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Bitcoin storage and infrastructure firm Blockstream has made a significant upgrade to its ambitious satellite-centric Bitcoin node project, as per an official post earlier this week. Streaming Bitcoin from space Termed Blockstream Satellite 2.0, the upgrade now allows users to download a full node — right from Bitcoin’s genesis block — without the use of […]

Bitcoin’s seeing increased retail interest ahead of its upcoming halving event on May 12, if Google’s search trends are considered. Developing countries leading search Unique hits for Bitcoin halving are surging, reaching a historically unseen level. The protocol is scheduled for a reduction in block rewards to miners after May 12, cutting incentives down to […]

Cross-border payments network Ripple (XRP) announced that it has become part of the ISO 20022 Standards Body, becoming its first member focused on distributed ledger technology (DLT). The new payment messaging standard is set to replace SWIFT MT messages as the standard format for cross-border and high-value payments. Ripple becomes the first blockchain company to […]

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 […]