MicroStrategy acquires 18,300 Bitcoin, expands holdings

Ripple believes records held by offshore exchanges will prove its executives did not violate Section 5 of the Securities Act by offloading XRP on the U.S. public. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse and co-founder Chris Larsen, have filed a motion requesting the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigate Bitfinex’s parent company, iFinex, and 14 other international…

Author Isaiah Jackson says Bitcoin can be an effective protest against financial institutions for those who can’t take to the streets. 613 Total views 35 Total shares Bitcoin & Black America author Isaiah Jackson says that people invoking Bitcoin during the protests over the police killing of George Floyd have identified the “real enemy” —…

An alleged “consensus issue” in the testing of a planned hard fork of Ethereum, called Constantinople, has caused a testnet to be “not usable,” according to a tweet from Ethereum blockchain infrastructure firm Infura October 13.Infura’s tweet also advises developers to use other testing networks while the Ethereum developer community is “investigating” the issue.As reported…

On April 14, the price of Ether (ETH) just hit an all-time high at $2,400 and although the price has increased more than three-fold since the beginning of this year, the current speculative premium suggests, there is a lot of room for upside.Ether's speculative premium is far from overheatedWhile the current price of Ether is…

The company beat estimates while non-trading revenue beat trading revenue. New York-based crypto exchange Coinbase reported revenue in the amount of $708 million in the second quarter of 2023, despite the regulatory issues it's faced in recent months, boosted by a custody deal with Blackrock and institutional focus.The exchange said Q2 net revenue reached $663…

Mixed cryptocurrency transactions now represent 4.09% of all bitcoin (BTC) payments, according to data published by Longhash on April 29.So-called “CoinJoins” have risen by 300% in the space of nine months. By blending multiple transactions together before they are sent to the recipient, the technique is regarded as a way of obscuring the sender’s details.The data was provided…

We’re saying farewell to the World Economic Forum Annual meeting by demonstrating the real-world utility of crypto payments. With the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting drawing to a close, attendees had the opportunity to join Cointelegraph for a farewell party at Ex Bar in Davos — where they could actually pay for food and…

Solana-based Cypher Protocol has managed to stop around $600,000 of stolen funds from exiting various centralized exchanges. 115 Total views 1 Total shares Solana-based decentralized futures exchange Cypher Protocol has managed to freeze $600,000 worth of crypto stolen from an Aug. 7 security exploit.In an X (Twitter) post on Aug. 18, Cypher Protocol reported that…

Digital asset custodial company BitGo recently unveiled its purchase of Harbor, an online platform for digitized securities. “Our vision has always been bigger than wallets and custody,” BitGo CEO Mike Belshe said in a Feb. 18 statement provided to Cointelegraph. “Acquiring Harbor furthers BitGo’s vision of building a new digital infrastructure for financial services.” Harbor’s website is…