Public miners raised $2.2B as cash flow crunch intensifies post-halving

The Bank of England's deputy governor Jon Cunliffe has argued that a sea change in the issuance and circulation of public and private monies could make general access to a digital form of central bank money crucial for ensuring financial stability in future.In a speech at the OMFIF Digital Money Institute in London, Cunliffe reflected on…

Ethereum 2.0 developers formalized the date of the first community-run testnet on August 4. 3244 Total views 5 Total shares The Ethereum 2.0 team has formalized the launch date of the first full testnet designed to simulate mainnet conditions.Called Medalla, the new multi-client testnet is set to be the last one before mainnet launch occurs.…

A crypto exchange has announced it is launching “zero-fee trading” across the 131 countries where it currently operates.Zebpay says it wants to “liberate crypto from the shackles of trading fees, and to reduce the friction for all those who are new to crypto.”Many exchanges charge a small commission whenever their users make a trade. While…

Bitcoin (BTC) is on track to close the week with gains of more than 23%. The banking crisis in the United States and Europe seems to have boosted buying in Bitcoin, indicating that the leading cryptocurrency is behaving as a safe haven asset in the near term.All eyes are on the Federal Reserve’s meeting on…

Bitcoin price drops by 15.30% just 2 days before the block reward halving. At 12:40 A.M. UTC time Bitcoin (BTC) price dropped from $9,574 to $8,112 in the course of 15 minutes. The 15.30% drop came after the top ranked digital asset on CoinMarketCap struggled to reclaim the $9,800 support after falling below the support which…

Bitcoin (BTC) price rallied over 10% between April 9 and April 14, marking the highest daily close in more than ten months. While some analysts may argue the move justifies a degree of decoupling from traditional markets, both the S&P 500 and gold are near their highest levels in over six months.Bitcoin price breaks $30,000…

Startup Status raised $100 M in its 2017 initial coin offering on the premise of building a private messenger based on the Whisper protocol that allows Ethereum DApps to communicate. Each smartphone that runs a Status app becomes a node, and all the messaging runs on a peer-to-peer network which is censorship-resistant. After three years…