Cryptocurrency News
Over the years, crypto investors have amassed a lot of wealth, and they are bound to give it back to society. So, why not create a crypto-based nonprofit organization that gives them a platform to do just that? This was the motivation behind GiveCrypto.org, a nonprofit organization founded by Brian […]
Steve Wozniak has been in the technology industry for a long time, and he has seen it all. He was there during the dotcom era, and he believes that blockchain is similar to the dotcom bubble. Wozniak, who founded Apple with Steve Jobs four decades ago and has watched it become […]
As many cryptos such as Ripple fight to prevent their native digital tokens from being classified as securities by the SEC, other stakeholders are preparing for the worst. One of them is Uphold, a cloud-based digital money platform that allows its users to send and receive eight cryptocurrencies as well […]
There was a time when even the slightest hint that a new development was taking place in the crypto industry would drive prices up instantly. Reddit accepting Bitcoin was enough to drive the price of Bitcoin up by hundreds of dollars in just a few hours; rumors that Coinbase would […]
Ardent crypto fans have noticed that a new king has taken over the crypto exchange scene – and he brought some friends. With Binance and OKEx having been the undisputed leaders – with the crown switching regularly between the two – the status quo had become virtually unchallenged. Huobi came […]
Jack Ma remains skeptical of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies and believes that they could be a bubble. Having taken that stand for quite some time now, Ma still thinks cryptos haven’t proven themselves to be better alternatives to fiat currencies so far. However, he is a blockchain proponent and believes […]
Bitcoin has been associated with criminal activities for a long time now and while the crypto community has refuted such claims, an increasing number of instances involving the use of Bitcoin in crime suggest otherwise. The latest is the indictment of two men from Maryland by the US Department of […]
Every year, 20 individuals get the prestigious opportunity to have their dreams supported by the Thiel Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded by PayPal co-founder and renowned entrepreneur Peter Thiel. The winners are recognized for their courage to pursue their dreams and receive $100,000 for their companies. They also get mentorship from […]
Crypto mining has been grabbing headlines in recent weeks, whether it’s the proposed moratorium in Missouri or the hiked power prices in Quebec. Most recently, a crypto miner who attempted to ‘steal’ power for his mining operations was arrested and his equipment confiscated. As reported by local media, the culprit […]
After months of anticipation, the TRON mainnet was initiated at 10 a.m. on June 25, a process that was completed by the Tron Independent Group (TIG). This is a community consensus-based group that was tasked with the smooth transition and which was entrusted with handling 342 million TRX tokens held by […]
Coinbase and Ripple have been at it for quite some time now. The two San Francisco-based companies have long been linked, with rumors of the exchange listing the token surfacing every so often. These rumors always create an excitement in the XRP community and the crypto universe in general, which […]
One of the most controversial topics in the crypto industry, taxation, has yet to be settled by regulators. The industry has been kept guessing what policies regulators will eventually agree on, and with different regions and countries having very different outlooks on cryptocurrency, there is no telling what laws to […]
When cryptos became widely popular, central banks were seriously considering issuing their own digital currencies. However, the interest has slowly waned as central banks begin to seriously consider the implications such currencies would have on financial stability. This is according to an alternate member of the Swiss National Bank’s governing […]
The blockchain industry has been attracting the best minds from some of the most renowned institutions in the world. Whether to launch their own startups or join the boards of existing ones, these high-ranking executives have left their lucrative posts with the firm conviction that blockchain technology is the future. […]
Stanford University has launched an initiative that will be dedicated to the research and development of blockchain technology. The Center for Blockchain Research was announced on June 20 and will seek to address the legal, practical and societal challenges that keep blockchain from mainstream adoption. It will also develop a […]
Charlie Lee, the developer behind the world’s sixth-largest cryptocurrency, Litecoin, believes the price of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies will recover “fairly soon”. Lee shared his thoughts on the current bear market, what developments in the industry excite him the most, and the recent hack on Bithumb, the South Korean crypto […]
American multinational technology company Intel has partnered with Enigma on research and development of privacy in computational technologies. Announcing the partnership in a blog post, Enigma said that it was excited to work with Intel as it seeks to advance its protocol and privacy technologies for public blockchains. The partnership […]
The time to take a stand on cryptos for US House members has come. Those who have bashed cryptos in public but have secretly been investing in them will now be outed, thanks to a new memo issued by the House Ethics Committee. The committee announced that it had decided […]