DeFi
Culture
Unikrn now allows users to bet crypto on top Fortnite streams on Twitch
Unikrn, one of the largest esports betting platforms in the world, has debuted a new product that allows fans to place crypto bets on…
Rumors
Will the identity of bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto be revealed on May 14th?
A new website, Got Satoshi, claims to know the true identity of Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto. The reveal is scheduled to happen today, on…
Exchanges
Binance and Coinbase see major spike in traffic as Bitcoin jumped in 2019
Two of the most popular cryptocurrency exchanges, Binance, and Coinbase, have both seen around 1 million unique daily visits in April, with many believing…
Technology
Seattle startup StormX granted patent for micropayment distribution technology
StormX, a popular gamified microtask platform based in Seattle, has recently patented innovative micropayments technology that allows for better scalability by creating a hybrid…
Rumors
Market buy on thin Binance order book costs inexperienced trader $400,000
An anonymous user reportedly lost $400,000 paying over 17,000 times the market price of a token by pressing “Market Buy” on Binance. First revealed…
Adoption
French Investment bank’s Ethereum based experiment brings crypto to a $2 trillion market
French lending giant Societe Generale has become the latest traditional financial company to experiment with digital tokens. The bank's Ethereum-based tokenized bonds have the…
People
Craig Wright’s evidence he’s Satoshi in unredacted court documents is a “lazy copy-paste job”
A filing showing the list of addresses that were supposed to prove that controversial figure Craig Wright was, in fact, Satoshi Nakamoto, has been…
Exchanges
More than 7,000 Bitcoin stolen from Binance moved to seven BTC addresses
The attackers that stole over $41 million in Bitcoin from Binance have been erratically moving the funds from one address to another. However, as of…
Analysis
Taproot, the new update that will revolutionize the Bitcoin blockchain
One of the most anticipated updates to Bitcoin's scripting capabilities, Taproot, could soon see a roll-out on the Bitcoin network. First proposed in 2018,…
Scams
OneCoin sued by former investor over multi-billion dollar fraud
OneCoin, a controversial cryptocurrency issuer accused of running a $4 billion pyramid scheme, has been sued by a former investor over her losses. A…
Hacks
Binance faces criticism for considering rollback of the Bitcoin blockchain
The world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, has suffered a hack on May 7th where it lost over $40 million in Bitcoin. The exchange's CEO,…
Adoption
Microsoft’s Azure releases new development kit for Ethereum blockchain
Microsoft has announced the release of a new Azure Blockchain Development Kit for Ethereum. The new set of tools will enable clients, mostly developers,…