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Bitcoin’s mining difficulty saw a 10 percent upward adjustment today, causing hash rates to reach a historic all-time high of 17 trillion. Changes in mining difficulty alter the environment for Bitcoin miners, causing many to either leave the business or purchase better rigs to continue. The activity has set off a proprietary indicator used by […]

Cryptocurrency lending is the next big thing in the industry, rivaling the 2017 ICO boom in popularity. However, promises of over 10 percent interest rates don’t come without its own sets of risk—despite its bid to replace the traditional financial system, crypto lending is still very much an experimental market. We break down the benefits […]

Bitcoin has been flashing signs of intense fundamental strength throughout the past several weeks and months, with the turbulent price action seen throughout the first half of 2020 doing little to hamper this strength. The cryptocurrency’s slow transition into the bull regime of one on-chain indicator reveals this, showing that the benchmark cryptocurrency’s network health, […]

Cardano (ADA) has been trading alongside some of the best performing digital assets throughout the past quarter, posting intense gains fueled by positive news regarding the roll-out of the Shelley mainnet upgrade. Despite facing a rejection and a slight downtrend earlier this week, ADA has been seeing an influx of buying pressure throughout the past […]

Chainlink (LINK) has seen a huge influx of new money lately, with its native cryptocurrency LINK reaching an all-time high of $8.23. The rally was accompanied by a slew of major announcements from Chainlink, which partnered with several new DeFi projects and is set to hold an action-packed virtual summit focused on smart contracts at […]

Two Nigerian scammers were held last week after hatching an elaborate fraud to steal “$435 million around the world” using illicit emails, luxury brand showoffs, and Bitcoin. Identified as Ramon “Hushpuppi” Abbas and Olalekan “Woodberry” Ponle, the duo showed off a lavish lifestyle complete with luxury cars, expensive watches, private jets, and gold watches on […]

A big story in the crypto industry over recent days has been the roll-out of Ethereum 2.0 (a.k.a. ETH 2 or some variation of this) — an upgrade slated to overhaul the inners workings of the blockchain to make it exponentially more usable and decentralized. In a statement published in a Reddit “Ask Me Anything,” […]

Coinbase was in the crosshairs over the weekend after SEC filings revealed the business licensed transactional information software to regulators. For most, this was contrary to the ethos of decentralization and cryptocurrencies. The firm’s Analytics software won a four-year contract offered by the Secret Service this year; pegged at over $180,000 and ending in May […]

At the peak of the crypto bubble, Cardano (ADA) was the fifth-largest cryptocurrency, believe it or not. Near its peak, the cryptocurrency had a market capitalization in excess of $20 billion, only trading behind Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, and Bitcoin Cash. But over the course of the bear market in 2018 and 2019, ADA slumped. The […]

The significant fundamental growth seen by Ethereum over the past couple of months has led to a torrent of calls from investors regarding an imminent rally. The cryptocurrency’s price, however, has remained stagnant and is showing few signs of being able to break its correlation with Bitcoin and rally independent from the rest of the […]