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The world’s billionaires and influential businessmen are increasingly speaking on Bitcoin as a hedge and investment while calling out the excessive money printing in the U.S. and uncertainty in financial markets. The latest to tout Bitcoin is media magnate Steve Forbes, chairman and editor-in-chief of Forbes Inc. He believes the currency helps stabilize the government-controlled […]

A recently-launched project is now utilizing Chainlink to power golf games, building on the latter’s verifiable randomness function (VRF) that brings fair, “truly random” results on online games. VRF, in simple words, brings true randomness to blockchain-based applications that rely on picking winners or generating random outputs for users. The framework lets developers easily access […]

Scheduled to take place from Jun. 18 to Jun. 19, the BlockDown virtual conference will feature some of the most prominent voices in the crypto industry. After a successful conference in April, the company decided to reuse the popular virtual summit format in the upcoming event, where regulation and compliance in the blockchain industry will […]

If you were to ask a Bitcoin investor what makes the cryptocurrency valuable, they would likely say something about the cryptocurrency’s block reward “halvings.” Every four years, the number of BTC issued per block gets cut in half, resulting in an effective 50 percent reduction in the inflation rate of the cryptocurrency. The argument is […]

A week after the Cardano (ADA) Shelley friends and family testnet opened up to all operators, IOHK reported that the network count of stake pools has surpassed 200. According to the company’s weekly product update, this week is set to see the implementation of Shelley functionality within the Daedalus wallet, as well as minor upgrades […]

JPMorgan Chase, one of the world’s largest banks with $2.6 trillion under management, acknowledged Bitcoin’s “staying” power earlier this week. The bank gave “mostly positive” feedback after an internal assessment for the pioneer cryptocurrency. Trader’s utopia Eleven years after Bitcoin’s introduction — a period which saw scams, hacks, global media coverage, stomach-wrenching price drops, and […]

Bitcoin’s halving that took place in May struck a serious blow to miner’s profitability, causing many smaller operations to shut off their rigs due to the 50% block rewards reduction that came about as a result of this event. Naturally, BTC’s hash rate began sliding directly after the event took place – which was an […]

From its all-time high price just shy of $1,500, Ethereum down by just around 85 percent. To put that into context, Bitcoin is down only around 50 percent from its $20,000 high. ETH is far from “dead,” but over recent months, the relatively dismal price performance has left some wondering if the cryptocurrency will ever […]

Bitcoin’s bout of consolidation has caused investors to grow increasingly fearful that its recent multi-month uptrend is in peril. Despite this, retail investors still seem to be busy at work accumulating and gaining increasing exposure to the benchmark cryptocurrency. Recent data shows that the number of BTC wallet addresses holding over 0.1 BTC just reached […]

Global turmoil in financial markets is leading to some touting Bitcoin as a possible alternative investment, eleven years after the pioneer was developed. But South Korean academics remain unconvinced — they recognize Bitcoin turning into a hedge, but say it remains “dangerous” if volatility reappears. Bitcoin good, but risky Professor Hong Ki-hoon of Hongik University, […]