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…
Andreessen Horowitz Publishes ‘Crypto Startup School’ Documentary
The California-based private American venture capital firm, Andreessen Horowitz, has published a documentary called “Crypto Startup School.” The documentary is different from other blockchain films, as the 30-minute video shows some of the procedures leveraged…
DeFi Has a Front-Running Problem. Sparkpool’s Potential Fix…
Ethereum mining pool Sparkpool will launch its new mining network, Taichi Network, complete with a “private transaction” feature in October, CoinDesk confirmed with Sparkpool co-founder Xin Xu. The network “will gradually go online” this month…
Crypto Long & Short: The OCC’s Stablecoin Statement…
An unsurprising statement from a financial regulator is sending some welcome signals that point to a spurt of innovation ahead. The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a statement earlier this…
The $55M Hack That Almost Brought Ethereum Down
Bloomberg News reporter Mathew Leising’s new book “Out of the Ether: The Amazing Story of Ethereum and the $55 Million Heist That Almost Destroyed It All” tells the story of the infamous DAO hack that…
Blockchain Bites: How SushiSwap Drove Uniswap to DeFi’s…
A South Korean crypto exchange has been raided by police, Bitcoin’s Lightning Network hit a new high and mining revenues are climbing. You’re reading Blockchain Bites, the daily roundup of the most pivotal stories in blockchain…
Nigerian Crypto Startup Yellow Card Raises $1.5 Million…
Yellow Card has raised $1.5 million in a seed round. The Nigerian crypto startup said it will use the money to expand its operations in Africa while making it easier for people on the continent…
Digital Currency Group Pledges $100 Million to Bolster…
The firm Digital Currency Group (DCG) is entering the mining industry, as the firm has pledged $100 million into a cryptocurrency mining firm called Foundry. The mining company Foundry was noiselessly founded in 2019 and…
YAM Token Holders ‘Burnt the Hardest’ After Price…
Yam Finance, an experiential Decentralized Finance (DeFi) protocol, saw its market cap crash down to zero within minutes on Aug. 13. With it, major DeFi tokens, including Compound, Yearn Finance, and Balancer, plunged as well.…
Charles Hoskinson Laughs Off Claims He’s Bailing Out…
Ethereum Classic was 51% attacked for the second time in less than two years. The most recent hack, which happened over a two-day period starting July 31st, netted hackers an estimated $5.6 million. Since then,…
DeFi Tokens BAND, LINK, Outpace Bitcoin Price by…
This week Bitcoin (BTC) price is making waves as the digital asset finally pushed above the $12K mark, but prior to this move, altcoins have been strongly outpeforming BTC for weeks. Two of the most…
Chainlink Rival Band Protocol Surged 65% Overnight —…
Band Protocol (BAND), a rival blockchain network to Chainlink (LINK) — which is also at an all-time high — surged by 65%. Within 24 hours, BAND rose from $4.825 to $8, setting a new record…
3 Reasons Why Ethereum Price Rallied 75% to…
In the last two weeks, Ether (ETH) price increased by 75% as the price rallied from $222 to $400. Many investors believe Ether’s momentum is buoying the entire market, and possibly even pushing Bitcoin (BTC)…
3 Reasons Why Ethereum Price Rallied 75% to…
In the last two weeks, Ether (ETH) price increased by 75% as the price rallied from $222 to $390. Many investors believe Ether’s momentum is buoying the entire market, and possibly even pushing Bitcoin (BTC)…
Bitcoin Now ‘Perfectly on Track’ to $100K, Says…
PlanB, the well-known creator of the contested stock-to-flow (S2F) model, believes Bitcoin (BTC) is now well on track to reach $100,000 as the price has risen to yearly highs. The optimistic sentiment coincides with the…
One Billion, Two Billion, Three Billion, Four? DeFi’s…
Projects like MakerDAO, Compound, dYdX and Dharma realized in 2018 they were a distinct group with shared interests within the cryptocurrency industry. Finance has been part of Ethereum from the beginning, but the first attempt…
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…
Yes, You Can Use An IRA For Bitcoin…
This is a promoted article. For many, the value proposition of Bitcoin is easy to understand, especially in relation to more traditional investments. Bitcoin has a programmatically fixed supply, it exists outside of any central…
Low Ether Volatility: No Trader Interest or Calm…
Media magnate Steve Forbes recently criticized cryptocurrencies for their volatility, saying that one day they can be a steak, and the next day they can turn into dog food. Price fluctuations have accompanied the digital…
How Two Venture Funds Secured 170% Gains From…
An early investment into Numeraire (NMR) crypto returned 170 percent gains to two venture funds. Crypto-focused investment firms Placeholder and Paradigm led an $11 million round in the Numerai blockchain’s native asset on March 21,…
First Mover: XRP Just Isn’t Exciting Crypto Traders…
XRP, the fourth-biggest digital asset by market value, has been left out of 2020’s rally in cryptocurrencies, marking the second straight year of underperformance compared with its larger and more popular rivals, bitcoin and ether. …
Demand for Charter Cities During Covid-19 Pandemic Grows…
For quite some time now, a number of libertarians, bitcoin evangelists, and blockchain entrepreneurs have been promoting the idea of charter cities and seasteading concepts. One such project, Pronomos Capital, has raised $9 million from…
First Mover: Compound Has Been a DeFi Darling.…
This week’s debut of live trading in the autonomous lender Compound’s digital token has provided a new data point on just how frenzied the speculation has become over the future of decentralized finance (DeFi). Compound,…
Why One Venture Capitalist Thinks Ethereum Will Rally…
Ethereum’s price action in recent times has been lackluster to say the least, as it has been closely tracking that of Bitcoin as it trades within a wide and long-held range. It does not appear…
Bitcoin Is a Paradigm Shift Beyond Wall Street
When the Goldman Sachs report came out dismissing Bitcoin’s status as an asset class, there was significant backlash from the crypto community. This is understandable, as for those building in crypto, the points against Bitcoin…
Goldman’s Eerie Yuan Crash Prediction Bolsters Bitcoin Bullish…
Bitcoin eyes market growth heading into June as yuan falls to its lowest levels in eight months. Both assets have shown an erratic negative correlation in the past. Goldman Sachs sees yuan falling to its…
6 Questions for Pascal Gauthier of Ledger
Each week we ask the buidlers in the blockchain and cryptocurrency sector for their thoughts on the industry… and we throw in a few random zingers to keep them on their toes! Each participant then…
Slipping Chinese Yuan May Boost Bitcoin Price, Past…
Bitcoin traders should keep an eye on the ongoing slide in the yuan, analysts say. That’s because, historically, the cryptocurrency looks to have put in a positive performance during bouts of weakness in the Chinese…
Blockchain Bites: Google Validates Theta, Coinbase and BitGo…
Top Shelf Base-Layer TechGoogle is teaming up with Theta Labs to help the video delivery network onboard users through Google Cloud. As part of the partnership, the tech giant is assisting Theta with its Mainnet 2.0 launch,…
Slipping Yuan May be Good for Bitcoin Price,…
Bitcoin traders should keep an eye on the ongoing slide in the yuan, analysts say. That’s because, historically, the cryptocurrency looks to have put in a positive performance during bouts of weakness in the Chinese…
Swiss Government Rejects $103 Million Bailout for Crypto…
Switzerland’s government has rejected a 100 million franc ($103 million) bailout for local cryptocurrency companies battered by the coronavirus economy, local media reported. Zug finance director Heinz Taennler requested the special funding package in April.…
Market Outlook: Golden Cross Invalidated, Andreessen Horowitz Predicts…
The price of bitcoin and a number of other popular cryptocurrencies have been collectively holding a market valuation of around $255 billion. The fiat value of these cryptocurrencies has slipped downwards during the last four…
Bitcoin Survived Halving, but Death Spiralists Still Say…
Bitcoin (BTC) halvings are a little spooky, sort of like the witching hour, and one of the prophecies being murmured about last week was something about a Bitcoin network death spiral. This idea, which isn’t…
Blockchain Bites: a16z’s Cyclic Crypto Thinking and Grin’s…
FalconX raised an inflation-adjusted equivalent to Facebook's 2005 Series A, Bakkt has unveiled $600 million in total insurance cover and Andressen Horowitz anticipates another age of growth. Crypto trading platform FalconX closed a multimillion seed…
Galaxy Digital Secures Listing on Top Canadian Stock…
Crypto venture capital firm and trading desk, Galaxy Digital Holdings, has been granted conditional approval to participate in the Toronto Stock Exchange’s TSX Sandbox. Announced during April last year, TSX’s sandbox offers a testing ground…
Blockchain infrastructure platform Blockdaemon raises $5.5M
Blockdaemon, a blockchain infrastructure platform for node management serving institutions and developers, today announced a strategic funding round of $5.5 million from leading venture capital (VC) firms focused on blockchain technology. Blockdaemon’s funding round is…
Michelle Phan: The Beauty of Bitcoin
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…
UK Cryptocurrency Firms Turn to Equity Funding as…
UK cryptocurrency and blockchain startups are turning focus back to conventional means of raising capital, as initial coin offering (ICO) coffers dry up. According to a new report, initial coin offering (ICO) funding last year…
Price Analysis 5/1: BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH, BSV,…
The total crypto market capitalization has jumped from about $198 billion on April 22 to over $263 billion on April 30. This 32% rally in roughly eight days shows that investor sentiment is bullish. While…
While the Global Economy Shudders, Andreessen Horowitz ‘Excited’…
The private venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) has announced the company is investing $515 million into the cryptocurrency industry. The firm says its “excited” to bolster crypto networks and businesses. Further, the company hopes…
Coronavirus & Altcoins: Why are Some Crypto Assets…
Much of the discussion on the economic fallout that the coronavirus has caused in the cryptosphere has been focused around Bitcoin–perhaps rightfully so. After all, as the largest cryptocurrency by market cap and the…
Bitcoin and Entrepreneurial Philanthropy: A Q&A With Paxful…
Over the last five years, through the peaks and throes of bitcoin’s price volatility, Paxful has grown steadily. The global peer-to-peer bitcoin marketplace’s main success has been in fueling a million dollar remittance and payment…