Brock Pierce Jumps Into 2020 US Presidential Last Minute
Brock Pierce, entrepreneur, crypto venture capitalist and child star, has announced his USA Presidential run on Twitter July 5. His tweet stated that: “I, Brock […]
Top 5 Cryptocurrencies to Watch This Week: BTC, NEO, TRX, XTZ, VET
Bridgewater CIO Ray Dalio said that central banks have moved away from their traditional role and have become owners of assets since the 2008 Financial […]
UNICEF Crypto Fund to Invest $100K in Humanitarian Blockchain Projects
Over the past four years, the United Nations International Children’s Fund has been investing in startups applying open-source technology, hoping to make the world a […]
Renowned Cryptographer Says His Patent Was an Obstacle for Hal Finney
Tatsuaki Okamoto explains why his “electronic cash” patent might have presented an obstacle to Hal Finney in his ambition to create his own electronic currency. […]
TV Review: Open Source Money on Discovery Science
The concept of Vision Tree’s “Open Source Money” series was always an intriguing one. A documentary-cum-reality TV show following the trials and tribulations of Disney-incubated […]
Bored With Bitcoin? This BTC Price Level Is Key for a Big Breakout
The price of Bitcoin (BTC), the top-ranked cryptocurrency by market capitalization, has been ranging between $8,600 and $10,500 since the halving. During the two-months’ sideways […]
Kraken’s Head of Business: ‘Bitcoin Could Go to $1,000,000’
Kraken’s head of business, Dan Held, has been involved in crypto since 2013. In his latest interview with Cointelegraph, he dives into the early crypto […]
Gemini Chose to Wade Regulation In New York, Weighs in on Conditional BitLicense
Last week, the New York State Department of Financial Services, or NYDFS, proposed changes around its state-wide BitLicense legal guidelines. Gemini, a crypto exchange calling […]
Tron is the Fourth Blockchain to Receive a Coveted Twitter Emoji
Tron (TRX) becomes the fourth blockchain project to receive a custom Twitter emoji hashtag. Justin Sun, Tron’s founder, unveiled the new emoji in a tweet […]
Russia to Reportedly Investigate an Allegedly Fraudulent TON Offering in UK
Shortly after lifting the country’s Telegram ban, Russian authorities began investigating potentially fraudulent offerings involving the company’s unlaunched token, Gram. The token was at one […]
Ripple Likely Sold XRP in an Unregistered Securities Offering
In recent months, a number of class-action lawsuits have been filed against Ripple for selling its XRP token in an unregistered securities offering. So far, […]
Interoperable Blockchains May Be the Future of Finance but Have a Ways Yet to Go
Cross-chain interoperability is a domain that has piqued the interest of many financial institutions over the years, as it stands to produce a technology that […]
TRX in Trouble? Binance Moves $300M Tether From Tron to Ethereum
On Tuesday, Tether announced a sizable swap of USDT from the Tron blockchain to the Ethereum protocol. Tether explained that the amount of USDT in […]
Public Mint Launches, Announces 200 Banks Are On Board
Public Mint launched its ‘fiat-native’ public blockchain on July 1 following two years of development. The platform comprises a blockchain for the tokenization of fiat […]
Court Likens Coinbase to a ‘Traditional Bank’ in Child Porn Appeal Case
A three-judge panel has ruled that FBI agents who subpoenaed Coinbase records to show a man had used Bitcoin to access child pornography did not […]
LocalBitcoins Revenue Up 10% Despite KYC Impacting Market Share
Veteran peer-to-peer (P2P) crypto marketplace LocalBitcoins has reported annual revenue of nearly $29.5 million for 2019. The revenue comprises a roughly 10% increase over 2018’s […]
Brazil Eases WhatsApp Ban — But It’s Still Suspended
The payments feature of the popular messaging platform WhatsApp remains suspended in Brazil, despite local regulators easing restrictions placed on its owner, Facebook. On June […]
PayPal Dabbling in Crypto Could Make BTC a Mainstream Payment Option
Earlier this month, global payments giant PayPal was rumored to be considering listing crypto assets on its platform, which is estimated to have around 325 […]
Bitcoin Analyst: Central Bank Rate Cuts Mean ‘World Has Gone Zimbabwe’
Bitcoin (BTC) supporters are watching as almost every central bank in the world lowers interest rates and the global fiat money supply skyrockets. Statistics compiled […]
The ETH/BTC ‘Flippening’ Is 53% Complete According to New Index
A new metric from German site The Blockchain Center suggests that the long-awaited “flippening” — where Ethereum overtakes Bitcoin — is more than halfway complete. […]
China Highlights Blockchain in Pandemic Preparedness Strategy
4112 Total views 101 Total shares News Chinese authorities are trying to strengthen their epidemic preparedness and have identified blockchain as a key component of […]
An Israeli Blockchain Startup Claims They’ve Invented an ‘Undo’ Button for Bitcoin Transactions
Kirobo, a two-year-old Israeli blockchain startup, announced on Tuesday that it has found a way to tackle problems related to human error in cryptocurrency transactions. […]
Incognito Blockchain Launches DeFi Privacy for Kyber
Privacy blockchain Incognito has released Kyber Privacy (pKyber), a privacy feature for decentralized finance within the Kyber Network for users from both parties to trade […]
First Rupiah-Backed Stablecoin Launches on Binance and Tokocrypto
Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance and Indonesian exchange Tokocrypto have listed a rupiah-backed stablecoin, Binance IDR (BIDR). According to an announcement on June 30, Binance and […]