25
Jul
Ethereum
This Week in Coins: Ethereum Outpaces Bitcoin as Markets Thaw
Seven-day price action remained mostly positive even as industry news ... did not.
13
Jul
Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin Claps Back at Bitcoin Maxis Who Mock Proof of Stake
Vitalik Buterin is taking to Twitter to defend Ethereum’s move to proof of stake.
10
Jul
The Next Big Thing in NFTs: Selling Them for Peanuts
The pitch to fans: Support music or art out of goodwill, in exchange for a sense of ownership or patronage. NFT Would you buy an NFT for $1,000? How about for $10? With the recent staggering losses in the crypto market, speculators have fled the once-frothy NFT market, taking what was left of…
01
Jul
BlockFi CEO Denies FTX Is Set to Acquire Crypto Lender for Only $25M
If a deal goes through, it won't be the first time FTX started an acquisition with a line of credit. Acquisition talks between BlockFi and FTX may be nearing an end. Unnamed sources told CNBC on Thursday that CEO Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX cryptocurrency exchange could pay about $25 million to acquire the…
28
Jun
Nexo Says It’s Nothing Like Celsius and Other Crypto Lenders. Here’s What the Data Shows
The ongoing liquidity issues at crypto lenders BlockFi, Celsius, and Voyager Digital have put other crypto lenders in the hot seat, with some rushing to assure clients that their funds are safe. But Nexo, which points to its real-time attestations from accounting firm Armanino as proof that it hasn’t gone the way…
16
Jun
metamask
Ethereum Wallet MetaMask, Solana’s Phantom Patch ‘Demonic’ Security Bug
Solana wallet Phantom announced Wednesday that it’s rolling out a new update next week to further strengthen its security after it patched a “demonic vulnerability” discovered by blockchain cybersecurity firm Halborn in May of last year.
30
May
bitcoin and ethereum
BIT Mining reports 40% dip in revenue
For the second day straight, a significant number of the stocks followed by The Block shut in the green, with Northern Data, Hut 8, and Riot posting the most noteworthy recuperations, of +12.29%, +9.09% (on Nasdaq), and +7.58%, separately.
30
May
antminer S19
As Bitcoin Price Slides, Older Mining Rigs Are Becoming Less Profitable
Mining a Bitcoin block just became easier because some miners have been dropping out of the network to cut their losses The difficulty of mining a bitcoin block fell by 4.3317% to 29.897T at 15:02 UTC on May 25. The bitcoin mining difficulty automatically adjusts every two weeks or so, depending on…
27
May
polygon
As Terra Dies and Forks, Protocols and Projects Move to Polygon
Polygon Studios CEO Ryan Wyatt shared via Twitter yesterday that Polygon—a sidechain built to compliment and help scale Ethereum—is launching a “multi-million dollar fund” called the Terra Developer Fund to help Terra projects move from Do Kwon’s now-infamous and failed blockchain onto Polygon.
24
May
bitcoin has not reached the bottom
Price halved, why is Bitcoin still widely adopted?
Since 2022, the crypto market has continued to be volatile, and the price has dropped by more than 50% since the high point in 2021. Then the price halving did not seem to affect Bitcoin adoption. Crypto is still seeing some exciting developments in redefining ownership and value transfer.
