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…
Trump COVID Test, BitMEX Charges Bring October Shocks…
U.S. regulators and law-enforcement officials brought charges on Thursday against BitMEX, a Seychelles-based cryptocurrency exchange that has grown in recent years to be one of the industry’s biggest players. According to the U.S. Commodity Futures…
First Mover: Chainlink’s Sorry September Returns Shows DeFi…
That was the story in cryptocurrency markets in September as prices tumbled for digital tokens from “decentralized finance” (DeFi), the fast-evolving arena of blockchain-based lending and trading platforms. Chainlink, which supplies data feeds to DeFi…
Blockchain Bites: CZ’s Exclusive Interview, California’s Souped-Up Regulator,…
California beefed up its financial regulator, Bitpanda closed a notable raise and some investors say “alt-season” is over. Top shelf Brokerage raiseEuropean crypto brokerage Bitpanda has raised a $52 million Series A led by Peter Thiel’s Valar…
First Mover: Tron’s Play for WBTC Shows Competition…
Compared with the traditional financial system, the cryptocurrency industry is evolving fast. Technologists are experimenting with the vast-reaching potential of blockchain. And regulation is typically immature, inconsistent and unevenly applied across international borders, allowing entrepreneurs…
Supply of Tokenized Bitcoin on Ethereum Now Tops…
To the surprise of many, bitcoin (BTC) has been a breakout star in Ethereum’s decentralized finance (DeFi) moment. Taking the form of wrapped or tokenized bitcoin, the digital asset takes the best of both blockchains…
Blockchain Bites: Airdrops, Record Volumes, $1B BTC on…
There is now more than $1 billion worth of bitcoin on Ethereum, record-setting transaction volume is boosting Ethereum miners’ revenue and VeChain joins China’s food safety watchdog to build track and trace capabilities. Top shelf…
Blockchain Bites: Ripple’s Case, SushiSwap’s Migration, Ether’s Bears
A DBS Bank economist thinks the coronavirus pandemic will accelerate digital asset adoption, Mastercard announced a CBDC testing ground and SushiSwap has a temporary governance structure in place. Top shelf Digital adoptionSingapore-based DBS Bank thinks the…
Bitcoin Investors “Fade the Fed” as BTC Pumps…
Bitcoin saw some immense turbulence earlier today that came about due to news regarding the Federal Reserve’s intention to anchor interest rates near zero while they allow inflation to run high in the near-term to…
First Mover: Binance’s New DeFi Futures Let Crypto…
Market Moves The fast-growing realm of decentralized finance – semi-autonomous exchanges and lenders erected from interconnected systems of digital tokens and coding atop the Ethereum blockchain – is one of the hottest corners of the…
Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin’s ‘Rich List,’ Ethereum’s Volatility, DeFi’s…
There are more addresses than ever as part of Bitcoin’s “rich list,” the Federal Reserve is looking to change tack on inflation and another firm is putting its cash reserves into bitcoin, not a bank…
Corporate Crypto Reserve Status: Software Firm Snappa Swaps…
On Monday, Canadian graphics software company, Snappa, revealed that it was holding bitcoin as a reserve asset. Snappa follows the firms Microstrategy and the Canadian restaurant chain Tahini’s by deciding to convert cash reserves into…
Crypto Long & Short: What Are Regulators Thinking?
When the news came out last month that the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) had cleared banks to custody crypto assets, you may remember that I expressed surprise that the new…
Onchain Data Shows $449M Worth of Bitcoin on…
Onchain analytics show the number of bitcoin (BTC) held on the Ethereum blockchain has been multiplying at an extremely fast rate since the end of May. On Sunday, August 16 there’s approximately 38,021 BTC on…
Money Reimagined: How a Dangerous Idea Could Work
The Cato Institute’s George Selgin recently quipped that economists who are neither gold bugs nor advocates of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) are distinguished on Twitter by their relatively low follower numbers (himself included). The joke,…
CoinDesk’s Twitter Hack Proved the Media Can’t Rely…
A rundown from one of CoinDesk’s editorial Slack channels during an action-packed hour on Wednesday last week reads like a high-pace drama. It tells the tale of a news team going through a process of…
First Mover: Bloomberg’s Pie-in-the-Sky Bitcoin Call Looks Directionally…
Based on a slew of recent predictions, bitcoin prices could more than double this year to $20,000. Or go to $250,000 by early 2023. Or $300,000 within five years. What’s confounding cryptocurrency traders now is the wide gap…
First Mover: Bitcoin Just Got Easier to Mine,…
Bitcoin's mining "difficulty" has undergone its first adjustment since last week's halving, dropping the figure by 6%. Mining difficulty is part of an automatic procedure that takes place on the Bitcoin blockchain every 2,016 data blocks, or roughly every…
This Odd Signal Marked Bitcoin’s $3,700 Lows. Now…
It’s been a strong week for Bitcoin and the rest of the cryptocurrency market. Per data from Coin360.com, the leading cryptocurrency has gained close to 20% in the past seven days. While this is undoubtedly…
What’s Next for BTC, Chainalysis Criticized, Crypto Fears…
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…
First Mover: For Bitcoin Prices, Inflation Headlines May…
Bitcoin traders love to talk about inflation – especially the possibility that consumer prices might eventually shoot up due to the trillions of dollars of new money injected into global markets this year by the Federal…
Crypto Long & Short: How Oil Going Negative…
This will always be remembered as the week when oil went negative. The economic repercussions of this are staggering and will take months to fully comprehend – but, more short-term, one of the most fascinating…