Keeping crypto cypherpunk protects users from censorship and corporatism — Gnosis VP

Data also shows that the average gas price on the Ethereum has been dropping rapidly since the start of the year, plunging from 218 Gwei on Jan.10 to 40.82 on March 9. 73 Total views 23 Total shares Gas fees for transactions on the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain have dropped to the lowest levels since August.…

Venezuelan authorities confiscated 315 Bitcoin mining systems. 1595 Total views 13 Total shares The Bolivarian National Guard of Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela, seized 315 Bitcoin (BTC) mining machines manufactured by Bitmain. The owners of the mining rigs were told that they did not possess the necessary permits to own and operate the machines. They also were…

“Deregulating Bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies may not necessarily promote technical innovation,” says Japan’s new top financial regulator. Ryozo Himino, the new commissioner of Japan's Financial Services Agency, says the agency is wary of deregulating private cryptocurrencies.Noting that the COVID-19 pandemic could accelerate the transition to a cashless society, Himono instead emphasized the potential role of…

The number of Americans who own cryptocurrencies has almost doubled in 2019, from 7.95% in 2018 to 14.4%, according to a new survey by Finder.36.5 million Americans own cryptoFinder, an Australia-based financial services firm, has surveyed 2,068 Americans to figure out that 36.5 million people in the United States own some form of crypto to…

Bitcoin (BTC) was still staying close to $10,200 on Sept. 18 as the largest cryptocurrency left it to altcoins to produce investor gains.Market visualization. Source: Coin360Another day, another Bitcoin pump delayData from Coin360 showed BTC/USD enter yet another day of flat performance, slowly eroding support above $10,000. Such sideways trading has characterized Bitcoin for almost a…

CFTC Commissioner Dan M. Berkovitz has called for a crackdown on unregulated DeFi derivatives platforms. 1310 Total views 4 Total shares Commissioner Dan M. Berkovitz of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) believes DeFi derivatives platforms may contravene the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA).Speaking as part of a June 8 keynote address dubbed “Climate Change and…

Part of the appeal of digital currencies is their global nature. Since the vast majority of digital currencies are not sponsored by an individual state, the hope was that the crypto world could be largely borderless. This has turned out to be a bit of a pipe dream. It turns out that countries actually do…

Once he completes his four-month sentence at Lompoc prison, Zhao plans to resume his involvement in cryptocurrency.

Booking.com selected Seema Johnson, the co-founder and COO of blockchain-based payments and ID platform Nuggets, as Entrepreneur of the Year in the company’s Technology Playmaker Awards on April 9.The Playmaker Awards were launched by the global travel company in 2017 to recognize the achievements of women in the technology sector.Cointelegraph spoke to Johnson to discuss her…