The History of HODL

A group of former government employees and compliance officials, now working in the crypto industry, rallied in front of the United Nations on Wednesday to show support for Tigran Gambaryan, Binance's head of financial crime compliance who's been detained in Nigeria since February. Gambaryan is being held as a representative of the company he works

Ethereum art (CoinDesk archives)Ethereum miners earned over six times more in fees compared to those working on Bitcoin in September. Glassnode data shows Ethereum's total transaction fees stood at an all-time high of $166 million for the month – far more than the $26 million taken in Bitcoin fees.Ethereum fees long trailed those on Bitcoin,…

May 7, 2020 at 13:32 UTCUpdated May 7, 2020 at 13:43 UTCCredit: Shutterstock/Vladimir MelnikovSidestepping Telegram, Devs and Validators Launch Fork of TON BlockchainTelegram's blockchain network finally launched today – or, at least, a version of it. TON Labs, a startup that helped Telegram run the test network for the Telegram Open Network (TON), launched its own…

opinion Scott A. Shay is co-founder and chairman of Signature Bank of New York and the author of In Good Faith: Questioning Religion and Atheism (Post Hill Press, 2018). Allowing Facebook to mint its own coin, the Libra, would turn it into the greatest anti-competitive trust case in history. It would make the early 20th…

The U.S. doesn’t need any more digital currency, said the Securities and Exchange Commission chief Gary Gensler, as his agency sues Binance and Coinbase for operating unregistered securities exchanges.In an interview with CNBC on Tuesday, Gensler denied claims his approach was muddying the legal position around crypto, and also suggested there were parallels between his…

North Korean hackers may attempt to cash out stolen bitcoin (BTC) worth more than $40 million, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said in a statement on Tuesday.The North Korea-based Lazarus Group and APT38 were reportedly behind a series of cryptocurrency hacks earlier this year, including the $60 million theft from payment processor Alphapo and…

news The use of blockchain technology to help secure internet of things data, services and devices doubled last year, according to a recent survey by digital security firm Gemalto. In a report published Tuesday, the firm said blockchain adoption in the IoT sector grew from 9 percent to 19 percent in 2018, even though the industry…

University students are clamoring for more courses about cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. That's according to a nationwide survey of 675 students, commissioned by crypto exchange Coinbase and released today. According to the survey, 21 of the top 50 U.S. universities, as ranked by U.S. News and World Report, now offer a class on blockchain technology…

Mar 20, 2020 at 19:38 UTCUpdated Mar 20, 2020 at 19:43 UTCAs traditional markets continue to struggle with the coronavirus crisis, cryptocurrencies are seeing an upswing in both price and volume. Now crypto traders are wondering how long this new rally will last.  Bitcoin (BTC) is up 1 percent in the past 24 hours of trading,…