Tom Mitchelhill

Core Ethereum developer Preston Van Loon says that the network’s long-awaited transition to proof-of-stake will most likely happen this August.

A new survey has revealed that blockchain technology may be a better fitness motivator than traditional monetary incentives.

The floor price of the Bored Ape Yacht Club has fallen 50% from the beginning of this month as prices and sales volume of NFTs suffer across the board.

“Not going away” — Mike Novogratz says that despite being permanently humbled by the recent Terra collapse, the crypto industry will continue to grow.

Shares in the popular online brokerage Robinhood have spiked over 30% in after-hours trading following billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried acquiring a 7.6% stake in the company.

Aurora, an EVM scaling mechanism on the Near protocol, has launched a $90 million token fund in partnership with Proximity Labs to attract new developers.

Sentiment analysis running across a year’s worth of tweets has found that Ether is Twitter’s least favorite cryptocurrency of five studied, while Dogecoin received the most affection.

Ether whales have been transacting a huge volume of ETH, marking the highest one-day whale activity since January.

Despite sporadic market conditions, NFT collectors are on track to spend more on NFTs in the first half of this year than in all of 2021.

Cross-chain bridging protocol Hop has launched Hop DAO, its community-owned governance structure that will see early users airdropped 8% of all HOP tokens.

Swyftx, one of Australia’s largest crypto exchanges, has become the first local exchange to offer users zero-fee yields on cryptocurrency deposits.

Memecoin Shiba Inu can officially be used to purchase land in the SHIB metaverse using the native SHIB token, as the development team continues to provide utility for holders.

VeChain has made a series of announcements that look to substantially grow usability and adoption of its native VET token.

China has expanded its central bank digital currency pilot program to include the payment of tax, stamp duty and social security.

Goldman Sachs has offered its first Bitcoin-backed loan, showing further signs of increased interest in cryptocurrency from Wall Street institutions.

The world’s largest asset manager has launched a blockchain ETF, providing clients with greater exposure to crypto and blockchain-related companies.

Meta’s Reality Labs division posted a $2.9 billion loss in Wednesday’s Q1 earnings call, but Zuckerberg remains optimistic about future profitability from the Metaverse.

Previously unseen documents detailing the EU’s conversations around banning Bitcoin have come to light following a freedom of information request.

Australian basketball media company, Basketball Forever is using NFTs to massively increase fan engagement.

Crypto investors from the United States realized nearly $47 billion in gains during 2021, outpacing the U.K. by a factor of six.

Binance made a public apology after releasing an emoji that looked like a swastika on Twitter.

Robinhood CEO Vladimir Tenev took to Twitter to explain how DOGE could become “the future currency of the Internet” just hours after Dogecoin’s creator criticized Elon Musk for his Twitter antics.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse told attendees of the Paris Blockchain Week that the ongoing case with the SEC is going exceedingly well.

Line, Japan’s number one super app, has launched its own NFT marketplace, adding to its list of crypto-ready features.

The Bank of Japan’s executive director announced that the eagerly-awaited digital yen won’t be used to attain negative interest rates.

Bitcoin’s layer-2 scaling solution, the Lightning Network, has seen payment volume increase by over 400% as real adoption grows.

Bitcoin entrepreneur Samson Mow has launched a new company called JAN3, reportedly raising $21M in funding at a $100M valuation.

The two main organizations behind the development of the Terra blockchain have purchased a combined $200M in AVAX, while Near Protocol is rumored to release a new stablecoin.

The Bitcoin 2022 conference was packed with new announcements, but Peter Thiel stole the show by throwing $100 bills into the crowd and calling Warren Buffet a “sociopathic grandpa.”

The total share of the Bitcoin hash rate owned by publicly traded companies has surged over the past year as a growing number of Bitcoin miners go public.