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Ethereum Transition to ETH2 Gets a Formal Improvement Proposal
How Ethereum Miners Could Exploit the Network and How to Fix It
Miners are the oft-unacknowledged heroes of the Ethereum blockchain. They process user transactions, add blocks to the chain, and help keep the whole enterprise running by competing to solve c...
NewsTechnologyJeff BensonTexas Is Third State This Week to Target BlockFi's Bitcoin Savings Accounts
Texas is the latest state looking to crack down on beleaguered crypto lending platform BlockFi, according to a notice published today by the Texas State Securities Board. State regulators have...
NewsBusinessWill GottsegenElon Musk Inspires Busta Rhymes to Buy Bitcoin—And ‘Look Into’ Ethereum Next
Rapper Busta Rhymes is the latest celebrity to throw his support behind Bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency by market cap, and he’s crediting a conversation featuring Twitter and Square CEO Ja...
NewsCoinsAndrew HaywardJP Morgan Gives Wealth Management Clients Access to Bitcoin, Ethereum Funds
JP Morgan, one of the biggest investment banks in the world, has given its wealth management clients access to Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency funds, according to reports. Clients are now ab...
NewsBusinessMathew Di SalvoDamien Hirst’s $20 Million Twist on NFTs 6X Oversubscribed
British artist Damien Hirst looks set to make $20 million with his latest art-drop, “The Currency,” which forces prospective buyers to choose between physical and digital art in the shape of n...
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The Hottest Decentralized Apps (Dapps): From DeFi to Games
It’s impossible to navigate today’s crypto space without coming across decentralized applications, or dapps. Like regular apps, dapps have a broad range of use cases: there are financial servi...
ReviewsDappsEsat DedezadeThe Top Decentralized Exchanges (DEXs) in 2021
Even if you’re relatively new to crypto, you may have bought or traded Bitcoin, Ethereum and other assets on a cryptocurrency exchange. Exchanges like Binance and Coinbase are some of the most...
ReviewsExchangesEsat DedezadeCoinbase Review: Still The Best In 2021 For Bitcoin Beginners?
What is Coinbase? Coinbase is one of the largest and most well-known digital currency exchanges in the world. It’s widely considered to be one of the most accessible too, as it allows users to...
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This 'Ultra High Endurance' Drive Is Specially Designed for Chia Farming
Recently-launched cryptocurrency Chia uses storage space, rather than processing power, to secure its network. The problem is most standard hard drives can't handle the wear and tear. Now, the...
NewsTechnologyStephen GravesGlobalX Joins Growing List Of U.S. Bitcoin ETF Hopefuls
Global X Digital Assets, a fund manager with $31 billion in assets under management (AUM), is the latest hopeful to file an application for a Bitcoin ETF with the U.S. Securities and Exchange ...
NewsBusinessAndrew AsmakovDfinity Faces Class-Action Lawsuit Claiming ICP Token Is Unregistered Security
Dfinity has been hit with a class-action suit in California alleging that the company sold its native Internet Computer Project (ICP) tokens as an unregistered security. The complaint has bee...
NewsBusinessTim HakkiCrypto Password Startup Magic Raises $27M from Alexis Ohanian, Balaji Srinivasan, More
Magic, a startup that provides a decentralized authentication platform for Web3 applications, announced today that it has raised a $27 million Series A funding round from a number of prominent...
NewsTechnologyAndrew HaywardIs It Time to Take Solana Seriously? Latest 'Ethereum Killer' May Be the Real Deal
The crypto world is awash in "Ethereum killers"—projects that promise to disrupt the undisputed leader in blockchain applications. Such boasts can mostly be written off as a stunt to grab mone...
Sponsored post by Saidler & Co.Decrypt StaffCosmos 'Internet of Blockchains' Links Up With DeFi Oracle Band Protocol
Cross-chain data oracle Band Protocol has announced a new integration with Starport, a development tool for the Cosmos blockchain—allowing third-party developers to gain access to numerous new...
NewsTechnologyLiam FrostGoldman Sachs: 18% of World's Super Rich See Crypto as Inflation Hedge
A new survey from Goldman Sachs has revealed that more family offices are turning to cryptocurrencies as a possible hedge against inflation, currency debasement, and unpredictable macroeconomi...
NewsBusinessTim HakkiAlabama Regulators Suggest BlockFi's Bitcoin Accounts Are Unregistered Securities
BlockFi is back in the news after financial regulators in the state of Alabama claimed that the crypto company’s Bitcoin savings accounts are securities. Alabama is the second state to lock h...
NewsBusinessLiam J. KellyStellar Foundation Eyes MoneyGram Takeover
Stellar Development Foundation, a non-profit organization supporting the development and growth of the Stellar network, has tentatively contacted MoneyGram International about a potential take...
NewsBusinessAndrew AsmakovSam Bankman-Fried: Why I Bought Back Binance's Shares in FTX
Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange by volume, was an early investor in crypto exchange FTX, which 29-year-old Sam Bankman-Fried founded in 2019. This week, the investment relationshi...
NewsBusinessAdriana HamacherEl Salvador Bitcoin Law Has Citizens Protesting
Despite a three-month ban on protests to ostensibly prevent the spread of COVID, a group of Salvadorans composed of leftist unions, student associations, and others gathered at the Legislative...
NewsBusinessJose Antonio LanzVitalik Buterin Beseeches Ethereum Crowd in Paris to 'Move Beyond DeFi'
Ethereum needs to look beyond the wild, speculative financial movement known as DeFi (decentralized finance), Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin said in a surprisingly uproarious keynote at Pari...
NewsDeFiBen MunsterJack Dorsey Is Hopeful Bitcoin Can Create 'World Peace'
The ultimate goal of Bitcoin is world peace, Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey said today, while also acknowledging the outlandishness of his claim. The tech entrepreneur made the comments a...
NewsCoinsMathew Di SalvoEthereum Upgrade for Reducing ETH Supply Gets Commemorative NFTs
If you're hardcore into Ethereum network upgrades, we've got just the thing for you. Stateful Works, a project and publication to incentivize the creation and maintenance of public goods on th...
NewsCoinsJeff BensonTether to Release Long-Awaited Audits Within Months, Says General Counsel
Controversial stablecoin Tether will release its audits very soon, those behind the cryptocurrency said today. Tether, the third biggest digital asset by market cap, has said it will release...
NewsBusinessMathew Di SalvoElon Musk Says SpaceX Has Bought Bitcoin, Personally Owns Ethereum, Dogecoin
Speaking at an online conference called 'The B Word,' Elon Musk said that his aerospace tech company SpaceX has invested in Bitcoin. "I do own Bitcoin, Tesla owns Bitcoin, SpaceX owns Bitcoin,...
NewsBusinessWill GottsegenSEC Chairman Hints at More Lawsuits Against Stock Token Issuers
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has spent the last four years attempting to rein in the largely unruly world of cryptocurrency trading. And that isn’t going to change under Gary Ge...
NewsBusinessGuillermo JimenezBitcoin Rebounds Back Above $31,500
The world’s largest cryptocurrency is up 7.2% in the last 24 hours, having returned to the levels above $31,500 last seen on Monday morning. This is the second time since the mid-April crash t...
NewsBusinessAndrew AsmakovAndreessen and Others Bet $20M on Zed Run NFT Horses
Virtually Human Studio (VHS), the blockchain development firm behind non-fungible token-based (NFT) horse racing game Zed Run, today announced that it has raised $20 million via a Series A fun...
NewsBusinessLiam FrostDraftKings NFT Marketplace Will Be Exclusive Home of Tom Brady Crypto Collectibles
DraftKings, the fantasy sports and sports betting company, is launching its own NFT marketplace. The company announced today it will launch DraftKings Marketplace later this summer, and that i...
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