Justin Sun elected Prime Minister of Liberland micronation

Peer-to-peer exchange Paxful will add security to its operation through a partnership with blockchain analysis outfit Chainalysis.Through a new partnership, Paxful will harness specific technologies from Chainalysis. “Paxful uses the Chainalysis Reactor to conduct deep investigations and the Chainalysis KYT to monitor transactions for any illicit behavior,” Youssef said, referring to the firm’s Know Your…

A goodwill impairment from ErisX significantly hurt the company's GAAP earnings, but otherwise, business results improved from last year. 300 Total views 25 Total shares On Friday, Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), the largest options exchange in the United States, announced its second-quarter earnings results. Of particular interest was its total operating expenses, which soared…

Total crypto market capitalization has held the $200 billion mark for the past few days. This is a positive sign, as it shows that market participants are not panicking at lower levels but are using dips to buy. The first leg of the bull phase was led by Bitcoin, which saw its dominance rise from…

The US banking crisis is what catalyzed the 2023 bull run, according to BitMEX’s Arthur Hayes. Bitcoin’s rally shows no signs of slowing as it edges toward $90,000 in what is shaping up to be its best weekly run since the United States banking crisis in 2023. The Bitcoin (BTC) price surpassed the $85,000 record

Bitcoin (BTC) has been below $45,000 for 14 days and is currently 40% below the $69,000 all-time high. This movement holds similarities to late-September 2021, when Bitcoin price flat-lined for 11 days and was 36% below the previous $64,900 all-time high on April 14.Bitcoin price at Coinbase, USD. Source: TradingViewTo understand whether the current price…

The overall security of the Bitcoin protocol, or hash rate, hit a new high of 158 exahash per second despite the price being down over 50% year to date. 346 Total views 9 Total shares Bitcoin miners can’t stop, won’t stop. The Bitcoin (BTC) hash rate continues to surge to new all-time highs, despite a…

A Compound proposal could put a major dent in the profits for all yield farmers. A new Compound governance proposal from Gauntlet founder Tarun Chitra would see all future COMP token distributions locked in a vesting schedule.The proposal was submitted on Wednesday and outlines several ways that the vesting could be implemented. One would involve…

Bitcoin held its latest advances over the weekend, but there are plenty of arguments calling for a snap BTC price retracement.

Economist and academic John Vaz believes Bitcoin (BTC) still faces stiff competition from Facebook’s troubled Libra project.Vaz told Cointelegraph that Bitcoin has scaling challenges in terms of payments and was used disproportionately as a vehicle for speculation. By contrast he said Libra has been purpose-built to scale as a payments network and could quickly emerge as…