Coinbase website down as crypto exchange cites ‘system-wide outage’

Bitcoin (BTC) has halted its bull run in the past few weeks as the price has corrected from an all-time high of $58,000 to around $43,000. Several arguments were found for the pullback, including a sell-off from miners and whales. The other primary reason for the correction is the sudden surge of yields across the…

The artificial intelligence art gold rush began around 2018 when Christie’s auctioned “Portrait of Edmond Belamy” for an astounding $432,500. Since then, it has been an up-only journey for AI-generated images. “Théâtre D’opéra Spatial,” Jason Allen’s AI artwork, even won a prize at the Colorado State Fair art competition. This shows how AI-generated images have…

Co-founder and CEO of Twitter Jack Dorsey declared again that he believes Bitcoin (BTC) will be the internet’s native currency. Dorsey made his comments during an interview with American comedian and podcast host Joe Rogan published on Feb. 2.During the interview, Dorsey stated:“[Bitcoin] was something that was born on the internet, that was developed on…

Cryptocurrency markets are well-known for their volatility, where large price swings help investors create or lose fortunes. Yet there are often periods of relative stability where the tight price action bores some while being an opportunity for others.Since the beginning of the year, Bitcoin’s (BTC) price has soared by over 60%, climbing from around $18,000…

The increasing use of HFT may help explain Bitcoin’s record low volatility. 2603 Total views 25 Total shares The Bitcoin (BTC) market has been quiet lately. A little too quiet.  As of Tuesday Bitcoin’s volatility levels had dropped to levels unseen since 2017. In recent weeks, Bitcoin has fallen behind as investors piled into altcoins such…

Currently, one of the most rigorously examined corners of the surging cryptography space, secure multiparty computation, or sMPC, is widely considered a viable solution to many practical situations in the real world. The concept has some promising implications ranging from privacy to scalability and efficiency, and it’s lasting impact lay outside the purview of only…

Telegram said that the development of its marketplace is almost finished, and a launch date will be announced soon. 448 Total views 4 Total shares The popular messaging app Telegram has developed a new marketplace that doesn’t involve nonfungible tokens (NFTs). The social messaging platform said that it is all set to launch its marketplace…

SBI Ripple Asia and the Japan Payment Card Consortium have announced a joint proof of concept (PoC) to combat fraud with blockchain technology, according to an official release published Nov. 16.According to the news release, the PoC will be conducted on R3's blockchain platform, Corda, and will aim to prevent damage wrought by fraudulent transactions…

BlockFi’s Bitcoin reward card is inching forward. BlockFi, a major American cryptocurrency lending startup, has completed another funding round featuring major industry investors.The company has raised $50 million in a Series C round led by Anthony Pompliano’s crypto asset management firm Morgan Creek Digital, BlockFi announced on Aug. 20.Also known as Pomp, Morgan Creek’s co-founder…