Avalanche Blockchain’s X and C Networks See Brief Outage

For a while, crypto's role in the illegal and gray area drug trade seemed swept under the rug. Or, at least, it was not getting the attention it could have, which is good and bad for an industry still looking to shed its early associations with the Silk Road digital marketplace, which the Feds shuttered…

It is possible that the next bitcoin (BTC) halving, expected in second-quarter 2024, will have a positive impact on the cryptocurrency’s performance, but that’s not a foregone conclusion, Coinbase (COIN) said in a report Wednesday.“Getting a clear picture of how markets reacted to previous bitcoin halving episodes requires disentangling the effect of liquidity, rates and…

news Hxro, the startup behind the crypto-denominated game of skill, chance, and social engineering – MoonRekt – announced that players will be able to wager bets in bitcoin. Upon release, MoonRekt became a phenomenon in crypto culture. From 600 early-stage users the platform has grown to more than 37,000 registered players. Albeit, some were enticed…

Bitcoin is up 4.3% in the last 24 hours, rising to a five-month high. The top cryptocurrency benefited from $417 million in spot ETF inflows on Monday. Most crypto-related stocks have had big run-ups in recent weeks, perhaps leading to just tepid gains today. 01:01 Bitcoin Breaks $64K While Gold Soars 00:56 ETH/BTC Ratio Slid

Sam Bankman-Fried "told a story, and he lied to you," a federal prosecutor said Wednesday in his closing argument against the FTX founder.The U.S. Department of Justice is wrapping up its case against Bankman-Fried after nearly five weeks. Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicholas Roos, who is presenting the DOJ's denouement, opened by noting that there was

Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck's plans to list on Nasdaq via a merger with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Thunder Bridge Capital Partners IV faces a possible further delay.The Thunder Bridge board believes there will not sufficient time to complete the merger by the July 2 deadline, according to a preliminary proxy statement dated May 16.…

It was another big week for digital asset investment funds, with a record $2.7 billion of inflows bringing the total to $10.3 billion year-to-date, according to CoinShares.The record annual inflow of $10.3 billion in 2021 seems likely to be taken out next week, less than three months into 2024.It's all about bitcoin (BTC), which accounted

Dec 7, 2020 at 1:02 p.m. UTCBoerse Stuttgart location in Gustav-Heinemann-Platz.(Vitaliy Kyrychuk/Shutterstock)Boerse Stuttgart Group Says Its Crypto Trading App Has Hit €1B Volume in 2020Germany’s second-largest stock exchange, Borse Stuttgart, announced on Monday that its Bison crypto trading app has achieved trading volume of €1 billion ($1.21 billion) so far this year.The stock exchange reported…

Three years ago, Microsoft Azure was the first to bring blockchain to the cloud. Now it's connecting the technology to just about everything else. The software giant has quietly been building bridges between its blockchain services and other, widely used infrastructure and platforms, such as Office 365 Outlook, SharePoint Online, Salesforce, Dynamics 365 CRM Online, SAP,…