Tag: crypto

A German-born programmer in San Francisco has now used up eight of 10 password attempts he has to unlock the hard drive containing the private…

It’s been a rough week for the Aragon governance platform where philosophical differences have brought about a long list of resignations. Aragon co-founder Jorge Izquierdo…

The head of the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) Brian P. Brooks has officially announced that he is stepping down on…

The cryptocurrency market started the year in full force and with all the bullish breakouts happening it can be difficult to discern which projects are…

Nearly $1 billion worth of Bitcoin (BTC) futures contracts were liquidated on Jan. 13, a day after the big shakeout. The continuous loop of liquidations…

SIMBA Chain, a cloud-based smart contract platform, has been tasked with revamping the supply chain of the United States military after it received a $1.5…

Global investment management firm VanEck, is facing a lawsuit from blockchain firm and former-partner SolidX over a Bitcoin ETF that VanEck filed for SEC approval…

Businessman Kevin O’Leary, who appears on the reality TV show Shark Tank, seems to be backing away from statements he made in December indicating he…

The U.S. Department of Justice sees a victory in a major fintech acquisition case that could set the stage for a host of antitrust enforcements.…

In an opinion piece published in the Financial Times on Tuesday, Acting Comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks put forward the need to reconfigure banking…

DeFi coverage protocol Nexus Mutual expanded the list of centralized exchanges eligible for incident protection. Users trading on Binance, Kraken, Coinbase and Gemini are now…

Bitcoin (BTC) saw its most successful recovery in history on Jan. 12 after testing $30,000 support, but market participants are already suspicious. Data from Cointelegraph…

A Wall Street Journal report published Jan. 12 claims European eToro users were given just four hours notice that the platform’s margin trading services would…

Amid legal action from the SEC, Ripple has brought in fresh blood from Amazon to lead its engineering team. In a statement released today, Ripple…

Healthy price corrections are generally part of market bull runs. With one such drop currently underway, Celsius’ CEO Alex Mashinsky thinks $16,000 could be in…

The blockchain industry shrugged off the craziness of the 2020 pandemic, with many companies thriving in the “remote” working environments brought about by COVID-19. Almost…

Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and…

Bitcoin (BTC) whales in South Korea have been selling heavily across major exchanges throughout the past week. Data shows that multiple $100 million deposits to…

XRP holders are still struggling around the $0.30 area while the majority of the cryptocurrency markets are euphoric with Bitcoin (BTC) price surpassing $40,000. BTC…

Per a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission released on Jan. 8, investment bank Morgan Stanley had acquired 792,627 shares in business intelligence firm MicroStrategy.…

Bitcoin’s (BTC) price has risen dramatically over the past days and weeks, recently wheeling past $40,000. An asset largely untied to governmental authority, Bitcoin is…

Bitcoin price has re-established the $40,000 level as support but as bull push toward a new all-time high the possibility of another sharp sell-off looms.…

Traders are buying every dip and pushing Bitcoin price to new highs on a daily basis, triggering many altcoins to follow suit. Source:

On Dec. 8, exactly one month ago, Bitcoin was hovering around the $18,700 range, with many analysts debating as to whether the flagship asset would…

Bitcoin (BTC) returned to $40,000 on Jan. 8 as another price consolidation period ended characteristically briefly. Cryptocurrency market overview. Source: Coin360 Data from Cointelegraph Markets,…

More people are searching for the word “Ethereum” now than ever before in its history. Google Trends reveals that the number of Google searches currently…

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has revealed the firm unsuccessfully attempted to settle its securities violation lawsuit with the SEC, and slammed the “regulatory chaos” around…

The strength of Bitcoin’s (BTC) uptrend appears to be growing as the top-ranked digital asset soared above $40,000 earlier today. It’s probably safe to say…

EQUOS, a Singapore-based digital currency exchange operated by Diginex, has announced the launch of a new Bitcoin (BTC) futures product without any settlement dates, marking…

Bitcoin (BTC) is currently approaching $40,000 after seeing massive gains in the first seven days of 2021. This is a 100% move up from the…

After a troubled few months, crypto exchange Bithumb looks like it’s set on turning over a new leaf through an acquisition by one of South…

Brian Brooks, the acting head of the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and former chief legal officer to Coinbase, has warned against…

A Redditor has issued a warning to “overconfident” HODLers after losing the password to their crypto wallet by not acting cautiously enough. A Bitcoiner with…

Bitcoin’s (BTC) parabolic rally intensified on Wednesday, as the price broke above $36,000 for the first time, sending a strong signal that the bull market…

The Mediterranean Hospital of Cyprus, one of the country’s largest private health facilities, is storing its COVID-19 vaccination records on VeChain — offering another compelling…

Bitcoin (BTC) is continuing to rise to new heights above $35,000 on Jan. 6 as U.S. buyers on Coinbase further drive up the price. But the…

The Italian Banking Association, or ABI, has affirmed its support for the implementation of a sovereign European digital currency by beginning pilot studies on a…

Bitcoin is continuing to set new price records, breaking above $35,000 for the first time ever on Jan. 5. After setting its past record of…

As the crypto bull market continues to gain traction, the price of Aave’s native token, (AAVE), is pushing toward new all-time highs. The growth of…

A Reddit user by the name of “satoshinakamoto7” claims to have used their free MOON tokens to pay this month’s rent, offering another sign that…

Americans who received their second coronavirus stimulus checks on Dec. 29 have already gained 12% — if they invested it in Bitcoin (BTC). As the…

Drawing parallels between Bitcoin (BTC) and gold’s role as a hedge for investors has been popular for years. Until now, the stark discrepancy in the…

Major U.S crypto firms are rallying against FinCEN’s proposed regulations that would force businesses operating with crypto to gather information on the identities of non-customer…

Decentralized finance project Aavegotchi is pushing back the mainnet launch of its non-fungible token digital collectible game due to high activity on the Ethereum blockchain.…

After today’s sharp downside move, Bitcoin and altcoins could trade in a sideways range as bulls and bears fight to control the market’s momentum. Source:

Enterprise blockchain firm Iconloop has secured approval from South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT to test its decentralized identity, or DID, technology system to…

Programs to pilot and encourage widespread adoption of China’s central bank digital currency, known as DC/EP or the digital yuan, are continuing apace. As a…

A fledgling blockchain-based game project called Illuvium has already managed to attract support from major industry backers — a development owed in part to the…

With the crypto market making a crazy comeback this year, an increasing number of casual investors all over the world are beginning to understand the…

There are many investors feeling validated in the cryptocurrency market now that Bitcoin’s price has established a new all-time high of $34,778. The last time…

A former top investigator is warning that “a high-stakes game of chicken” between the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and cryptocurrency holders who fail to properly…

The Theta Network is a protocol that enables users to watch digital content, like esports, using the blockchain. The protocol’s native token THETA rose by…

The price of Bitcoin (BTC) surpassed $34,700 to achieve a new all-time high after a strong overnight rally. Ether (ETH), the native cryptocurrency of the…

A recent tweet from Dash’s official Twitter account has invited criticism that the cryptocurrency, which once advertised its privacy features, is wilting in the face…

A new bill filed on Thursday, H.R.9067, seeks to create an office that will “coordinate” federal applications of blockchain technology. Sponsored by Rep. Darren Soto,…

Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and…

Coinbase has seen a large spike in buyer activity overnight as the price of Bitcoin (BTC) surpassed $32,500 on Jan. 2. Analysts say the trend was…

Bitcoin (BTC) passing $30,000 and hitting highs of near $31,000 has caused huge pain for traders betting on a bearish pullback. Cryptocurrency market overview. Source:…

Celebrities have long been used to promote brands, products and services to varying degrees of success, and the cryptocurrency space has been no exception to…

Altcoins could also see a strong buying interest and may run up vertically if Bitcoin rallies above $30,000. Source:

2020 was the most important year for the crypto derivatives market so far. Both Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) derivatives steadily grew throughout the year,…

Bitcoin price claimed another all-time high on Friday, this time against gold, offering further confirmation that demand for digital assets is on the rise. As…

A 60 year-old man was arrested at Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi on Dec. 31, for allegedly heading a 25 million rupee ($340,000) cryptocurrency…

The United States Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, issued a brief note on Dec. 31, announcing its intention to propose a change in the…

Bybt data apparently showing a massive liquidation of XRP and Stellar Lumen (XLM) by Grayscale Investments earlier this week is inaccurate, according to the investment…

Pundits and crypto analysts love to issue Bitcoin (BTC) price predictions regardless of how volatile the asset class is. In 2017, there were calls for…

Transparency is one of the most intriguing aspects of cryptocurrency and it was this openness that drew many early supporters to Bitcoin (BTC). Blockchain technology…

Paolo Ardoino, the outspoken chief technology officer of Bitfinex, took to Twitter this week to dispel concerns that Tether could be the next target of…

With 2021 less than 24 hours away, Polkadot creator Gavin Wood says the project has built up a head of steam heading into the new…

2020 has been a stellar year for the crypto economy, with more enterprises and institutions than ever before implementing the technology. Big announcements, such as…

Ether (ETH) price has gained 88% since November, astonishing even the most bullish investors as the top altcoin secured a 2020 high at $750. Aside…

The XRP token’s market capitalization has fallen almost $130 billion since its all-time high in 2018, making the cryptocurrency project’s decline comparable to the collapse…

Bitcoin (BTC) has had a stellar 2020, but how are other top crypto assets faring? Let’s take a look at how some of the top…

Grayscale Investments, the world’s largest digital asset manager, has reportedly dumped a significant portion of its XRP and XLM holdings. Data from Bybt, a cryptocurrency…

Unicas, a joint venture between Indian online crypto banking platform Cashaa and United Multistate Credit Co-op Society has launched a physical crypto bank branch in…

Bitcoin (BTC) returned to hitting records on Dec. 30 after a fresh rebound took it above its $28,400 all-time high. BTC price nails fresh all-time…

San Francisco-based crypto exchange Coinbase may have had a problem with paying its employees fairly based on gender and race. According to a report from…

During a bull market, negative news is quickly digested and the collateral damage is often limited. Therefore, even as XRP price dumped aggressively due to…

Trading platform eToro reportedly could go public in 2021. Sources told Cointelegraph that eToro has been working with the London Stock Exchange’s “Elite” program to prepare…

Over 200 Simplex partner companies can now offer crypto debit cards to their customers, potentially enabling greater adoption of cryptocurrencies for retail transactions. The development…

XRP price dropped by 30% on Dec. 29 following Coinbase’s decision to suspend trading. The market sentiment around XRP has become overwhelmingly negative due to…

Bitcoin (BTC) whales have been buying more since Christmas, on-chain data shows. This indicates that high-net-worth investors are continuing to eat up the supply of…

Major cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase will suspend trading for XRP in response to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission taking legal action against Ripple. According…

Crypto exchange OKCoin announced it would delist XRP following the news that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission would be pursuing legal action against Ripple.…

Just like you might think twice about eating chicken nuggets once you see how they are made, you’d likely hesitate about volunteering your personal information…

The price of Ether (ETH) has surged past $730 for the first time since May 2018. Following ETH’s breakout, traders are becoming more optimistic in…

During a Christmas rally that has pushed the Bitcoin all time high mark ever higher, a pair of recent tweets indicate that a former critic…

While wild price action on Bitcoin and Ethereum have claimed the attention of most traders over the Christmas weekend, a select sect of crypto traders…

It is hard to imagine that just two years ago, the general discourse around central bank digital currencies, or CBDCs, was mainly focused on the…

Bitcoin (BTC) whale clusters show that the $23,409 level has become an area of focus for large traders. This indicates that the ongoing bull run…

Bitcoin (BTC) hit all-time highs of $28,400 before crashing thousands of dollars on Dec. 27 — the latest chapter in its Christmas trading frenzy. Cryptocurrency…

It has been a blazing start to a new decade, with 13% more large, uncontrolled wildfires around the world this year compared with 2019. This…

Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and…

After a historic day in which the headlines could hardly keep up with price action and Bitcoin set a new all-time high above $26,500, traders…

The price of Bitcoin (BTC) has reached a new all-time high of $25,945 on Binance on Dec. 26 just a day after it achieved its…

Unlike in previous years, crypto news in 2020 has not been dominated by major exchange hacks and million dollar Bitcoin thefts. However, there have still…

The price of Bitcoin (BTC) surpassed $25,000 on Dec. 25, reaching a new all-time high of $25,020 on Bitstamp and surpassing the market cap of Visa…

While 2020 has been a landmark year for the crypto space, there have been a few notable letdowns. Despite the growing mainstream acceptance of virtual…

Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume, has incorporated Segregated Witness, or SegWit, support for Bitcoin (BTC) deposits. The SegWit support was…

The price of Bitcoin surpassed its all-time high on Christmas, reaching $24,681 on Binance. Following BTC’s strong rally, traders and analysts are exploring short-term bear and…