John Cantrell ensures people that Bitcoin is still safe despite the fact he successfully hacked a Bitcoin wallet. John Cantrell, Bitcoin and Lightning Network project developer, recently revealed he had successfully hacked a Bitcoin address. His article, however, received a number of responses with many concluding Bitcoin isn’t secure. Cantrell felt people missed the point […]
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The second part of a series of articles on the advantages and challenges in the usage of blockchain technology for collecting and sharing information, without violating users’ privacy. From a technical viewpoint, blockchain is a growing records list that is cryptographically tied to and managed by a peer-to-peer network. At the same time, they join […]
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The ins and outs of trading, as explained by Bill Hermann, Matthew Ficke, and David Carman. Crypto trading is a zero-sum game with clear winners and losers. This competitive stage yields countless self-proclaimed profitable traders on Twitter and YouTube. As the players downtown make their livelihood trading for institutions like Galaxy Digital and Pantera Capital, […]
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Five signs are pointing to Bitcoin being in a bull market despite its inability to break through the multi-year resistance at $10,500. Bitcoin (BTC) price has been sideways for several weeks with now over a month since the halving. This is very much reminiscent of early 2017 when Bitcoin hit $1,180 for the second time, […]
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Ether options could be the new fuel that drives growth in the crypto market. Ether (ETH) options are having a fantastic year, with open interest on Deribit — the largest market for these options — having surged 315% to $158 million over the past two months, breaking the $150-million barrier for the first time ever. […]
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Institutions have embraced Bitcoin but BTC whales still impact the crypto market by using hidden orders and wash trading. Unlike traditional financial markets, crypto exchanges are largely unregulated, and virtually every Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto trader is familiar with various stories detailing the degree to which certain aspects of crypto market price action is manipulated. […]
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Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy said he still sees Bitcoin the same as he did in 2017. Barstool Sports’ millionaire founder, Dave Portnoy, recently re-tweeted his 2017 video on Bitcoin, saying his view on the asset has not changed. “For everybody trying to get me in the Bitcoin game, I made this video in 2017,” […]
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Gavin Andresen laid doubts that Craig Wright is Satoshi Nakamoto in recently released depositions. Recently released depositions suggest that Gavin Andresen now has doubts that Craig Wright is Bitcoin creator, Satoshi Nakamoto. The depositions, which are connected to Wright’s case against the estate of his alleged business partner, David Kleiman, show that Andresen was asked […]
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Check out this week’s Bad Crypto podcast. An eventful week for Bitcoin this week. It ended down nearly 5 percent but at one point, things were looking much worse. A collapse to $8,900 sparked talk of a three-month correction—which could be exacerbated by the expiration of more than 100,000 Bitcoin options next Friday. So far […]
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The first part of a series of articles on the advantages and challenges in the usage of blockchain technology for collecting and sharing information, without violating users’ privacy. Several data violations, like the Cambridge Analytica scandal, have brought forth questions regarding how companies and governments should deal with the data entrusted to them, and they […]
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