YouTube Cancels Cointelegraph’s BTC Halving Livestream for Being ‘Harmful Content’What a twist! YouTube pulled the plug on our seven-hour livestream.May 11, 2020Cointelegraph
Ashton Kutcher Participates in Lolli’s $3M Seed RoundNotable entrepreneurs are backing the seed funding round led by Pathfinder that aims to strengthen Lolli’s app.May 11, 2020Felipe Erazo
It Happened: Bitcoin Just Experienced Third Halving in Its HistoryBitcoin has just experienced a once-in-four-years event: its third halving, which has cut the miner block reward from 12.5 BTC to 6.25 BTC.May 11, 2020Helen Partz
Main Barrier to CBDC Is Philosophy Not Tech, Says European Central Bank RepEuropean Central Bank executive board member Yves Mersch believes that the main impediment for CBDC is philosophical rather than technological.May 11, 2020Helen Partz
Crypto.com Launches Plug-In for 1 Million E-Commerce Merchants on EcwidCrypto.com is integrating with e-commerce platform Ecwid, which now features a plug-in supported by Crypto.com that lets customers pay with crypto on the platform.May 11, 2020Andrey Shevchenko
Top Crypto Traders Predict Bitcoin Price Direction After BTC HalvingBitcoin’s price saw wild volatility leading up to the halving. Top crypto traders discuss where the price is likely headed to next.May 11, 2020Joseph Young
Ammous and Voorhees Come to Consensus on Failures of Centralized PowersTwo of the cryptocurrency space’s most outspoken critics of central banks spoke about failures during the current coronavirus pandemic and how Bitcoin could have prevented them.May 11, 2020Jack Martin
Genesis Mining’s Marco Streng: 'You Can't Just Switch Miners On and Off'The Cointelegraph Bitcoin halving live party continues with a deep dive into how the mining industry is affected by the sudden, but very predictable, revenue shock.May 11, 2020Andrey Shevchenko
Digitized Europe: The Shift to a Cashless WorldEmerging technologies such as blockchain are reshaping the landscape of the traditional financial system in Europe.May 11, 2020Alex Axelrod
Can Central Bank Digital Currencies Protect Individual Privacy?Top crypto industry and policy experts debated the privacy ramifications of state-issued virtual currencies during the first day of Consensus.May 11, 2020Samuel Haig
Leaders of the Digital Dollar Project Talk Privacy and the Next Century of MoneyFormer CFTC royalty and current leaders of a U.S.-based think tank to promote a digital dollar talk privacy in new AMA.May 11, 2020Kollen Post
Join Cointelegraph’s Bitcoin Halving Party Live on YouTube!A full day of interviews and coverage related to the Bitcoin halving.May 11, 2020Cointelegraph
Vietnam Govt to Launch Crypto Research Group to Evaluate PolicyVietnam's finance ministry has established a research group to develop and scrutinize digital-currency-related policy proposals.May 11, 2020Samuel Haig
Coronavirus Takes Toll on Bitcoin Halving, but Pandemic Won’t Steal the ShowWhile miners took a double hit, the combination of the pandemic and halving could provide an unlikely tailwind to the crypto industry at large.May 11, 2020Kirill Bryanov
Bitcoin Crosses $9K as Paul Tudor Jones Confirms 1% BTC PortfolioBitcoin price action turns volatile once more as daily gains circle 4% despite bad news from traditional markets, which are tipped to open lower.May 11, 2020William Suberg
Exchanges Bolster Their Bitcoin Insurance Funds After ‘Halving Dump’After Bitcoin price plummeted on May 10, several exchanges scrambled to inject liquidity into their BTC insurance funds.May 11, 2020Marie Huillet
Virtual Consensus 2020 Kicks Off With ECB Official Discussing CBDCMajor crypto event, Consensus: Distributed, kicks off virtually, with ECB board member Yves Mersch discussing central bank digital currencies.May 11, 2020Helen Partz
Calm Before the Halving: Bitcoin Pending Transactions at Weekly LowActivity on the Bitcoin blockchain is slowing down as miners process almost all pending transactions in the mempool.May 11, 2020Andrey Shevchenko
South Korea Sees Influx of Blockchain Platforms for Unlisted StocksThe South Korean blockchain space sees many new platforms trading for unlisted stocks, following an offering from state-backed Koscom last year.May 11, 2020Marie Huillet
Record Bitcoin Futures Gap: 4 Things to Know for BTC Price This WeekWhat’s in a $1,200 drop? Bitcoin is serving up considerable volatility, but all factors point to business as usual as the third halving hits.May 11, 2020William Suberg
Paxful P2P Trading Integrated Into Infinito WalletMulti-crypto wallet Infinito is integrating Paxful’s P2P trading services into its platform.May 11, 2020Felipe Erazo
Bitcoin Block Size Sees New All Time High, Hash Rate Catching UpThe average block size of the Bitcoin network peaked at 1.341 MB on May 2, with the mining hash rate approaching a new all-time high.May 11, 2020Turner Wright
DBS Bank Joins Global Blockchain Network to Digitize Trade SettlementSingapore-based DBS bank joins blockchain trade-finance network Contour to disrupt its letters of credit settlement process.May 11, 2020Mohammad Musharraf
Average BTC Transaction Fees Increased 300% Days Before HalvingThe average transaction fee for Bitcoin peaked at $3.19 on May 8, an increase of over 300% from the average fee of $0.62 on April 26.May 11, 2020Turner Wright
Litecoin Foundation Migrates to BitGo’s Multi-Signature WalletThe Litecoin Foundation announced on May 7 that it would migrate from the multi-sig Electrum-LTC wallet to BitGo’s multi-sig wallet.May 11, 2020Turner Wright
SBI Holdings CEO: Ripple Partners Could Help Pandemic Supply ChainSBI Holdings is proposing Ripple partner with multinational corporations to increase transparency and traceability across supply chains.May 11, 2020Turner Wright
Tokenized Real Estate Booms While Security Tokens StruggleDespite a nearly double-digit retraction in the combined capitalization of the security token sector, real estate tokens gain over 4% during April.May 11, 2020Samuel Haig
Loom Network Responds to Rumors of the Project’s DemiseRepresentatives from the Loom Network have clarified that, though they have pivoted to an enterprise solution, the project remains active.May 11, 2020Jeffrey Albus
$270M in Longs Liquidated as Pre-Halving Hype Backfires98% of liquidations on BitMEX yesterday were long positions, indicating over-exuberant pre-halving bullishness at $10,000.May 10, 2020Samuel Haig
Bitcoin Price Volatile 24 Hours Before Halving, Key Indicators BullishWhile the fear and uncertainty surrounding BTC has decreased before the halving, experts note greed aspect of the F&G Index is rising.May 10, 2020Shiraz Jagati