Dormant Bitcoin wallet moves $536M after over 5-year hiatus

Web3, interoperability, and layer 0 are all terms tossed around when describing Polkadot. But what do they mean, and how will they impact the internet and cryptocurrency market? Cointelegraph Research’s new report explores how Polkadot is tackling distributed ledger scalability and centralization of the web simultaneously. For starters, imagine a world where Facebook is replaced by…

The United States Justice Department’s crypto enforcement team is cracking down on Decentralized Finance (DeFi) hackers and exploiters, amid a four-year rise in illicit crypto activity.In a Financial Times report published on May 15, Eun Young Choi, director of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) national cryptocurrency enforcement team (NCET), stated that the department is…

The funding will support TON ecosystem projects, research and development efforts, community-building and marketing activities. 51 Total views 2 Total shares KuCoin Ventures, the venture arm of Seychelles-registered crypto exchange KuCoin, will provide grants to The Open Network (TON) blockchain platform, including an initial $20,000, to support the growth and expansion of the TON ecosystem.According

The launch of the Bitcoin ETF in the US triggered an increase in the total value of Bitcoin activity across all regions worldwide, according to Chainalysis.

Curve Finance founder Michael Egorov is attempting to offload some of his DeFi positions to alleviate his mountain of debt, but some have highlighted his liquidity sources.On Aug. 1, Nansen research analyst Sandra Leow posted a list of liquidity sources for Egorov’s Curve DAO (CRV) positions.According to Leow, Egorov sold around 50 million CRV tokens…

Soramitsu, the firm that helped build Cambodia’s Bakong digital payments system, will work with the Laos government to research what a Laotian CBDC might look like. 65 Total views 15 Total shares Laos has become the latest nation to begin exploring a central bank digital currency (CBDC), announcing upcoming research on the subject in partnership…

Bitmain, the largest manufacturer of mining equipment, recently revealed the Antminer Z11 device for mining Zcash and other cryptocurrencies based on the Equihash algorithm, as reported by Cointelegraph on March 19. The company claims that the new chip is three times more powerful than its predecessor, the Antminer Z9, which was released nine months ago.Introducing…

Twitter’s plans to roll out a payment platform took a major step forward this week as its subsidiary, Twitter Payments, received its first money transmitter licenses in the United States states of Michigan, New Hampshire and Missouri. The company — reportedly building a solution with crypto in mind — is seeking to provide transfer services in…

Bitcoin (BTC) survived another night without breaking $20,000 on June 17 as $14,000 cemented itself as a likely bottom level.BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewTrader plans to go "all in" on BTC at $14,000Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD dipping to $20,220 on Bitstamp overnight before rebounding up to $1,200 higher.The pair…