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Crypto “bank” Cred files for bankruptcy after alleged multimillion fraud case

Crypto lending firm Cred filed for a voluntary Chapter 11 case in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware to explore…

Shaurya Malwa 3 min read 6 years ago

Scams XRP +0.28%

1.1m XRP stolen in phishing scam on crypto wallet Ledger lookalike

Crypto scams and attacks are on the rise once again as the broader sector breaks out of a nearly three-year-long bear market. The process…

3 min read 6 years ago

Hacks GRIN -4.21%

Once $80-million privacy crypto Grin comes under 51% attack

If you were around in 2018 or early 2019, you likely remember the hype around MimbleWimble. MimbleWimble is a privacy technology for cryptocurrencies that…

3 min read 6 years ago

Adoption BTC -0.61%

Nouriel “Dr. Doom” Roubini admits Bitcoin is a “partial” store of value

One of the most staunch critics of Bitcoin over the past few years has been Nouriel “Dr. Doom” Roubini. The New York University professor,…

3 min read 6 years ago

Crypto entrepreneurship is like climbing Mt Everest

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Crypto entrepreneurship is like climbing Mt Everest

Guest post by Thierry Gilgen, CEO of MachinaTrader. We are living in a special moment in time. There are not one or two technologies…

4 min read 6 years ago

Analysis YFI +2.93%

ySqueeze: the effort that helped to drive Yearn.finance (YFI) 140% higher in 36 hours

Prior to today, Yearn.finance (YFI) was one of the worst-performing cryptocurrencies of the past two months. It had dropped 80 percent from its all-time…

3 min read 6 years ago

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The U.S. government owns $1b in Bitcoin—and some don’t think they should sell it

Undoubtedly one of the biggest crypto stories this past week aside from the price action was the news that the U.S. government had made…

3 min read 6 years ago

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DeFi UNI -1.63%

Ethereum DeFi prints massive recovery 10-30% after capitulation amongst investors

On Wednesday and Thursday, there was a clear sense of capitulation amongst investors in top Ethereum DeFi tokens. CryptoSlate market data shows that then,…

3 min read 6 years ago

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Mining

The challenges of large-scale crypto mining

It's the question every business asks at some point: How do I scale? But crypto mining isn't just any other business and comes with…

6 min read 6 years ago

Merge ETH -0.94%

Ethereum 2.0 deposit contract gains $17m in cryptocurrency in just 40 hours

There were some concerns shared in October that Ethereum 2.0 (a.k.a . ETH2 or Serenity) would not launch in 2020. Ethereum Foundation researcher Danny…

3 min read 6 years ago