The supply of Tether has surpassed $12 billion and this will likely only make traders more bullish on the price of Bitcoin and alternative cryptocurrencies. The market capitalization of Tether (USDT) surpassed $12 billion as of Aug. 14, according to cryptocurrency market analytics firm Coinmetrics. Meanwhile, some believe the rapidly-rising valuation of the dominant stablecoin […]
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International crypto exchange Bitfinex unexpectedly went offline for all users this afternoon, citing a ‘platform performance issue.’ Bitfinex has been offline for at least two hours as of this writing, and the exchange has no confirmed time when it will be up and running again. According to an Aug. 12 tweet posted by the exchange, […]
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Check out this week’s Bad Crypto podcast. Another good week for Bitcoin last week. The dollar price rose more than 5 percent, taking it to around $11,700. That rise wasn’t smooth. A flash crash took $1,500 off the price at one point, although investors remain bullish and the VIX volatility index, which is based on […]
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Despite suffering its second 51% in a week, and major exchanges disabling deposit, withdrawal, and some trading services, Ethereum Classic is up 2% over yesterday. After suffering two major blockchain reorganizations over the past week, Ethereum Classic (ETC) has seen its hash rate plummet — exacerbating the risk of further 51% attacks targeting the network. […]
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Bitfinex wants to recover Bitcoin stolen from them in 2016, even if that means paying to find the hackers responsible for the attack. Crypto exchange Bitfinex is offering up to $400 million to anyone who can lead them to the hackers who stole over 120,000 Bitcoin (BTC) in August 2016. According to the company’s post […]
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Hackers transferred roughly $12M from wallets connected to the Bitfinex breach, in which 120,000 Bitcoin was stolen in August 2016. Someone with access to the 119,756 Bitcoin stolen from crypto exchange Bitfinex in 2016 moved $12 million to unknown wallets in the last six days. According to a series of tweets posted by Whale Alert […]
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2gether’s servers were attacked by unknown actors who managed to steal over $1.39 million from crypto-investment accounts. A European cryptocurrency trading platform called 2gether was recently targeted by an unknown group of hackers. These bad actors stole over 1.183 million Euros ($1.39M) from the service’s investment accounts in a cyberattack on July 31. Ramon Ferraz […]
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Check out this week’s Bad Crypto podcast. Stability? What stability? Bitcoin has burst through its ceiling, leapt 15% and is now tickling a new ceiling of $11,000. The new move has put Bitcoin’s actual price at around double the realized price. On Black Thursday, the realized price was higher than the actual price. So how […]
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There’s no doubt noncustodial technology is the future — it’s just a question of when it enters the mainstream. In an increasingly digital world, security is a high-stakes game. The identities of customers along with their privacy and financial information are all in the hands of centralized security systems. We are reliant on these systems, […]
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The Elrond mainnet is launching today with a new DeFi app and staking opportunities. High performance blockchain project Elrond is launching its mainnet today, July 30, along with a new DeFi app, staking and a raft of new features. Its ERD token has been on fire this month in the lead-up to the long awaited […]
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