Vitalik Buterin donates over $500K in animal-themed coins to charity

Bitcoin (BTC) has not been this good value since it cost $1,130, one analyst argues as BTC offers a “compelling” risk/reward ratio.In a Twitter thread on July 7, Jurrien Timmer, director of global macro at asset manager Fidelity Investments, simply described $20,000 Bitcoin as “cheap.”Timmer: "In other words, Bitcoin is cheap"While fears that crypto markets…

Former Boston ICU nurse Allie Rae made international news in August last year after she was fired for running an extremely naughty Only Fans account on the side. The story appeared everywhere from the NY Post, to CNN, The Daily Beast — and she even made an appearance on Dr Phil.The resulting publicity saw fans…

Every Friday, Law Decoded delivers analysis on the week’s critical stories in the realms of policy, regulation and law.Editor’s noteThe final scene of Animal Farm, Orwell’s classic fable of revolution gone wrong and a staple of secondary-school reading lists throughout the English-speaking world, features a card game. The pigs who run the farm with an…

The world’s largest manufacturer Bitcoin ASIC miners, Bitmain, has sold out its first round of domestic Antminer S19 sales within 24 hours of accepting orders.On March 23, Bitmain tweeted that it opened up its first phase of domestic sales for its long-await Antminer S19s — before selling out on the same day.Antminer S19s will ship…

The cryptocurrency space just became a little bit more interconnected after developers created a cross-chain bridge between the Ethereum and Tezos blockchains. Following the launch of the Wrap Protocol, created by Bender Labs, Ethereum-based ERC-20 and ERC-721 tokens can be made Tezos-compatible, allowing Ether (ETH) holders to interact with the Tezos ecosystem.Token wrapping has become a…

Bitcoin (BTC) fought to regain lost ground at the April 19 Wall Street open as traders called for calm on the day’s downside.BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView“Unusual” spot sell triggers BTC price suspicionData from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView monitored BTC/USD as it crawled toward $29,500 on Bitstamp.The pair had shed $1,000 in…

Paolo Ardoino said that recent events in the crypto space demonstrate that Bitcoiners were right and that Bitcoin is the “ultimate way” to hold wealth. Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTAt the Paris Blockchain Week 2023, Tether’s chief technology officer Paolo Ardoino spoke with Cointelegraph reporter Joseph Hall to discuss…

Interoperable DeFi platforms can help with Ethereum's high transaction fees. 741 Total views 6 Total shares The team behind the smart contract-enabled sidechain extension for Bitcoin, RSK, announced Tuesday that Maker’s Dai (DAI) stablecoin is now available on the platform.The integration makes it possible to transfer Dai from Ethereum to the RSK sidechain, which makes…

A holy oath was taken to try to ensure the region’s power grid would work at its most efficient level, as crypto miners are blamed for drawing off too much juice. 657 Total views 31 Total shares Residents of Svaneti, Georgia, have reportedly been made to pledge a holy oath they will not mine cryptocurrency…