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The bitcoin price hasn't been this low since July 2021. Bitcoin is down 50 percent from the November all-time-high, making this the second deepest drawdown in this halving cycle.

Many countries have identified the need to generate a digital passport to facilitate and improve the transition to a post-pandemic world.

Ethereum-based blockchain game Axie Infinity is reportedly helping a lot of people to push through their real-life predicaments.

Just when every thought Buterin rugged, he did one of the most iconic donations of all time.

India's Covid Crypto Relief fund has already received over $3 million worth of digital assets in donations.

The country faces one of the worse COVID situations and is receiving help from the crypto community.

Traditional consensus says blockchain technology is outdated and serves little need to society. But you can show the naysayers this COVID-19 mobile app the next time.

2020 has become the year of the pandemic, and COVID-19 has affected nearly all reaches of life, including the cryptocurrency industry. To add to the uncertainty, right in the middle of the pandemic the Bitcoin halving occurred. We’ve seen hash rates and the price of Bitcoin fluctuate in the past few months — is COVID-19 […]

The Bitcoin industry has not been spared from the ill-economic effects of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. According to a recent filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Bitcoin mining giant Ebang reported a 50% drop in its revenue for the first half of 2020, with the report coming after quarters of otherwise strong growth […]

A Bitcoin nonprofit partnered with American custodian and security firm BitGo the past week to bring custody services to crypto donations, according to a release shared with CryptoSlate. Hot wallets for Bitcoin donations BitGive, a cryptocurrency-based philanthropy firm and non-profit, integrated its platform via API with BitGo, a Californian firm providing hot wallet services and […]

ShareRing, a tech startup focused on applying blockchain technology to travel and e-commerce industries, has just launched an anonymous contact-tracing e-passport app. In a press release shared with CryptoSlate, the company said that the passport was designed as a relief to the global tourism industry in the wake of COVID-19. Tracking contacts with COVID-19 carriers […]

Digital currencies might play an important role in the years ahead, particularly as global economies recover from the ill-effects of the ongoing pandemic. Countries like China are already taking steps in this regard: the nation has unveiled blockchain technology and digital currencies as a significant part of its economic goals for this decade, with South […]

The East Asian superpowers are battling it out, this time with blockchain and digital currencies as a focus. ZDNet reported Friday that Japan has quietly begun digital yen experiments in an effort to build out its CBDC capabilities. The move comes as China’s digital yuan is seeing explosive development and South Korea has assembled a […]

The ongoing COVID-19-pandemic has served as a defining point of modern financial markets. The U.S. and global indices are close to all-time highs, after an initial dip in March, even as virus casualties, global unrest, and unemployment linger on. To combat, some billionaire fund managers like Paul Tudor Jones have called out the instability in […]

In a world ravaged by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, regulators around the are increasingly looking into cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. Lapses in data reporting, halt of international trade, and non-verifiability of medical supplies are some factors contributing towards gravitation towards distributed networks. Increasing Importance Japanese officials are the latest to join the crypto-narrative. Senator Otokita […]

The past few months have been the worst months for many economies around the world since the Great Depression. Dozens of millions have become unemployed, revenues have fallen off a cliff, and there is growing social unrest as different groups address the COVID-19 pandemic in different ways. Governments, as a result, have been forced to throw […]

Both Bitcoin and the equities market have mounted a strong comeback from their lows, but there are still storm clouds brewing on the horizon for the economy and for society more broadly. In a recent speech, Jerome Powell of the Federal Reserve warned that the ongoing recession caused by the COVID-19 outbreak is one “without […]

In response to the growing scrutiny of the world’s central banks amid the ongoing recession, CBS’ world-famous show “60 Minutes” on Sunday ran a segment on the Federal Reserve and its chairman, Jerome Powell. Although Powell never once mentioned Bitcoin in the interview, many in the cryptocurrency space were quick to promote an interview with […]