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At Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s Senate testimony, Republican congressman Ted Budd of North Carolina said that Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP are actual cryptocurrencies, while Libra isn’t. By “actual” cryptocurrencies, Congressman Budd likely meant that unlike the three assets, Libra is not open-sourced and permissionless. He said: “It’s crucial that members of this committee be able […]

Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Facebook, has testified before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee, where Congress members have raised their concerns about the company’s past and future dealings. Zuckerberg says stifling innovation could give an upper hand to China Libra has been one of the most controversial technology projects in the past […]

The Bitcoin price continues to deteriorate, dropping another $500 to $7,500 per BTC. It seems momentum from April’s rally is wearing off. Recent Bitcoin price action Beginning in April, the price of a single BTC went from $4,150 to $13,000 in less than four months. The price peaked in late June at $13,015 and again […]

According to data from Google, search interest for the term ‘Bitcoin’ is currently near the lowest it has been in the past three months. The lack of interest in the world’s largest cryptocurrency seems to go hand in hand with a sharp decline in price, as the coin has dropped to a worryingly low $7,500 […]

Privacy-focused Brave browser seems to be making huge strides in Spain, where it is currently ranking 10th in the communications category on Google Play Store. The ranking prioritizes engagement over the number of downloads, which shows that the browser has been increasing in popularity in Europe. Brave moves up on the Google Play Store Created […]

The development of sidechains could transform Bitcoin into an all-useful blockchain protocol and make many altcoins redundant, according to sidechain pioneer and Blockstream CEO Adam Back. Speaking on a panel at Transylvania Crypto Conference, Forbes reported, Back stated that altcoins would have “less credibility” when sidechain technology could facilitate “easy-to-use extension mechanisms” for Bitcoin—that is, […]

The Ethereum price (ETH) has dropped by nearly six percent within a 12-hour span following Bitcoin’s overnight three percent slip from $8,200 to $7,960. Across major cryptocurrency exchanges like BitMEX, Binance, and Coinbase, the price of Ethereum slipped from $173 to $163, recording a large drop following the daily close. The sharp pullback of Ethereum […]

Catherine Coley, the CEO of Binance.US announced on Twitter that the American subsidiary of Binance surpassed $10 million in daily trading volume for the first time. Slowly, but surely! It has been a busy first month. Thank you for trading on https://t.co/NDRVQIXfNf! #AchievementUnlocked #BUIDL #UsersFirst ?? https://t.co/LLewsd3yi2 — Catherine Coley (@cryptocoley) October 23, 2019 CEO […]

There is perhaps no greater irritation on the web than the sort provoked by clicking a hyperlink which turns out to be broken. In fact, it goes beyond mere irritation: shoring up on a 404 error page can inspire a kind of existential dread, a gut-deep sense of millennial foreboding. If the web is an […]

In a surprise AMA session on Oct. 21, Charles Hoskinson, the CEO of IOHK, discussed the progress Cardano made in the past weeks, as well as the future of Cardano and ADA. Hoskinson answered questions asked by the Cardano community, where he revealed that the company has been working on several pilot projects that will […]