$6.6K: Bitcoin Price Eyes New Target for Bull Reversal

Hackers that targeted crypto wallet Atomic Wallet in a $35 million heist earlier this month have used cross-chain liquidity protocol THORChain to conceal their ill-gotten gains, according to blockchain sleuth MistTrack.MistTrack states that 503.08 ether (ETH), or around $870,000, connected to the hack was transferred to THORChain in the last two days before being swapped…

Dec 16, 2019 at 17:35 UTCBreez CEO Roy Sheinfeld image via Anastasya StolyarovIt’s easy to see why litecoin creator Charlie Lee just invested an undisclosed amount in the lightning-friendly bitcoin wallet startup Breez: CEO Roy Sheinfeld is a hustler. Sheinfeld responds to messages 24/7 and executes just as quickly. Since the mobile wallet app launched in…

feature JPMorgan Chase’s blockchain team is increasing its firepower around a branch of mind-bending math called zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs). These proofs, which allow someone to prove a statement is true about a set of data without revealing the data itself, are seen as a solution to the privacy issues that have made regulated companies wary…

opinion Kevin Werbach is a Professor of Legal Studies & Business Ethics at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and the author of “The Blockchain and the New Architecture of Trust,” from which this article is adapted. _______ In 2015, New York became one of the first jurisdictions in the world to adopt a…

As bitcoin begins another ascent upwards, competition among existing crypto lenders will continue apace. That means more innovation in lending products and offerings, as new market entrants from traditional finance and crypto look to take a piece of this high-demand industry as well as risks. Much of the market turmoil during the last bear market

Jul 7, 2020 at 03:40 UTCUpdated Jul 7, 2020 at 03:41 UTC(Sebastiaan ter Burg/Flikr)Crypto entrepreneur Brock Pierce has tossed his hat into the ring to run for the U.S. Presidency. Pierce, known for his role with Block.One and the EOS token, as well as for co-founding Tether (originally called Realcoin), filed registered as a candidate…

Dec 15, 2020 at 8:52 a.m. UTCCollider Ventures co-founders Avishay Ovadia, Adam Benayoun and Ofer Rotem.(Collider Ventures)How Israeli VCs Are Doubling Down on DeFi StartupsThe three co-founders of Collider Ventures all agree Israel’s vibrant crypto industry waned, yet didn’t fizzle, throughout 2020.“For us, [COVID-19] had a positive impact that pushed us into a corner, and…

Feb 13, 2020 at 23:22 UTCIOTA Foundation, the nonprofit behind the IOTA distributed network, recommended users close their Trinity wallets Thursday after multiple reports of fund theft. IOTA said it started receiving the reports Wednesday and decided to shut off the Coordinator node in the network for further investigation. The foundation is evaluating an exploit on an…

markets Bitcoin surged $1,000 in just 30 minutes during U.S. trading hours Thursday, a move that found the leading cryptocurrency rising from $9,335 to a high of $10,400, based on Bitstamp data. The sudden rally could be associated with the massive unwinding of short BTC/USD positions (profit taking) seen in 30 minutes to 15:00 UTC, as…