What’s Really Private in Crypto? Research on Grin Raises Questions

Jan 8, 2021 at 4:38 p.m. UTCUpdated Jan 8, 2021 at 4:46 p.m. UTCWeekly price action for shares of Hive Blockchain Cryptocurrency Miner Hive Blockchain Passes $1B Market ValuePublicly traded cryptocurrency mining company Hive Blockchain (HIVE) has passed a $1 billion market value as its shares continue to surge amid bitcoin’s parabolic rally. The Vancouver-based…

markets View Bitcoin suffered its lowest UTC close in over seven weeks on Wednesday, reinforcing the bearish view put forward by the rejection at the 50-candle moving average (MA) on the 6-hour chart yesterday. The close at multi-week lows also dashed hopes of a falling wedge breakout. The cryptocurrency also created a bearish outside reversal…

Bitcoin recorded back-to-back daily declines of 3.7% as tensions in the Middle East escalated. Short-term holders sent $3 billion worth of bitcoin to exchanges at a loss over the past two days. In the past two days, Sept. 30-Oct. 1, bitcoin (BTC) registered consecutive declines of 3.7% as geopolitical tensions ramped up in the Middle

NEWS Birks Group, one of the oldest luxury jewelry retailers in Canada, is now accepting bitcoin payments at some stores. The firm announced Tuesday that it has partnered with U.S.-based bitcoin payments processor BitPay to enable “faster, easier and more secure” purchases for customers. Currently, bitcoin payments are enabled at eight of the group’s stores,…

STAY TUNED: The ECB, led by Christine Lagarde, could decide Thursday to boost its “quantitative easing” asset-purchasing program to 40 billion euros ($22 billion) a month. (Image: Shutterstock)European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde Sunday announced an ECB survey of public opinion regarding the issuance of a digital euro, implying the central bank is considering a…

news In a matter of hours, the 18 millionth bitcoin will have been mined and the world’s first cryptocurrency will draw one step closer to its hard-coded cap of 21 million coins. “The pie is shrinking. This [milestone] gives people some simple math to raise awareness about where we’re at in the [bitcoin mining] process,”…

Stablecoin issuer Tether said it is branching into artificial intelligence (AI) through a subsidiary jointly owned by bitcoin (BTC) miner and data cloud provider Northern Data Group (NB2).Damoon Designated Activity, in which Frankfurt-based Northern Data acquired a majority stake in July, bought some 400 million euros ($427 million) worth of Nvidia graphic processing units (GPU)

Jun 19, 2020 at 13:46 UTCA new elliptic pairing curve is a key part of the proof-of-stake (PoS) Eth 2.0 network. (otrammarieta/Shutterstock)The Zcash Privacy Tech Underlying Ethereum’s Transition to Eth 2.0Ethereum’s consensus algorithm is not the only thing changing with the launch of Eth 2.0. The underlying cryptography itself is getting an overhaul based on…

I remember when I realized that Bitcoin had grown up. I can’t remember the date, but I do remember the moment when bitcoin started to trade like a normal security, like a stock or bond. I looked on with pride, much like watching a child taking their first steps—complete with the volatile ups and downs.Daniel…