‘Survival games’ as Bitcoin hash price skirts near all-time low

Bitcoin rises above $48,500 in a show of strength as over $6 billion of options expires. 2079 Total views 10 Total shares Bitcoin (BTC) put in an early end-of-year flourish on Dec. 31 as an upward boost saw BTC/USD retake $48,000.BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewOptions expiry fadesData from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed…

A new theory regarding the true identity of anonymous Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto has emerged from an extremely unlikely source. Enter the Escobar family and their story about Yasutaka Nakamoto.The story goes like this: Yasutaka Nakamoto was a high-ranking engineer for Pacific West Airlines who worked for Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, smuggling drugs into…

Recent events in the crypto space have the smell of victory, but only represent small battles in an ongoing war. “Dramatic” changes are on the way. 10663 Total views 44 Total shares Those who oversee the traditional finance sector won’t just let Bitcoin (BTC) wander off into the sunset without a fight. That’s the sentiment…

The trustee of now-defunct Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox has extended the deadline for submission of rehabilitation plans, according to an official announcement published on the company’s website on April 25.Per the announcement, the exchange’s Rehabilitation Trustee Nobuaki Kobayashi filed a motion in a bid to extend the submission deadline of a rehabilitation plan at…

While Chainlink retains a strong lead, Pyth’s rapid rise in Total Value Secured hints at shifting dynamics in the Oracle market.

Proceeds will go towards Sostento, a nonprofit that supports frontline public health workers. 411 Total views 14 Total shares Sotheby’s, the world’s oldest art and luxury auction house, announced its collaboration with the public health care advocate and nonprofit organization Sostento to auction off its latest NFT collection via the Sotheby’s Metaverse. The auction titled…

In April 2018, the Reserve Bank of India, the country’s central bank, initiated a major crackdown on the trade and purchase of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin within its borders. RBI Deputy Governor Bibhu Kanungo declared that all RBI-regulated entities are to “stop having business relationships with entities dealing with virtual currencies forthwith and unwind the…

Ripple co-founder Jed McCaleb appears to have enjoyed a prosperous 2020, having sold more than $400 million worth of XRP over the last 12 months. Stellar CTO and Ripple architect Jed McCaleb cashed out a whopping $411 million in XRP in 2020, according to an updated report from blockchain analytics account Whale Alert. McCaleb sold 1.2…

Switzerland-based crypto bank Seba Crypto AG has signed an agreement with Swiss mortgage bank Hypothekarbank Lenzburg AG to use its core banking system, Finstar, Cointelegraph auf Deutsch reports on Jan. 31.The partnership will allow for the implementation of Seba’s decentralized software into Finstar, as well as allowing Seba to use Finstar’s conventional services.  Additionally, Seba…