Crypto startup funding grows to $2.7B in Q2 despite fall in total deals

CNBC surveyed a set of equity strategists and portfolio managers to understand investor sentiment on Bitcoin price. 839 Total views 3 Total shares Throughout Bitcoin's historic price surges and falls, investors have tried and failed to employ traditional markers to make sense out of the volatile trends. CNBC recently conducted a survey on a group of…

Stablecoin operator Tether accidentally minted and subsequently burned 5 billion USDT tokens, Whale Alert tweeted on July 13.Whale Alert — a Twitter account dedicated to reporting large cryptocurrency transactions — noted that 50 million USDT tokens were transferred from cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex to the Tether Treasury via the Omni protocol on the Bitcoin (BTC) blockchain.…

The proof-of-work (PoW) consensus model is the mechanism that kicked off the revolution that launched Bitcoin (BTC) in 2009 and it was the model of choice behind many of the popular projects in the early fledgling years of the crypto ecosystem.As time progressed, other consensus models like proof-of-stake (PoS) rose in popularity, especially as the…

Binance CEO Richard Teng and family members have called for action, claiming Tigran Gambaryan has been unjustly detained in Nigeria since February.

The world's second-largest stock exchange, Nasdaq, and crypto data provider CryptoCompare have partnered to release a cryptocurrency pricing product targeted at institutional investors. The news was revealed in a press release shared with Cointelegraph on June 11.The new product, dubbed the “Nasdaq/CryptoCompare Aggregate Crypto Reference Prices,” will be made available on the Nasdaq-owned platform Qandl…

Toncoin has managed to recover part of its losses following Pavel Durov’s arrest, but it faces the risk of a bull trap.

Illegal Bitcoin mining has been a growing problem in Southeast Asia, with operators exploiting the region’s relatively low electricity costs

Alfa-Bank and X5 Retail Group partnered to launch a blockchain liquidity management service in Russia.According to a press release published by the bank on Sept. 12, the service — dubbed Distributed Treasury and Cash Management (DTCM) — enables Alfa-Bank’s corporate clients to manage their payments, loan and deposit products, as well as liquidity pool inside…

The crypto markets are cheering PayPal’s decision to allow its customers to use cryptocurrencies to shop from its vast merchant network. PayPal also revealed that U.S. account holders will be able to buy, sell, and hold cryptocurrencies in the PayPal app. The company plans to extend this service to a few other countries in the first…