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While many don’t know it now, there was a time when China was a hub for all things Bitcoin. Bitmain — once one of the most valuable crypto-only companies —was launched in China. Many of Bitcoin’s earliest “whale” investors were from China. And a majority of crypto mining was (and still is) based in China. […]

In 2017 and 2018, altcoins — crypto assets that are not Bitcoin and Ethereum (which is the common definition) — were in vogue. With many of these projects making absurd promises — like promising to be the better Bitcoin or promising to solve digital censorship — largely mom and pop investors were then willing to […]

After first launching Bitcoin futures products in late-2017, the CME has been garnering massive adoption amongst BTC traders and investors in recent times. The platform’s options products, in particular, have seen a massive spike in popularity over the past few weeks, now accounting for 40 percent of the total outstanding open interest for Bitcoin futures […]

Naysayers of blockchain technology relegate to a singular narrative whenever given the chance — is blockchain or DLT any better than being a glorified database? When Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum’s co-founder, was asked the question, you’d bet his reply was nothing short of insightful. It’s all about centralization Udi Wertheimer, the host of the Reckless Review […]

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 […]

This week, millions of dollars worth of Wrapped Bitcoin — the leading representation of BTC on the Ethereum blockchain — were deposited into decentralized stablecoin protocol MakerDAO to generate $4 million worth of the DAI stablecoin. According to MakerDAO founder Rune Christensen, this sole transaction is extremely bullish for Ethereum’s long-term value proposition, not just […]

Binance Research – the analytics division of cryptocurrency exchange Binance – is moving to reinvent their website, partnering with the Miami-based data visualization platform IntoTheBlock (ITB) to offer the crypto market with deep insights into on-chain data. News of the company’s decision to revamp its site comes less than two years since its launch in […]

Bitcoin’s options market is suggesting that there is a growing demand for put positions amongst traders. This is a sign that investors are moving to protect themselves from the cryptocurrency potentially seeing significant downside. Market markets, however, do not seem to be too concerned about the prospect of the benchmark cryptocurrency seeing further downside – […]

The new Cardano Explorer based on the updated Byron reboot infrastructure has just been launched. IOHK said that the new explorer is a significant step up from the original and is among the final steps that will lead to the Shelley mainnet. Users can now look at Cardano through a completely re-engineered blockchain explorer After […]

The past 24 hours have been characterized by fear, uncertainty, and doubt in the cryptocurrency market. The state of commotion among investors and market participants alike appears to have been triggered by a 50 BTC transaction originating from a wallet that had not been touched in over a decade. As speculation mounted that the transaction […]