Elon Musk Sees ‘Dogecoin Standard’ Future — DOGE Price Rises 14%Tesla CEO Elon Musk trolled the crypto community once again with a tweet about Dogecoin as DOGE price reacts upward.Jul 18, 2020Joseph Young
Bitcoin Mining Firm Northern Data Slams ‘Trolls’ After Stock Drops 40%Northern Data’s head of finance calls whistleblowers “anonymous trolls” and says that the company is completely transparent.Jul 18, 2020William Suberg
Ethereum 2.0 and Polkadot Offer Alternative Solutions to Scaling IssuePolkadot and Ethereum have an intertwined history, but how does the newly launched Polkadot stack up against the plans for Ethereum 2.0?Jul 18, 2020Nikolai Kuznetsov
Cryptocurrency Exchange OKEx Lists Polkadot’s DOT TokenThe exchange also plans to launch additional trading pairs in the near future.Jul 17, 2020Adrian Zmudzinski
Grayscale Hasn't Bought A Single Bitcoin in Over 3 WeeksFor several months, Grayscale was buying more Bitcoin than was being mined, but this trend came to a screeching a few weeks ago.Jul 17, 2020Michael Kapilkov
Grayscale Says Bitcoin ETF Only a Matter of TimeGrayscale’s managing director talks inevitability of a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund, or ETF.Jul 17, 2020Benjamin Pirus
Russian Cybercrime Surged 25x in 5 Years, Says Local AGRussian cybercrime is up 92% since last year.Jul 17, 2020Helen Partz
Law Decoded: Pushing the Legal Limits, July 10–17In this week’s newsletter, we look at a series of developments that test the limits of governmental authority over crypto, as well as the contest with social media.Jul 17, 2020Kollen Post
Ripple's Garlinghouse Says China Leads US in Crypto Regulatory OutlookRipple’s CEO said China is ahead of the United States in terms of crypto regulatory thought.Jul 17, 2020Benjamin Pirus
Venezuela Bans Crypto Mining From Public HousingCrypto mining can harm the country’s electricity distribution, says a Venezuelan minister.Jul 17, 2020Felipe Erazo
Americans Are Googling ‘Bitcoin’ in the Middle of the Night1 AM Eastern time is the most popular time in the US to search the biggest word in crypto.Jul 17, 2020Michael Kapilkov
About 80% of ETH Supply Is Qualified for Staking, Says ConsenSysAbout 86 million ETH is held on non-exchange wallets containing enough Ether for staking on ETH 2.0.Jul 17, 2020Helen Partz
Price Analysis 7/17: BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH, ADA, BSV, LINK, LTC, BNB, CROBitcoin and a few altcoins are showing signs of weakness, which could result in a minor dip in the next few days.Jul 17, 2020Rakesh Upadhyay
Twitter Has Been Trying to Hire Senior Security Engineers for Two MonthsIn the months leading up to the most devastating hack in the company’s history, Twitter was trying to hire cybersecurity pros.Jul 17, 2020Michael Kapilkov
Institutional OG: The Fact That You Can Go 100x Leverage on Bitcoin Is Pretty WildHigh usage of leverage in Bitcoin futures is the symptom of a gambling mentality in crypto, argues CMS Holdings’ Dan Matuszewski.Jul 17, 2020Andrey Shevchenko
A Banking Trojan That Steals Crypto Is Targeting Latin American UsersThe “Mekotio” trojan went from conventional banking malware one fine-tuned to steal crypto.Jul 17, 2020Felipe Erazo
US Law Enforcement Is Watching for Bitcoin Drug Purchases on DarknetThe NCIS has seen an uptick in darknet purchases using Bitcoin. Blockchain analytic firms discuss procedures to combat crypto-related crimes, along with emerging challenges.Jul 17, 2020Rachel Wolfson
It’s Not Too Late for Some Victims of the Twitter Scam to Get Their Money BackThe countdown clock has expired for many, but not all.Jul 17, 2020Michael Kapilkov
38,000 People Are Watching a Fraudulent VeChain YouTube Scam Right Now38,000 viewers are reportedly tuning in to a YouTube live-stream promoting the classic “double your money” scam targeted at users of VeChain VET tokens.Jul 17, 2020Jack Martin
India’s Former Finance Secretary Spars With Industry Experts on Crypto BanFor the first time, the former Finance Secretary of India who proposed a blanket ban on cryptocurrencies discussed digital assets with industry leaders.Jul 17, 2020Mohammad Musharraf
Bancor Invites Bounty Hunters to Peek Into Its Code Ahead of V2 LaunchBancor V2 is getting ready for release as it publishes both the code of its smart contracts and a bug bounty for researchers to report vulnerabilities.Jul 17, 2020Andrey Shevchenko
Report: Investors Are Dumping Compound Token as Soon as It Gets ListedA report from Flipside Crypto contends that investors are dumping Compound tokens as soon as it gets listed on exchanges with the majority of the supply held by speculators.Jul 17, 2020Michael Kapilkov
Top Spanish Banks Finalize Trial of Payments Using Smart ContractsFive major Spanish banking institutions have completed a proof-of-concept for payments using smart contracts.Jul 17, 2020Marie Huillet
Where, Oh Where Has Bitcoin Volatility Gone? Part 2Diving into the mechanics of term structure and discussing BTC trading strategies in the current environment.Jul 17, 2020Chad Steinglass
Bitcoin’s Active Supply Hits 19 Month Low — Is It Bullish or Bearish?Bitcoin’s active supply has hit a 19-month low, mirroring the setup before the 2017 bull run.Jul 17, 2020Joshua Mapperson
China Controls 50% of Bitcoin Mining While US Hits 14% — New SurveyShifting estimates of China’s Bitcoin mining presence come with the proviso that much capacity remains “unaccounted for.”Jul 17, 2020William Suberg
Bitcoin: 3 Reasons Market Strategist Lyn Alden Is ‘Increasingly Bullish’Lyn Alden says she turned “quite bullish” on Bitcoin in early 2020, and remains highly optimistic in BTC in a recent paper.Jul 17, 2020Joseph Young
Blockchain Gaming CEO: Cryptographic Tokens Will Usher Gaming ‘Renaissance’Speaking to Cointelegraph, entrepreneur and blockchain gaming executive Yat Siu described NFTs as driving a property rights revolution that will redefine the gaming industry.Jul 17, 2020Samuel Haig
Scott Melker on Twitter: ‘We Cannot Depend on Centralized Platforms’Scott Melker, the "Wolf of All Streets," spoke on the danger of relying on centralized platforms after being locked out of Twitter.Jul 17, 2020Turner Wright
Japan Should Urge US to Hurry Up With Digital Dollar Says Fisco ExecJapan may need to rely on the United States to have some influence over the development of digital currencies.Jul 17, 2020Hisashi Oki