Two Sides of the Same Derivative: Comparing Traditional and Crypto MarketsHere’s how the crypto derivatives market compares to the traditional derivatives one.Jun 10, 2020Anirudh Tiwari
Ethereum 2.0 Charges Ahead With New ‘Onyx’ Testnet LaunchBlockchain firm Prysmatic Labs announced the launch of a new test network of the Ethereum 2.0 blockchain.Jun 10, 2020Adrian Zmudzinski
4,000 Chinese Bank Accounts Reportedly Frozen Due to Crypto ConnectionsAbout 4,000 Chinese bank accounts of over-the-counter cryptocurrency traders were allegedly frozen by law enforcement.Jun 10, 2020Adrian Zmudzinski
EToro CEO Predicts Market Crash ‘Within 3 Weeks’ — Safe Haven Bitcoin?The largest cryptocurrency’s gradual “decoupling” from stocks may see a major test in the coming weeks, warns eToro’s Yoni Assia.Jun 10, 2020William Suberg
Bitcoin Options Open Interest Rises 50% in a Month to Hit $1.5 BillionJust over a month since open interest in Bitcoin options hit a record high of $1 billion, the latest figures show that it has increased 50% to break $1.5 billion.Jun 10, 2020Jack Martin
Bitfury to Launch Bitcoin Mining Fund for Institutional Investors in JapanBitfury is planning to launch a Bitcoin mining fund in Japan following a rollout of the offering in North America last month.Jun 10, 2020Hisashi Oki
Bitmain Struggle Continues as Ousted CEO Reportedly Halts ASIC DeliveriesBitmain’s operations in Shenzhen are reportedly being disrupted as Micree Zhan forbade shipment of mining devices following his recent takeover of the Beijing office.Jun 10, 2020Andrey Shevchenko
Ngrave Launches Physical Encrypted Private Key BackupThe crypto security firm has launched officially its new key backup for crypto hardware wallets, Ngrave Graphene.Jun 10, 2020Felipe Erazo
Investors to File Lawsuit Against CEO of Alleged $17M Cryptocurrency ScamInvestors in an alleged $17 million crypto scam are filing a lawsuit with the Port Elizabeth High Court against the CEO of VaultAge Solutions.Jun 10, 2020Mohammad Musharraf
Ghana’s Central Bank Confirms It’s Still Looking to Pilot a Digital CurrencyThe Bank of Ghana’s first deputy governor says the institution remains committed to piloting a central bank digital currency.Jun 10, 2020Marie Huillet
Not With Bitcoin: Rumor ECB Eyeing $500B Debt Quarantine in ‘Bad Bank’Coronavirus will inflate the EU bad debt mountain, and banks should be shielded, while an official speaks highly of so-called “bad banks.”Jun 10, 2020William Suberg
India to Expand Darknet Policing Amid ‘Operation Trace’ ArrestsIndian police are collaborating with local research and academic institutions to inform an AI-powered online portal to aid policing initiatives targeting the dark web.Jun 10, 2020Samuel Haig
South Korea’s NH Bank Forms Blockchain Financial Services ConsortiumThe South Korean NH NongHyup Bank has announced a memorandum of understanding to research and develop blockchain-based financial services through a new consortium.Jun 10, 2020Jack Martin
Report: Less Than 6 Accounts Control 80% of Wealth on Top StablecoinsA report by CoinMetrics has found at least 80% of the entire capitalization of five top stablecoin projects is held in less than six accounts on each respective network.Jun 10, 2020Samuel Haig
Former Bakkt CEO Faces Stiff Competition in November Special ElectionThough former Bakkt CEO Kelly Loeffler’s Georgia Senate seat faces no risk in the June 9 primary, everything is up for grabs in November.Jun 10, 2020Turner Wright
Analyst Snickers at Those Who Invest in Gold but Not BitcoinAccording to crypto analyst Willy Woo, a $1 investment in Bitcoin a decade ago would be enough to retire on, while the price of gold has barely moved.Jun 10, 2020Turner Wright
BitMEX Taunts Plaintiff: ‘Incorporated in Seychelles, Come at Me Bro'The plaintiff in a lawsuit against BitMEX has asked a court to preserve thousands of email records that could show the exchange was operating illegally in the United States.Jun 10, 2020Samuel Haig
MakerDAO Up by 30% After Vote for ‘Real-World’ Loan CollateralMKR is up 30% in 24 hours following the MakerDAO community’s vote in favor of introducing tokenized “real-world” assets as collateral for Dai loans.Jun 10, 2020Samuel Haig
UAE Flight Attendant Faces Jail Over $100K Crypto Loan DefaultA foreign resident of Abu Dhabi is facing jail time after his crypto investments from a $100K loan in 2017 tanked and he can no longer afford the payments.Jun 10, 2020Turner Wright
One-Third of Institutions Have Invested in Crypto Says FidelityA survey published by Fidelity has found that more than one-third of institutional investors globally are exposed to crypto assets.Jun 10, 2020Samuel Haig
Japanese Firm Unveils New Privacy Feature for Bitcoin WalletsJapanese crypto firm Freessets announced a new technology that enhances Bitcoin wallet privacy.Jun 10, 2020Adrian Zmudzinski
German Stock Exchange Will List Bitcoin ETPInvestment firm ETC Group plans to list a Bitcoin ETP on Germany’s Xetra digital stock exchange in late June.Jun 10, 2020Turner Wright
US Markets Rebound to Recover All Coronavirus Losses — What About Bitcoin?Bitcoin price is stalling under $10,000 while the U.S. stock market nears a record high.Jun 9, 2020Joseph Young
Illegal Crypto Miner Caught After Stealing More Than $400K of ElectricityRussian police arrested a 30-year-old crypto miner who they accuse of stealing over $494,000 in electricity from the state power network.Jun 9, 2020Felipe Erazo
Ethereum Layer-Two Solutions Lack Real World Usability, Says Skale CTOCointelegraph interviewed Konstantin Kladko, CTO at Skale, to learn about his controversial opinion on why Ethereum layer-two solutions are unlikely to work out.Jun 9, 2020Andrey Shevchenko
Users Punish Coinbase for Outage by Withdrawing Record Amount of BTCCoinbase experienced its highest single-day net BTC withdrawal in the wake of the outage incident, with even the author of “Black Swan” quitting the exchange.Jun 9, 2020Michael Kapilkov
MIT Research Says Online Voting Needs More Decentralization to Protect BallotsNew research from MIT says a decentralized protocol is a must for secure online voting, however the current online voting platform is too centralized and vulnerable.Jun 9, 2020Ting Peng
Ransomware Gangs Are Teaming Up to Form Cartel-Style StructuresThe latest moves from ransomware groups suggest that gangs are forging alliances to create a mafia-style structure.Jun 9, 2020Felipe Erazo
No, Blockchain Technology Cannot Solve EverythingDistributed ledger technology has the potential to solve a lot of economic and social problems, but there are some that we have to solve ourselves.Jun 9, 2020Paul de Havilland
Last Time This Happened, BTC Gained $4KThe last time this much Bitcoin was withdrawn from exchanges, the price rose 88%. If this pattern repeats, we would see Bitcoin go to $18,000 by the end of August.Jun 9, 2020Michael Kapilkov