Ethereum developers consider splitting Pectra upgrade, eye February target 

The total market capitalization of the cryptocurrency market surged past $1.55 trillion on Dec. 5, driven by remarkable weekly gains of 14.5% for Bitcoin (BTC) and 11% for Ether (ETH). Notably, this milestone, marking the highest level in 19 months, propelled Bitcoin to become the world's ninth-largest tradable asset, surpassing Meta's $814 billion capitalization.Despite the

With news of early adopters retiring millionaires, and newbies making a 300% profit or more on their cryptocurrency holdings, investing in digital assets is seen by many as a lucrative opportunity.That said, cryptocurrency continues to exist as one of the most volatile asset classes, marked with significant price swings branching from the highest highs to…

ETHW Core plans to split off from the main ETH blockchain and maintain a PoW version to keep ETH mining alive beyond The Merge. 779 Total views 5 Total shares The long awaited Ethereum Merge is just around the corner, but not everyone is excited about the major upgrade. A group calling themselves ETHW Core…

Elliptic’s report reveals how the Huione Guarantee marketplace facilitated massive money laundering and cyber scams using Tether (USDT) transactions.

Guizhou province is the first in China to announce an ambitious electric vehicle campaign, taking advantage of the power capacity freed up by Beijing’s Bitcoin mining ban. Following Beijing’s crackdown on energy-sapping Bitcoin (BTC) mining, Guizhou province has become the country’s first to make use of its freed-up power capacity to advance a climate-conscious agenda. The…

A new Bitcoin (BTC) scam website representing digital assets platform Bakkt has appeared on the internet, with its domain “bakktplatform.io” registered on Jan. 31.The fake Bakkt website claims that the launch of the platform will take place on March 12, also offering investors a chance to participate in another funding round, accepting “investments” in Bitcoin.Citing…

The Bitcoin (BTC) price has increased by two-fold in less than a month, surging from $3,600 to over $7,350. While traders believe a combination of many factors caused the upsurge, there are three main factors that likely contributed to it.The three factors are a significant surge in spot buys, a massively overextended plunge below $4,000,…

Square’s Bitcoin (BTC) revenue continues to grow, even as the popular payments app lowers its first-quarter revenue estimates by $800 million due to the coronavirus crisis.According to a company announcement on March 24, COVID-19 was not a factor in the company’s growth until around 10 days ago:“While the beginning of March was relatively in line…

Bitcoin (BTC) has recorded its biggest mining difficulty drop of nearly 28% on July 3, but one model suggests that the BTC price will not bottom until October.In a series of tweets on July 2, investment manager Timothy Peterson flagged the relationship between Bitcoin price and hash rate as arguable evidence that the dip is…