CoinStats exploiter moves almost $1M to Tornado Cash

Did Satoshi Nakamoto make a mistake in the Halving code? How does Bitcoin’s block halving work on an engineering level? We explain with help from Andreas Antonopoulos.In a recent video, Antonopoulos explained the Bitcoin Core code that controls the halving of the Bitcoin (BTC) block reward in detail.Bitcoin halving code. Source: Bitcoin Core Software.Line by…

Bitcoin (BTC) is in a fighting mood this week as the weekly close buoys bulls' cause and wipes out several weeks of downside — can it continue higher?After challenging $42,000 over the weekend, there was a cautious sense of optimism as higher levels remained in play. Sunday saw a fresh push, with overnight progress attacking…

Options traders are betting big that BTC will be above $80,000 on April 30, but analytics provider Skew thinks there is a 94% chance their positions will be worthless. 2199 Total views 13 Total shares With Coinbase’s highly anticipated direct listing IPO expected to take place next month, options traders appear to be betting that…

The Lummis-GillibrandPayment Stablecoin Act introduced to the Senate could see big banks encouraged to take steps into the stablecoin market, says S&P Global Ratings.

According to reports, FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried asked investors for emergency funding to cover an $8 billion shortfall during a Nov. 9 investors call. 1649 Total views 29 Total shares Sam Bankman-Fried has reportedly asked investors for $8 billion in emergency funding to cover a shortfall caused by the flood of withdrawal requests to his…

Crypto custodian BitGo is now using LayerZero’s OFT Standard to deploy its WBTC across more than 80 chains. 

Cryptocurrency gained 17 million “verified users” this year, according to a study published by the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance Dec. 12.According to the study, data show that in the first three quarters of 2018 the number of ID-verified cryptocurrency users nearly doubled, climbing from 18 million to 35 million.Total crypto users, number of account…

The price of Bitcoin (BTC) retraced to $5,800 during the weekend, which left the markets with an open CME gap between $5,900 and $6,620. Aside from that, buyers have stepped in at the $5,850 level, leading to a $600 rise in the price on Monday. However, is the correction over or is the market range-bound?Crypto…