Morgan Stanley’s Bitcoin ETF push a 'death wish,' says former SEC official

Oh, the wonders of decentralized consensus — that dream of permissionless blockchains to be censorship-resistant, trustless, collaborative and egalitarian for a potentially global community of users. While lofty in ideals, consensus is foundational for each crypto network, which must agree upon that most basic question of who decides what on the network.Decentralized consensus in the…

The Bitcoin community helped Uganda’s Brindon Mwiine travel to BTC Prague after winning tickets for his adoption efforts in East Africa. 342 Total views 2 Total shares A Ugandan Bitcoiner embarked on a community-funded trip from East Africa to Central Europe after winning tickets to BTC Prague for his adoption-driving efforts in his home country.Brindon…

The price of Ether (ETH) declined 9.8% between Feb. 19 and Feb. 25 after the price resistance at $1,725 proved stronger than expected. Still, the correction was insufficient to break the 6-week-long ascending channel and did not cause Ether derivatives metrics to turn bearish.Ether (ETH) price index in USD, 1-day. Source: TradingViewEther's price resilience can…

The bottom may not be in just yet for Bitcoin, but hope remains of a run to $90,000. 2687 Total views 14 Total shares Bitcoin (BTC) chopped and changed on Nov. 18 but held a critical support level to preserve the chance of new all-time highs.BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView$90,000 remains on the…

The Twitter hackers had used one of the addresses involved, which shows transactions to BitPay and Coinbase. 2223 Total views 23 Total shares The Twitter hackers who compromised more than a dozen celebrity accounts on Wednesday appear to be consolidating their funds to an address that had earlier sent money to BitPay and Coinbase.According to…

In an unprecedented move, Block.One announced on April 8 that it would begin voting for block producers, or BPs. This marks a clear change in the company’s policies, which previously went to great lengths to dissociate itself from EOS. Block.One’s stake amounts to slightly less than 10% of all EOS, which makes it the single largest…

Visa has filed a patent application to create digital currency — potentially using Ethereum as the blockchain. 3003 Total views 46 Total shares Visa has filed an application to create digital currency on a blockchain with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.According to the application published May 14 — but filed way back in November…

Quintenz's 5-year term at the agency was originally scheduled to end in April 2020, but he has twice extended his departure. 122 Total views 2 Total shares Brian Quintenz, who has served as one of the commissioners with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or CFTC, reportedly plans to leave the agency on Aug. 31.According to…