‘Silly’ to shade Ethereum, the ‘Microsoft of blockchains’ — Bitwise exec

Bitcoin (BTC) analysts were keen to draw fresh price targets on Aug. 27 after the largest cryptocurrency briefly fell below $20,000.BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewSub-$20,000 BTC price targets stay in placeData from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD hitting $19,945 on Bitstamp the night after hawkish comments from the United States Federal Reserve. Intraday…

According to the court filing, the number of victims in the FTX case made it “impractical” to rely on more traditional methods of notification. 216 Total views 22 Total shares Ho-ho-ho! Get Limited Holiday Trait!Collect this article as an NFTThe United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York has launched a page…

A new Ether ASIC mining rig is on the way, but will it help ease Nvidia's GPU problems? Cryptocurrency mining rig manufacturer Bitmain announced the pending release of a new Ether (ETH) miner on April 16. The Antminer E9 model is an application-specific integrated circuit chip, which will run on the Ethereum blockchain’s Ethash algorithm.No…

In his new role, Clayton will aid Fireblocks in navigating the regulatory hurdles for developing and deploying digital asset infrastructure, especially around capital markets. 469 Total views 4 Total shares Jay Clayton, the former chair of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, has accepted an advisory role with blockchain infrastructure provider Fireblocks — marking…

Are cryptocurrency games innocent fun? Or are they Ponzi schemes facing an imminent crackdown by regulators in the United States?Tokens related to cryptocurrency games — known colloquially as “GameFi” — were worth a cumulative total of nearly $10 billion as of mid-August, give or take a few billion. (The number may vary depending on whether…

Stockholm IT Ventures AB (SITV), a Swedish company specializing in cryptocurrency and blockchain technology, has announced its subsidiary has finalized a software license agreement with Valens Bank, according to the official August 22 press release. The agreement between Blocktrade Technology Ltd. (BTT), a subsidiary of SITV, and the German Valens Bank will allow the “multi-currency…

Bitcoin (BTC) bulls were euphoric when the price soared to $69,000 on Nov. 10 because the 14.5% gain accumulated over five days meant they were in for a $715 million profit on Friday’s options expiry.However, the 9% negative price move on Nov. 16 caught bulls by surprise, especially since most of the call (buy) options…

Coinbase has launched a fact-checking portal to combat “misinformation and mischaracterizations about Coinbase or crypto” being shared online. 897 Total views 1 Total shares Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has announced the launch of what he’s calling a “Fact-Check" via the company’s blog. In a May 27 post titled “Announcing Coinbase Fact Check: Decentralizing Truth in…

They’re following other central banks, including the European Central Bank, into studying virtual currencies. 2333 Total views 1 Total shares The Estonian central bank, Eesti Pank, announced the launch of a research program to study how to build a digital currency infrastructure.According to a statement, Eesti Pank partnered with technology companies SW7 Group and Guardtime…