Telegram launches in-app currency ‘Stars’ for digital purchases

A pair of hackathons from two fast-rising blockchain projects augur more composability, interoperability, and tooling for DeFi 923 Total views 14 Total shares On Friday, blockchain projects Cosmos and Blockstack both announced winners of their respective HackAtom V and HackDeFi hackathons, each offering a glimpse into the coming wave of DeFi development — a vision…

Mining new Bitcoin keeps getting harder, but the current difficulty is still far from its record highs. 303 Total views 3 Total shares As the Bitcoin (BTC) network hashrate continues recovering amid global miners accumulating more capacity, the cryptocurrency is getting increasingly difficult to mine.On Sept. 21, the Bitcoin network posted another mining difficulty adjustment,…

Prosecutors announced that the arrest was part of an investigation into an unnamed individual over cryptology services and complicity with illicit activities.

Africa’s largest country has welcomed its first Bitcoin ATM.Blockstale BTM, the company that installed the ATM in the Dazey Lounge and Bar in Lagos state, plans to launch more than 30 more terminals across Nigeria.“Despite all the legal uncertainties about cryptocurrencies in Nigeria, Nigerians happen to be the highest crypto traders in Africa,” Blockstale’s chief…

Verge (XVG) has seen a 33% pump in the 24 hours following Paypal’s move to pull the plug on the adult entertainment website Pornhub.XVG — whose creators struck a deal with Pornub back in April 2018 — has skyrocketed in value since the PayPal news broke on Nov. 14, as Coin360 data shows.XVG price 7-day…

Bitcoin (BTC) whale clusters point toward three critical price levels to maintain a bullish market structure in the near term.Whale clusters form when large investors purchase Bitcoin and do not move it, making it an unspent transaction. These clusters typically indicate where crucial support levels exist and the logic is that BTC needs to maintain…

Kelly Loeffler, the CEO of institutional trading platform Bakkt, announced that former cybersecurity expert at IBM, Cisco and Endgame Tom Noonan will become the chairman of its board of directors. The development was reported in a Medium post published on March 29.Per the announcement, the founder, chairman and CEO of the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) and…

In a Nigerian court on Friday, July 5, Binance's illegal operations were highlighted, with Central Bank official testifying on lack of necessary licenses and regulatory approval.

The messaging app project was aimed at avoiding third-party data harvesting. 2722 Total views 16 Total shares Make Sense Labs, a decentralized application firm backed by venture capitalist Tim Draper, now allows users of its social messaging app to earn rewards in crypto.According to an announcement from Make Sense, the technology company launched the crypto…