MicroStrategy proposes 2.5M share offering to fund Bitcoin purchases

The CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Binance has dispelled fears a bad actor had attacked its newly-launched Bitcoin futures platform.Technical error crashed Bitcoin priceIn a series of tweets on Sept. 16, Changpeng Zhao, also known as CZ, initially warned that the exchange’s futures were under attack from one of its own market makers. The perpetrator allegedly crashed the…

MakerDAO’s Rune Christensen says appropriate regulation will see stablecoins become mainstream, but the real opportunity is in decentralized stablecoins. 96 Total views 1 Total shares Decentralized stablecoins may eventually dominate the stablecoin market, so long as crypto “ends up living up to its potential,” says Rune Christensen, the co-founder of DeFi pioneer MakerDAO.Speaking to Cointelegraph’s

On July 1, the popular discussion website Reddit took a ruinous step: Its application programming interface (API) — the tool that gives developers access to its rich store of data as they build and train applications — ceased providing free, open access. Going forward, it will be closed and, for some developers, too expensive to…

“Bitcoin is for billions, not billionaires,” a phrase first coined by investment researcher Lyn Alden, could soon become a reality, according to Fedimint. The protocol that aims to scale Bitcoin (BTC) while making it more private has been buoyed by a $4.2 million seed round for the Fedi application.Cointelegraph spoke to Obi Nwosu, co-founder and CEO…

The prince, jokingly implying he was rebuilding amid a bear market, constructed a sandcastle on the beach at the Surfin’ Bitcoin 2022 before it was unceremoniously stepped on. 572 Total views 26 Total shares Speaking to Cointelegraph over sandcastles at the Surfin’ Bitcoin 2022 event at Casino de Biarritz in France on Thursday, Prince Philip…

Bitcoin price action may have to diverge from stocks if history repeats itself after a bumper Fed rate cut, analysis warns.

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…

Emefiele said the Nigerian government will do its best to prevent crypto from being used to finance illicit activities. 4985 Total views 8 Total shares At a 279th meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee in Abuja, Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Godwin Emefiele expressed confidence that cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) will be legal in the…