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Bitcoin price (BTC) has been in a sidewards range for several weeks now, with some people on team bear calling for fresh lows in the region of $3,000 while the bulls have been calling for astronomical all-time highs soon. One thing that is apparent in the market, is that you have to take it one…

For much of 2020, it wasn’t exactly a hard year to be a cheerleader for cryptocurrency. Emerging from a brutal macro bear market, the space once again proved doubters wrong and attracted a new batch of converts as money-printing efforts across the globe turned savers and traders onto the power of hard currency. After a coronavirus-related…

Caroline Ellison's ex-boyfriend, Sam Bankman-Fried, was sentenced to 25 behind bars for his role in the collapse of the FTX exchange. 

Former Facebook Vice President and Deputy General Counsel Paul Grewal will lead crypto exchange Coinbase’s legal team. 941 Total views 14 Total shares Paul Grewal, a former US magistrate judge in California and Deputy General Counsel for Facebook, is joining crypto exchange Coinbase’s legal team.In a July 8 announcement on the Coinbase blog, the crypto…

In a recent interview with Lex Fridman, Charles Hoskinson, the founder of Cardano and co-founder of Ethereum offered his views on Bitcoin. The 33-year-old was less than complimentary, calling it “slow” and in desperate need of an upgrade. Hoskinson also took issue with the recent Bitcoin conference in Miami, comparing the whole thing to a…

Riot Blockchain is deploying its first tranche of 1,000 Antminers S19 Pros and expects its hash rate to tag 357 petahashes per second. 1083 Total views 20 Total shares Publicly-listed Bitcoin (BTC) mining firm Riot Blockchain expects to increase its hash rate by 45% after receiving 1,000 Bitmain S19 Pro Antminers.The batch of miners comprises…

Decentralized exchange (DEX) Uniswap has overtaken its host blockchain Ethereum in terms of fees paid over a seven-day rolling average.The surge appears part of a recent spate of high demand for DeFi amid the current bear market. Decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms such as AAVE and Synthetix have seen surges in fees paid over the past…

Brave is collaborating with a Japanese e-sports team and Korean pop idol group to offer a limited release version of its browser in Japan. 1462 Total views 35 Total shares Cryptocurrency-powered web browser Brave is partnering with the Korean pop group BTS and Rush Gaming to provide a limited edition release of its browser for…