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The immense volatility seen by Bitcoin and the aggregated crypto market throughout 2020 has led to a major shift in dynamics seen amongst market participants, with many retail investors fleeing exchanges as they lose trust in centralized entities and begin adopting a long-term “hodl” strategy. This has coincided with a major decline in legitimate trading […]

The highly anticipated launch of Ethereum 2.0 may be coming sooner than previously expected, as one platform is noting that it could come about as early as July of this year. This transition will help Ethereum move to a Proof-of-Stake model that allows entities with over 32 ETH to become network validators in exchange for […]

Bitcoin was born to disrupt the global financial system at its core. With the idea of a decentralized, borderless, censorship-resistant, and peer-to-peer version of cash, the flagship cryptocurrency is taking power from governments around the world and giving it to the people. Long gone are the days when trust needs to be deposited on third […]

Charles Sturt University is investigating reports of plagiarism in Craig Wright’s doctoral thesis, a spokesperson for the university said on Twitter. The investigation came as a result of intense community pressure after a report found that, aside from his LLM thesis, Wright’s doctoral thesis was ripe with plagiarism. New report finds Wright’s PhD dissertation is […]

NEAR Protocol, which touts itself as an Ethereum 2.0 competitor, has raised over $21 million from Andressen Horrowitz (a16z), just days after the latter announced a $515 million fund for expanding its cryptocurrency investments division. A16z moves fast in the blockchain space As per an official announcement on May 4, NEAR Protocol closed the $21 […]

Unlike traditional assets, where each transaction is not recorded in a central database shared with the world, Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies are almost entirely transparent. One may not know who made a certain transaction or who owns an address, yet firms and individuals can all gain access to the metadata of every transaction that transpires […]

With only about 20 percent of its users utilizing its BAT rewards program, the team behind the privacy-centric Brave web browser is set on getting the word about cryptocurrencies to more of its users. In an interview with Binance’s CEO Changpeng Zhao, Brave’s CEO Brendan Eich said that growing and improving the browser’s rewards program […]

While many Bitcoin investors want the value of the U.S. dollar (USD) to crash more than anything in the world, right now, this is not the case. In fact, analysts say that the safe-haven dollar is poised to strengthen as the ongoing recession continues to ravage global markets. On its own, this may seem bearish […]

Bitcoin SV proponent Dr. Craig Wright, termed “Faketoshi” for his claims about creating Bitcoin, could soon lose his “Dr.” designation if recent developments are found true and his Ph.D. issuing university takes stern action. From false identity to lifting up research A Medium post dated May 4 by “Paintedfrog” brought the incident to light. The author […]

The case against XRP seeing any type of near-term bullishness has grown significantly in recent times due to a confluence of dwindling technical strength and rapidly growing fundamental weakness. The past week has further elucidated just how weak the cryptocurrency is in its current state, as analysts are noting that its latest weekly close has […]