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Jan 14, 2020 at 20:00 UTCUpdated Jan 14, 2020 at 20:14 UTCMati Greenspan on the Technical and Macro Roots of Bitcoin’s Price SurgeBitcoin is up more than 8 percent in the last 24 hours. BSV, meanwhile, is up nearly a whopping 100 percent. The question is, of course, why? Is it some larger macro context?…

10 Years of Decentralizing the FutureMay 29-31, 2024 - Austin, TexasThe biggest and most established global hub for everything crypto, blockchain and Web3.Register NowMicroStrategy’s X account was hacked on Monday, leading to a phishing message being posted for its followers, blockchain sleuth ZachXBT said.The X account of Michael Saylor’s crypto investment firm sent out a

Dec 11, 2020 at 11:33 a.m. UTCUpdated Dec 11, 2020 at 11:38 a.m. UTC(Sharaf Maksumov/Shutterstock)Users of Hacked Exchange Cryptopia Can Now Make Claims to Recover FundsThe liquidator of the defunct cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia has told former customers they can now begin making claims for the return of their funds.In a blog post Wednesday, the New…

news Two Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) have been approved for inclusion in ethereum’s next major upgrade, Istanbul. These are the first two code changes to be officially approved for the Istanbul upgrade, which is tentatively targeted to activate on ethereum mainnet in October. In today’s bi-weekly call, developers discussed which of the nearly 30 EIPs…

Dec 9, 2020 at 2:03 p.m. UTCUpdated Dec 9, 2020 at 2:04 p.m. UTC(Aidan Granberry/Unsplash)First CoinSwap Test Could Herald an Era of Stronger Bitcoin PrivacyCoinSwap, a promising Bitcoin privacy technology, was finally put to the test on Tuesday. Bitcoin is not very private, despite the perceptions to the contrary. The full history of every transaction on…

Bitcoin remained steady around $41,000 after Monday's dramatic flush.Halt in BTC's momentum saw many altcoins jump, with DOT, ATOM, INJ, TIA among the biggest gainers.Market observers widely anticipate the Fed will pause rate hikes on Wednesday's FOMC meeting.Bitcoin's (BTC) price stabilized around $41,000 Tuesday ahead of this year's last U.S. interest rate decision due Wednesday

First Digital Group announced today that it’s launching a USD stablecoin, FDUSD.The stablecoin is issued on Ethereum and BNB, a spokesperson told CoinDesk, saying that First Digital is in discussions with all major exchanges for a listing.First Digital says FDUSD is backed by “high-quality reserves” of cash and cash equivalents in regulated financial institutions around…

NEWS Sep 20, 2018 at 20:43 UTC The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Thursday that it has begun proceedings to decide whether to approve a proposed bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). The SEC published an "order instituting proceedings to determine whether to approve or disapprove a proposed rule change" filed by Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.…

Bitcoin miner Stronghold Digital Mining (SDIG) has started exploring strategic alternatives that could include a potential sale of the company."The company is considering a wide range of alternatives to maximize shareholder value, including, but not limited to, the sale of all or part of the Company, or another strategic transaction involving some, or all of