Taiwanese electronics company HTC announced that its new blockchain smartphone, the EXODUS 1s, will have the capability to host a Bitcoin full node. The budget version of the phone will retail under $300, as... 2 min read →
StormX, a popular gamified microtask platform based in Seattle, has recently patented innovative micropayments technology that allows for better scalability by creating a hybrid solution of off and on chain transactions using bolts and... 3 min read →
Altcoins across the board—including Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin, EOS, and Binance Coin—are surging as Bitcoin makes its ascent past $7,000. Altcoins depreciate as bitcoin surges Altcoins have been hemorrhaging capital as bitcoin climbed from... 3 min read →
Bitcoin recently hit new highs of $7,000 and altcoins are beginning to follow after several days of depreciation. One of those coins, ethereum, has managed to surge 16 percent over the last 24-hours. Is... 2 min read →
SEC commissioner Hester Peirce—the highest position in the agency second to the chairman—implored the Commission to provide regulatory clarity to the crypto industry. At the Securities Enforcement Forum in Palo Alto, California, Peirce urged... 3 min read →
After breaking $6,000, Bitcoin passed through another major resistance zone between $6,100 and $6,450. Altcoins, however, are not performing as well and Bitcoin’s dominance has increased to 59.26% at the time of press. Bitcoin... 4 min read →
An anonymous user reportedly lost $400,000 paying over 17,000 times the market price of a token by pressing “Market Buy” on Binance. First revealed in a Reddit post on May 9th, the news left... 3 min read →
French lending giant Societe Generale has become the latest traditional financial company to experiment with digital tokens. The bank’s Ethereum-based tokenized bonds have the potential to bring cryptocurrencies to a market worth over $2... 2 min read →
Changpeng Zhao (“CZ”), the CEO of Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange in terms of adjusted trading volume, has published a blog post in which he apologized for previously suggesting a chain reorg of... 3 min read →
A filing showing the list of addresses that were supposed to prove that controversial figure Craig Wright was, in fact, Satoshi Nakamoto, has been unsealed. Deeper inspection of the list, however, showed that the... 2 min read →
When bitcoin broke above $4,200 it marked a pivot point in the crypto markets. Since then, bitcoin has surged more than 40 percent and is now attempting to break through a major resistance zone... 5 min read →
Brad Sherman, a California Democrat, called for members of Congress to join him in introducing a bill to outlaw cryptocurrency purchases by Americans. The world-wide use of the U.S. dollar strengthens the U.S. economy... 3 min read →
US regulatory agency FinCEN released new guidance on whether certain crypto businesses are regulated as money services businesses. Those who qualify fall under the scope of the agency and must comply with (sometimes costly)... 3 min read →
The attackers that stole over $41 million in Bitcoin from Binance have been erratically moving the funds from one address to another. However, as of May 9th, all of the funds have been consolidated into... 2 min read →
An ongoing investigation into iFinex Inc. seems to have caused an exodus of traders out of Bitfinex. An increasing number of users report issues with withdrawing funds from the platform. Moreover, approximately $430 million worth... 5 min read →
One of the most anticipated updates to Bitcoin’s scripting capabilities, Taproot, could soon see a roll-out on the Bitcoin network. First proposed in 2018, the update would expand the network’s smart contract flexibility and... 5 min read →
OneCoin, a controversial cryptocurrency issuer accused of running a $4 billion pyramid scheme, has been sued by a former investor over her losses. A request was also made for class-action status to be granted... 2 min read →
Over 34 million EOS worth $167 million was permanently removed from circulation. The move is part of an initiative to drastically lower the inflation rate on the protocol from 5 to 1 percent. On... 2 min read →
Facebook updated its advertising policy to once again allow cryptocurrency-related ads. Facebook announced in a blog post today that it will once again allow advertising related to cryptocurrency and blockchain. Previously, only a limited... 2 min read →
The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, has suffered a hack on May 7th where it lost over $40 million in Bitcoin. The exchange’s CEO, Changpeng Zhao, considered pursuing a rollback of the Bitcoin blockchain,... 2 min read →
