palpable buzz in crypto markets right now. Copy trading is gaining momentum, as it allows investors to emulate the moves of experienced traders. We spoke to Jay Smith, a popular trader on the eToro…
Gold Industry Shaken as 83 Tons of Fake…
The gold industry has been shaken after it was discovered that 83 tons of fake gold bars have been used as collateral for loans worth 20 billion yuan from 14 financial institutions to a major…
The Man Who Tokenized Himself Gives Holders Power…
Frenchman Alex Masmej, 23 years old, recently raised $20,000 on Ethereum by tokenizing himself. Now he wants his investors to vote on his life choices. His “control my life” experiment challenges token holders to tell…
Self-Proclaimed Satoshi Claims He’s Autistic, Judge Tosses Out…
The Kleiman v. Wright case is seemingly headed to trial on July 6, 2020, after Judge Beth Bloom ruled against the Kleiman’s attempt to levy sanctions against Craig Wright, the man who claims to be…
China’s CBDC Adoption Plan Puts Domestic Monetary Control…
Central bank digital currencies continue to be a popular topic of discussion within the crypto and broader financial circle, with China often dominating the headlines owing to the progress of its planned digital yuan project. On…
Youtube Reinstates Bitcoin.com’s Official Channel After Suspension
Just recently, the official Bitcoin.com Youtube channel was suspended and removed from the popular video platform. During the last 12 months, Youtube has censored information and banned cryptocurrency video coverage with no remorse. As the…
Stocks, Exchanges and COVID-19: 5 Things to Watch…
Bitcoin (BTC) is feeling the pressure as a new week’s trading begins — but what will drive market sentiment in the coming days? Cointelegraph’s newsletter gives you five factors influencing the Bitcoin price for the…