Texas Regulator Spots Crypto Firm at Fraudulent COVID-19 Charity ClaimsThe Texas State Securities Board issued an emergency order against a crypto mining firm that allegedly made fraudulent COVID-19 charity claims.Apr 8, 2020Helen Partz
Bitcoin Forks Flounder Despite Imminent HalvingsBTCs halving seems to be the only one on the minds of traders, with several forks correlating with BTC in the run-up to their halvings.Apr 8, 2020Samuel Haig
Canada-Based Blockchain Company To Deploy a COVID-19 Electronic ScreeningThe DOCit app will be used as a screening tool in a Canadian region to combat the coronavirus pandemic.Apr 8, 2020Felipe Erazo
Price Analysis April 8: BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH, BSV, LTC, EOS, BNB, XTZ, LEOBearish traders are aggressively defending the 50-day SMA on most major cryptocurrencies but once crossed, momentum is likely to pick up.Apr 8, 2020Rakesh Upadhyay
Two Versions of Digital Dollar Emerge as Contenders, but Unlikely to Come SoonThe CARES Act shed light on the possibility of a digital dollar. Meanwhile, a blockchain-based solution is also being explored. Will one of them launch soon?Apr 8, 2020António Madeira
Exclusive: US Congressional Watchdog on Prototyping Smart ContractsCointelegraph spoke to Chuck Young of the US Government Accountability Office to learn about the agency's exploration into DLT.Apr 8, 2020Samuel Haig
Bitcoin: A Peer To Peer Online Poker Payment System by Satoshi NakamotoWhy poker players are so prevalent in the crypto industry — and the intriguing possibility that Satoshi stacked chips before he/she/they stacked sats.Apr 8, 2020Andrew Fenton
The Platform Is Set for Virtual Conferences: Will It Live Up to Its Promises?Due to the coronavirus pandemic, it’s time for the crypto community to drive innovation with new ideas for virtual conferences.Apr 8, 2020Erhan Korhaliller
Here’s How the Crypto Sector Is Navigating the Pandemic’s ChallengesWith many industries taking a hit due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis, how are providers in the crypto sector faring?Apr 8, 2020Nikolai Kuznetsov
Bitcoin Price Holds $7.1K Amid More Warnings a $5K Retest Is ComingContinued strength has shaky foundations, warns one Cointelegraph analyst, who predicts “bearish divergences” for Bitcoin price beyond $7,500.Apr 8, 2020William Suberg
Zoom Data Scandal Shows Blockchain May Be the Future of CommunicationsAmid Zoom security failures, VoIP pioneer Jeff Pulver explains how blockchain-based communication networks ensure that calls remain private.Apr 8, 2020Rachel Wolfson
Dutch Brokerage Platform Launches Crypto Trading Across EuropeDutch retail brokerage platform BUX has launched cryptocurrency trading in 25 different European countries.Apr 8, 2020Mohammad Musharraf
Chicago DeFi Alliance Launches to Save Decentralized FinanceCompound Finance, TD Ameritrade and Cumberland DRW launch the Chicago DeFi Alliance, a new project aiming to support DeFi development.Apr 8, 2020Helen Partz
OTC Spreads Exceeded 10% Amid Bitcoin’s Violent March CrashOTC order book aggregator B2B2 identified Bitcoin spreads of between 5% and 10% during the record crypto market crash of March 12–13.Apr 8, 2020Samuel Haig
OnChain Capital’s Coronavirus Relief Fund ‘Overwhelmed’ by ApplicantsRan Neuner told Cointelegraph that his $10 million coronavirus relief fund has been inundated with applications from startups impacted by the global economic slowdown.Apr 8, 2020Samuel Haig
High Court Delivers Judgement on User Assets at Hacked Exchange CryptopiaHacked cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia today informed its users that the High Court of New Zealand has delivered its judgment on the status of their compromised assets.Apr 8, 2020Marie Huillet
Italian Red Cross Builds COVID-19 Medical Post With Donated BitcoinsA cryptocurrency fundraising initiative for the Italian Red Cross has tripled its initial campaign goal of roughly $10,000 in less than four weeks.Apr 8, 2020Samuel Haig
Holding Group Behind OKCoin Invests in Wuhan-Based Blockchain StartupThe conglomerate behind OKCoin exchange has invested in a startup based in Wuhan, China, providing blockchain information gathering and analytics.Apr 8, 2020Andrey Shevchenko
Bitcoin Futures Did Not ‘Manipulate’ BTC Price — Stock-to-Flow CreatorAnalyst PlanB explains that Bitcoin’s price activity did not invalidate the stock-to-flow model after the first futures launched in December 2017.Apr 8, 2020William Suberg
ETH 2.0 Development Firm CasperLabs to Work on Its Own BlockchainCasperLabs, the firm tasked with developing Ethereum’s implementation of proof-of-stake, decided to launch its own blockchain.Apr 8, 2020Adrian Zmudzinski
Decentralized Crypto Exchange Disables Trading Due to ‘Critical Security Vulnerability’The developers behind the peer-to-peer cryptocurrency trading platform Bisq have temporarily disabled services after discovering a critical security vulnerability.Apr 8, 2020Marie Huillet
US Court Postpones Sentencing for OneCoin Crypto Scam Co-FounderSentencing for the co-founder of major alleged crypto scam OneCoin has been postponed for a further three months at the request of the U.S. government.Apr 8, 2020Marie Huillet
SoFi Acquires Payment Processor Galileo in $1.2 Billion DealFinancial firm SoFi announced they had signed an agreement to purchase Galileo Financial Technologies for $1.2 billion.Apr 8, 2020Turner Wright
Blockchain Traceability Overtakes Payments Among Major CorporationsMulti-billion dollar companies are more likely to use blockchain for traceability than for payments, according to a new analysis.Apr 8, 2020Andrew Fenton
Cooking Mama Developer Denies Rumors It Mines CryptoDeveloper 1st Playable has denied rumors its Cookstar game was used to hijack Nintendo’s Switch console to mine Bitcoin.Apr 8, 2020Turner Wright
Bitcoin SV’s Social Platform Twetch Streamlines P2P PaymentsThe Bitcoin SV powered social platform Twetch has introduced command-line style payments.Apr 8, 2020Samuel Haig
UFC Fighter Changes Twitter Name to Promote Bitcoin HalvingFormer UFC fighter Ben Askren has changed the name on his Twitter account to promote the upcoming Bitcoin halving.Apr 8, 2020Turner Wright
Tim Draper: Pandemic Could Be The Tipping Point For BitcoinVenture capital investor Tim Draper believes the COVID-19 outbreak and financial crisis could be the tipping point for Bitcoin adoption.Apr 8, 2020Ting Peng
It’s Time For Beer & Bitcoin: Quarantine EditionWe drank beers and talked crypto from the comfort of our homes, and the cameras were running.Apr 8, 2020Cointelegraph
Bitcoin Naysayer Jamie Dimon Praises $2 Trillion Stimulus While Predicting Great RecessionJPMorgan chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon predicts a major recession on par with the Great Recession of 2008.Apr 7, 2020Michael Kapilkov