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Exclusive: US Congressional Watchdog on Prototyping Smart Contracts

The US Supreme Auditor is developing prototype apps in smart contracts, financial transactions, and supply chain . . .

Regulation|Blockchain

2 hours 8 minutes ago

The Platform Is Set for Virtual Conferences: Will It Live Up to Its Promises?

Going online with some innovative ideas: keeping people connected from the crypto community and . . .

Blockchain

3 hours 18 minutes ago

Here’s How the Crypto Sector Is Navigating the Pandemic’s Challenges

As a digital industry, crypto is in a more fortunate position than many other sectors facing the coronavirus pandemic’s fallout. How are providers . . .

BTC|Exchange|Business

3 hours 58 minutes ago

Bitcoin Price Holds $7.1K Amid More Warnings a $5K Retest Is Coming

Bitcoin may be riding high but momentum will likely run dry past $7,500, says one Cointelegraph . . .

BTC|Market|Trading

4 hours 37 minutes ago

Zoom Data Scandal Shows Blockchain May Be the Future of Communications

VoIP founder Jeff Pulver explains how a blockchain-based communication network for applications such as Zoom can secure . . .

Blockchain|Technology

4 hours 59 minutes ago

Dutch Brokerage Platform Launches Crypto Trading Across Europe

Users from 25 European countries can now trade cryptos commission-free on BUX . . .

Trading|Business

6 hours 16 minutes ago

Chicago DeFi Alliance Launches to Save Decentralized Finance

Major U.S. brokerage TD Ameritrade backs the Chicago DeFi Alliance, a new initiative aiming to support DeFi development in compliance with trading . . .

Trading|Technology|Business

6 hours 21 minutes ago

OTC Spreads Exceeded 10% Amid Bitcoin’s Violent March Crash

Uncertainty in the OTC markets quickly drove spreads to 5% on March 12, before they exceeded 10% on certain platforms the next . . .

BTC|Market

7 hours 28 minutes ago

OnChain Capital’s Coronavirus Relief Fund ‘Overwhelmed’ by Applicants

The Runway Fund expects to make its first investments into startups impacted by COVID-19 next . . .

Business

8 hours 7 minutes ago

High Court Delivers Judgement on User Assets at Hacked Exchange Cryptopia

Users at the now-defunct exchange Cryptopia are the co-beneficiaries of trusts that contained their assets prior to the platform’s . . .

Exchange|Blockchain

8 hours 11 minutes ago

Italian Red Cross Builds COVID-19 Medical Post With Donated Bitcoins

The Red Cross has built an advanced medical pre-triage post for COVID-19 patients using donated . . .

BTC

8 hours 16 minutes ago

Holding Group Behind OKEx Invests in Wuhan-Based Blockchain Startup

OKEx has invested into a Wuhan blockchain startup as the city returns to normal . . .

Blockchain|Asia|Business

9 hours 1 minute ago

Bitcoin Futures Did Not ‘Manipulate’ BTC Price — Stock-to-Flow Creator

Bitcoin did not break stock-to-flow rules as a result of futures introduction, argues the model’s . . .

BTC|Market|Trading

9 hours 13 minutes ago

ETH 2.0 Development Firm CasperLabs to Work on Its Own Blockchain

The firm dedicated to developing Ethereum’s proof-of-stake implementation, CasperLabs, decided to launch its own . . .

Blockchain|ETH|Technology

10 hours 12 minutes ago

Decentralized Crypto Exchange Disables Trading Due to ‘Critical Security Vulnerability’

The developers behind the decentralized exchange have suspended trading on the platform as they investigate a critical security . . .

Exchange|Trading|Business

10 hours 48 minutes ago

US Court Postpones Sentencing for OneCoin Crypto Scam Co-Founder

Sentencing for OneCoin co-founder Konstantin Ignatov has been deferred until July 8, . . .

Regulation

11 hours 19 minutes ago

SoFi Acquires Payment Processor Galileo in $1.2 Billion Deal

Completing a $1.2 billion deal, financial giant Social Finance announced they would acquire . . .

BTC|Trading|Business

12 hours 7 minutes ago

Blockchain Traceability Overtakes Payments Among Major Corporations

There are more major corporations using blockchain for traceability and provenance applications, than for payment and settlements, according to a new . . .

Blockchain|Market|Technology

13 hours 29 minutes ago

Cooking Mama Developer Denies Rumours it Mines Crypto

Rumors circulating that a Nintendo Switch game is being used to hijack consoles to mine crypto appear to be . . .

BTC|Mining

15 hours 30 minutes ago

BitcoinSV’s Social Platform Twetch Streamlines P2P Payments

Users can now pay each other in BSV on the play for by tagging one another using the ‘/pay’ . . .

Blockchain

17 hours 56 minutes ago

UFC Fighter Changes Twitter Name to Promote Bitcoin Halving

One prominent sports figure is doing all he can to promote the Bitcoin halving to his 311,000 . . .

BTC

18 hours 29 minutes ago

Tim Draper: Pandemic Could Be The Tipping Point For Bitcoin

The pandemic may be the tipping point that allows Bitcoin and other innovations to flourish, says investor Tim . . .

BTC|Blockchain|Business

19 hours 30 minutes ago

Charity Crypto Poker Tournament: Big-Stacking Sats for COVID-19

The Giving Block is co-organizing an online poker tournament to benefit COVID-19 charities. Although many of the faces are familiar, the game is open . . .

Blockchain

19 hours 56 minutes ago

It’s Time For Beer & Bitcoin: Quarantine Edition

Quarantined at home, Cointelegraph staff got together online to drink beers and talk crypto . . .

BTC|ETH

21 hours 9 minutes ago

Bitcoin Naysayer Jamie Dimon Praises $2 Trillion Stimulus While Predicting Great Recession

JPMorgan Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon predicts a major recession on par with the Great Recession of . . .

BTC

21 hours 48 minutes ago

Jack Dorsey Donates 28% of His Wealth to Global COVID-19 Relief

Jack Dorsey donates $1 billion to global COVID-19 relief — pledges to uproot existential problems facing the . . .

BTC

22 hours 4 minutes ago

Canaan IPO Class Action: Shareholders Must Decide Who Will Represent Them By May

Canaan's stakeholders have a deadline set by May to name who will represent their interests in class-action lawsuit against the mining . . .

Mining|Regulation|Business

22 hours 7 minutes ago

Bitcoin Cash Halving in T-Minus 16 Hours, BSV to Follow

As Bitcoin’s halving lies about a month away, two of its forks, BCH and BSV will halve this . . .

BCH|Mining|Blockchain

22 hours 11 minutes ago

Bobby Lee Calls For BTC to Reach All-Time High in 2020

Crypto entrepreneur Bobby Lee expects Bitcoin to tap $25,000 by December . . .

BTC|Business

23 hours 23 minutes ago

Former Facebook Exec: BTC's Price is Either Going to Zero or Seven Figures

A former Facebook executive believes Bitcoin’s price will either explode amid economic collapse or go to . . .

Trading|BTC

23 hours 35 minutes ago

What Makes DeFi Decentralized? Rune Christensen on Centralized Collateral and Decentralizing Make

Crypto projects often struggle to balance decentralization with pragmatism, and Maker and its founder Rune Christensen are no . . .

Altcoin

23 hours 54 minutes ago

Russian Darknet Criminals Sell $13M of Fake Cash for Crypto

A crime group in Russia printed and sold $13 million-nominated fake notes in return for . . .

BTC

1 day 40 minutes ago

Bitcoin Spikes by 2x in 26 Days: What’s Actually Behind the Big Rally?

Bitcoin price rose by 2x in less than a month, and it has led to the theory that BTC shouldn’t have dropped below $4k in the first . . .

BTC|Trading|Market

1 day 1 hour ago

The Crypto Industry’s ‘Bloody Friday’ Lawsuits: Do They Hold Weight?

Eleven lawsuits are targeting seven crypto companies: A “Bloody Friday” for the industry or nothing . . .

Regulation|Blockchain

1 day 1 hour ago

Investor Sues Crypto Mining Firm Riot Blockchain to Pay $728K in Legal Fees

An investor sued cryptocurrency mining firm Riot Blockchain for $728,200 incurred in a separate contract breach . . .

Blockchain|Mining|Business|Regulation

1 day 1 hour ago

ConsenSys Health Launches Coronavirus-related Virtual Hackathon

The virtual Ethereum-based hackathon aims to leverage blockchain in favor of preventing future . . .

Blockchain|Technology

1 day 2 hours ago

Crypto Payment Network Partners With ID Screening Service

The cryptocurrency network looks forward to strengthening their AML/KYC processes with the support of Shufti . . .

Blockchain|Technology

1 day 2 hours ago

Crypto Conference Attendees Prepare to Enter a 3D Virtual World

Crypto enthusiasts are finding ways to work around the global lockdown by relocating to the virtual realm. Enter Blockdown 2020 - set to feature . . .

Exchange|Blockchain

1 day 3 hours ago

One-Third of Bitcoin Cash's Supply Has Never Been Touched

One-third of the circulating supply of Bitcoin Cash has never moved . . .

BCH

1 day 3 hours ago

Finding Digital Answers to Global Sustainability Threats

Due to the new phase of technological adoption and the emergence of unprecedented cataclysms, 2020 may become a year of digitalization and impact . . .

Blockchain