SEC wants retailer’s crypto suit tossed as it’s based on ‘phantom’ policy

Some 2,500 crypto-curious blockchain believers descended on Barcelona’s Hyatt Tower conference suites last week in a networking bonanza. The 8th edition of the European Blockchain Convention, and the fourth occurrence in Barcelona, also coincided with Bitcoin (BTC) sitting tight below $25,000.Despite an over 60% crypto drawdown, the conference was packed, and reportedly 2,500 attendees from banks,…

The crypto security team is preparing to launch a battleground for hackers and crypto protocols at the DeFi Security Summit at Devcon in November.

Financial services firm Jefferies’ recent survey indicates that American users will hardly use Facebook’s forthcoming stablecoin Libra due to a lack of trust, The Block reported on July 1In the survey, which included over 600 respondents, four in five people reportedly chose  “Unlikely” or “Very unlikely” when asked whether they would purchase Libra. 45% of…

Wednesday, Sept. 4 — The top-20 cryptocurrencies are showing red candlesticks across the board, as the number one cryptocurrency continues to test support at $10,500.Market visualization. Source: Coin360The Bitcoin (BTC) price has shown little price movement in the last 24 hours, and has been trading close to $10,500 for most of the day. At press…

The crypto market has extremely low barriers to entry, meaning anyone with an internet connection, a smartphone or a computer and a bit of starting capital can theoretically become a trader. Sadly, most of these beginners learn hard lessons and go broke. Here are 10 common mistakes made by beginning traders that you should avoid…

1. Why has there been such a spike in interest around AI and blockchain? Artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain are two of the most-talked-about technologies of the past 10 years, and their evolution has led to significant and promising innovations. The idea of combining them is particularly intriguing. The profit potential for these two technologies…

A newly published working paper on Bitcoin mining has worked to counter claims from anti-crypto politicians that Bitcoin is melting the planet. Bitcoin mining is a “critical tool” for clean energy and balancing the grid, according to a new working paper penned by Bitcoin advocates and the former president of ERCOT, the operator of Texas’

Raj Gokal, co-founder of blockchain protocol Solana and chief operations officer of Solana Labs, started his career in venture capital with a focus on high-growth tech business. For seven years, Gokal focused on health tech, first with wearable sensors using Bluetooth Low Energy as a wireless protocol, then leading product management at Omada Health. He aimed

On Dec. 4, Bitcoin (BTC) unexpectedly rallied hard from $7,080 and over the next 5 hours the digital asset had moved 9.92% to trade for $7,788. The strong surge briefly broke the pattern of lower highs lower lows. But by the end of the day, the price had retraced back to $7,100. Crypto market weekly performance.…