StarkWare launches $1M research fund for ZK Bitcoin scaling

The developers of a token with the slogan “No ICO - No Pre-mine - No Bullsh*t” say it allows users to mine the coin without any mining equipment required, simulating Bitcoin mining mechanism on the Ethereum blockchain.Bitcoinereum, a ERC-20 token created in 2017, is called by its developers the “first Bitcoin minable ERC-20 token on…

Investors pointed to Musk’s portrayal of "a fictitious financial expert" during a Saturday Night Live appearance, referring to Dogecoin as “a hustle,” as a reference point in the lawsuit. Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTElon Musk and his lawyers reportedly requested a United States judge to dismiss the $258 billion…

Bullish sentiment is on the rise on Sept. 14 as the price of Bitcoin (BTC) climbed higher throughout the morning and now takes aim at the $47,000 level. The building momentum also had a positive effect on altcoins and a handful of tokens posted double-digit gains.Top 6 coins with the highest 24-hour price change. Source: Cointelegraph…

Macroeconomist Lyn Alden has cast doubt on a proposal that would see five countries work together to develop a common BRICS currency — arguing it will likely struggle to get off the ground and fail to dethrone the United States dollar. In an interview with Cointelegraph just days before the BRICS annual summit in South…

Terra would provide over $139 million in UST and LUNA to several leading DeFi projects on Ethereum, Solana, and Polygon for at least the next six months. 450 Total views 35 Total shares Decentralized stablecoin issuer Terra issued an ambitious proposal to expand the interchain deployment of its UST stablecoin across five projects on Ethereum,…

US politicians, crypto execs, and influencers fired up their Twitter apps upon learning of Sam Bankman-Fried's arrest in The Bahamas. 1296 Total views 7 Total shares Own this piece of crypto history Collect this article as NFTCrypto Twitter has blown up over the shocking news of Sam Bankman-Fried’s arrest in The Bahamas — many of…

Stablecoins can pose risks to financial stability and need to be adequately regulated, according to the Group of 20.The G20’s Financial Stability Board (FSB) issued a comprehensive stablecoin study on April 14, presenting 10 recommendations to regulate them effectively.The regulators were spurred by the introduction of Facebook’s Libra, which would create an independent stablecoin based…

South Africa’s top banker has said that cryptocurrencies are more akin to assets than actual currencies. 408 Total views 4 Total shares Lesetja Kganyago, governor of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB), has argued against classifying crypto as currencies.According to a report by MoneyWeb, the central bank chief likened crypto to assets rather than currency…

Bitcoin’s price gave back some of its recent gains this week, but multiple data points suggest that $30,000 should hold as support going forward.Bitcoin (BTC) remained within a narrow 4.3% range for the 15 days leading up to July 7. Despite the proximity of the $29,895 to $31,165 range, investors’ sentiment was significantly impacted by an…