Mastercard's crypto credentials P2P pilot program goes live

If Bitcoin fails to hit $62,000 and hold there, it could drop below $50,000, according to analysts from Kraken, but some aren’t as pessimistic.

The cryptocurrency exchange will look to provide stability during Ethereum's Merge with the Beacon Chain by instituting a number of temporary measures. 134 Total views 27 Total shares Cryptocurrency exchange Binance will suspend deposits and withdrawals of Ether (ETH) and ERC-20 tokens during the blockchain's transition to its proof-of-stake (PoS) Beacon chain in September.The world's…

BTC Inc. CEO David Bailey says he spoke with the former president’s team in the wake of the July 13 assassination attempt.

Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has become the first national park in the world to run a Bitcoin (BTC) mine in an effort to protect its forests and wildlife. Cointelegraph spoke with Sébastien Gouspillou, CEO of Big Block Green Services, and the man who introduced Bitcoin mining to the park. Speaking…

Many predicted that Binance would never embrace regulation — it would only pretend to comply in jurisdictions like the United States. No more. Binance pleading guilty to money laundering and other federal charges on Nov. 21 means it’s giving up its free-booting ways. It will also pay a $4.3 billion fine, the largest in the history

Offchain Labs, a blockchain startup co-founded by a professor at Princeton University, has raised $3.7 million in a seed round led by crypto hedge fund Pantera Capital, TechCrunch reports on April 3.The new funding round was also supported by Compound VC, Raphael Ouzan of Blocknation, Jake Seid, managing director at Stone Bridge Ventures and others.With…

18 Bitcoin (BTC) in volume has been traded since the launch of Bitcoin futures on the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE)’s Bakkt platform yesterday, Sept. 22.The much-anticipated contracts — the first of their kind to be physically settled in Bitcoin — went live at 8 PM EST on Sept. 22 (00:00 UTC Sept. 23).The first hoursBakkt ™…

According to Chainalysis, the downfall of FTX is likely to have a relatively smaller effect on the crypto ecosystem than the demise of Mt. Gox. 644 Total views 5 Total shares Blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis has compared the fall of Mt. Gox to FTX to determine how FTX’s bankruptcy will impact the ecosystem.It concluded that…

Open-source payments network Celo has announced its first round of development grant recipients.A press release shared with Cointelegraph states that Celo has awarded $700,000 in grants to 13 different companies who are looking to build on top of the network, contribute to the development of the Celo platform, or foster the Celo community.The project has…