Binance co-founder CZ free — What’s next and what it means for crypto

As of press time, Ethereum has passed block #9068000, putting it within 1000 blocks of the scheduled Istanbul hard fork, which should take place at around 23:30 UTC.The much-anticipated shift to Istanbul will be the Ethereum network’s first hard fork since February’s Constantinople. Both are stages of a broader phase of ongoing development that began…

A survey from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) suggests that new crypto investors tended to be swayed by suggestions from friends, compared to equities or bond investors. 139 Total views 2 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTInfluence from friends and the fear of missing out (FOMO) were…

The past week has not been an easy one. After the collapse of the third-largest stablecoin (UST) and what used to be the second-largest blockchain after Ethereum (Terra), the depeg contagion seems to be spreading wider. While UST has completely depegged from the U.S. dollar, trading at sub $0.1 at the time of writing, other stablecoins…

Investment firm Fidelity recently filed trademarks that showed its intentions to enter the NFT and metaverse space. 231 Total views 1 Total shares Ho-ho-ho! Get Limited Holiday Trait!Collect this article as an NFTIn this week’s newsletter, read about investment giant Fidelity planning to enter the nonfungible token (NFT) space and how Italy’s NFT market will…

The Bank of Israel launched the CBDC experiment taking inspiration from the Project Rosalind carried out by the BIS Innovation Hub.

As of Nov. 20, companies hold around 842,229 BTC or 4.54% of today’s Bitcoin (BTC) supply, according to the Clark Moody dashboard and data from Bitcointreasuries.org. This is equivalent to a staggering $15.3 billion at the current price of $18,200.Public companies and institutional investors are continuously accumulating Bitcoin. The spark that began with MicroStrategy’s ambitious $425…

Bitcoin price forecasts differ hugely depending on the methodology used, but stock-to-flow creator PlanB favors his $100,000 average target. 352 Total views 115 Total shares Bitcoin (BTC) could surge to $100,000 or bottom out at $30,000 by Christmas — but one of its best-known analysts is betting on the moon.In a Twitter update on Aug.…

A deep reorganization of the Ethereum Classic (ETC) blockchain, which reportedly included double spending, has involved more than $1.1 million worth of crypto, United States crypto exchange Coinbase revealed Monday, Jan. 7.According to the Coinbase blog, the team first detected eight reorganizations that included double spends, totaling 88,500 ETC (approximately $460,000). Later, the exchange informed…

Japanese crypto exchange Coincheck saw a 66 percent decline in revenue for Q3 2018, according to fiscal results published by the exchange’s operator, Monex Group, Oct. 29.Coincheck was acquired by Monex Group Inc. as a wholly owned subsidiary on Apr. 16, when Coincheck decided to rehaul its shareholder composition and management after $532 million worth…