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The Coinbase Pro announcement of Algorand’s ALGO listing pushed the price up from $0.727 to $0.814 within 40 minutes, an 11.85 percent increase—and wicking the price as high as $0.841. Algorand—a Boston-based blockchain company created to improve blockchain decentralization, scalability, and security—made the news last month after it completed a $60 million token sale. The […]

Craig Wright’s claims of using between 60 and 100 computers to mine Bitcoin in January 2009 were debunked by crypto researcher SeekingSatoshi. The low hash rate recorded in Bitcoin’s earliest days showed that Wright simply couldn’t have used that many machines to mine the researcher said, uncovering yet another layer of potential lies told by […]

Bitcoin development company Blockstream unveiled a new mining facility and mining pool aimed at enterprises, with the Fidelity Center for Applied Technology and LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman being named as two of the service’s first clients. Announced Thursday by the Canada-based firm, the mining operation is capable of a hefty 300 megawatts output spread between […]

Bitcoin’s latest consolidation has left many wondering whether it was entering a bearish phase, but recent data from Messari Crypto showed that its short-lived break over $12,000 was a major milestone. Unlike ETH, XLM, XRP, BCH, and LTC, Bitcoin has only spent 63 days in its history above it’s Aug. 6 closing price. Bitcoin consolidates […]

Robinhood expanded its fee-free crypto trading platform to the United Kingdom. Robinhood announced Wednesday that the Financial Conduct Authority, which regulates U.K. financial services, has given it its blessing to operate in the country. Robinhood allows users to buy and sell Bitcoin and Ethereum without commissions. We’re excited to share that Robinhood International, Ltd. has been […]

Coinbase added Tezos to its retail platform and mobile apps. The move will provide market access to the cryptocurrency for millions of retail investors. Tezos is a delegated proof of stake blockchain that governs itself by establishing a true digital commonwealth. It facilitates formal verification, a technique that mathematically proves the correctness of the code governing transactions and […]

Coin Metrics’s State of the Network report comparing Bitcoin with Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin SV found that the two forks still have a long way to go before they can compete with any of BTC’s metrics. Both forks set out to be a better medium of exchange than BTC, but are increasingly being used as […]

It has been a tumultuous few weeks for TRON and BitTorrent’s CEO Justin Sun, who seems to have been embroiled in one predicament after another since calling off his widely-trumpeted lunch date with Warren Buffet. Intriguingly, the price-action of TRX during the spate of controversies may prove the cryptocurrency market has reached a significant level […]

The former director of Magic the Gathering: Arena, Chris Clay, is joining the Ethereum-based TCG Gods Unchained. Clay worked with Wizards of the Coast, the makers of MTG, since 2016. Just two months after leaving Clay is joining the highly anticipated blockchain game. The fantasy-themed card game which takes inspiration from Hearthstone and Magic: the […]

Evidence shows EtherDelta was sold to new owners in China and used in an exit scam. Chinese authorities are allegedly taking legal action against the decentralized exchange, according to documents provided by Dovey Wan, a founding partner at Primitive Ventures. Wan pointed out that the group of Chinese investors who bought EtherDelta from Zack Coburn […]