Investors fear that the upcoming Bitcoin halving is in peril after last month’s 50% drop but blockchain data from CryptoQuant shows miners remain strong going into May. Approximately 4-weeks ago global equities markets were in distress as investors finally realized that the coronavirus was not just an illness restricted to China, but rather a global […]
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After losing a large sponsor in February, cybersecurity organization Shadowserver obtained a new $400K grant from HDR Global Trading. HDR Global Trading, the operator of crypto exchange BitMEX, is giving a $400,000 grant to the cybersecurity nonprofit Shadowserver Foundation. In an April 6 statement on the company’s blog, HDR Global Trading announced that it would […]
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Bulls take control of the market by breaching $7,300 but as $8,000 approaches what is next for Bitcoin price? Bitcoin (BTC) closed the week up 15.4% at $6,775 and has started the day with a further 6% move to the upside, breaching the $7,000 handle and making highs at $7,300. Looking at performance relative to […]
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Tezos co-founder Kathleen Breitman suggested in a Reddit post the possibility of not using Tezos’ blockchain for her new trading card game. Tezos co-founder Kathleen Breitman has left open the possibility that her trading card game Emergents may not be built on the company’s blockchain, according to statements made on April 5. According to the […]
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Baite, formerly one of the top Chinese mining pools, has dropped out of the BTC mining race in favor of altcoins. Although the Bitcoin hashrate has increased 33% in the last 48 hours the mining industry still faces uncertainties. This has left Baite mining pool, one of the top Chinese pools with no choice but […]
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Most of the blockchain firms that closed in 2019 were cryptocurrency scams or had a lacking business model, according to recent research. Most of the blockchain firms that closed in 2019 were cryptocurrency scams or had deficient business models, according to recent research. Research sent to Cointelegraph by Chinese market research firm EqualOcean on March […]
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Many major cryptocurrencies are breaking out of their critical overhead resistance levels and it seems the uptrend is likely to continue for the next few days. During a crisis, the first thing panic-stricken investors do is to sell almost every asset class they perceive is likely to go down. However, after the panic settles down, […]
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Professors in Japan unveiled a blockchain system to settle legal disputes through a “digital court.” A group of researchers has devised a blockchain-based mechanism to perform legal functions in a so-called “digital court,” according to an April 6 announcement. Professors Hitoshi Matsushima from the University of Tokyo, and Shunya Noda from the University of British […]
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MakerDAO founder Rune Christensen talks Black Thursday and the foundation’s mysterious radio silence on the matter. As the dust begins to settle over MakerDAO’s Black Thursday incident, the team is now returning to a normal working pace. We took the opportunity to catch up with Rune Christensen, one of the original founders of the protocol, […]
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Vitalik Buterin, the creator of Ethereum, outlines how important it is to remember massively off-the-mark BTC price predictions from McAfee and Dr. Doom. As the world’s biggest cryptocurrency, Bitcoin (BTC) is highly volatile, once surging from $1,000 to $20,000 in the span of just over a year. The coin has become the subject of infinite […]
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