Cryptocurrency News
Sources Say World's Largest Darknet Empire Market Exit Scammed, $30 Million in Bitcoin Stolen
Bitcoin.com - 26 Aug 2020 16:15
One of the world’s largest darknet markets (DNM), Empire Market, allegedly exit scammed after the marketplace was taken offline for a number of days this week. DNM patrons are upset about Empire Market’s departure an...
Browser-based cryptojacking is back as attacks spike 163%
Coin Telegraph - 26 Aug 2020 04:33
Who said browser-based cryptojacking was dead?
Bitcoin Capital hopes to foster mass crypto adoption via its exchange-traded product
Coin Telegraph - 26 Aug 2020 23:51
Bitcoin Capital allocates 83% to BTC, but only 1% to ETH
Latest Fidelity filing outlines mainstream Bitcoin trading product
Coin Telegraph - 26 Aug 2020 23:14
Mainstream finance continues piling into Bitcoin.
New crypto analytics app promises to make trading more mature
Coin Telegraph - 26 Aug 2020 23:09
The project also wants to give traders access to better information.
Reddit user warns of a copy & paste exploit that stole his crypto
Coin Telegraph - 26 Aug 2020 22:54
He doesn't know if it was the work of crypto malware or a more sophisticated hack.
How the Battle for Thailand Is Being Fought on Twitter
Coin Desk - 26 Aug 2020 22:45
The Thai government and pro-democracy protesters are at war over social media. Authorities blocked local access to a Facebook group that was critical of the monarchy. Young protesters now fear the military government is ...
Fed Chair Powell's Jackson Hole Speech Could Hint at US Dollar's Future
Coin Desk - 26 Aug 2020 22:34
Fed Chair Jerome Powell's speech Thursday at the annual Jackson Hole Economic Symposium highlights how much has changed over the past year.
IRS Sends Fresh Round of Tax Warning Letters to Cryptocurrency Owners
Bitcoin.com - 26 Aug 2020 22:30
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has begun sending new warning letters to cryptocurrency owners. This followed the tax agency prioritizing cryptocurrency on its tax forms. “The IRS is getting very serious about ...
HODLing on the Rise, Wallets w/ More Than 1k BTC Hit All-Time High
Crypto News - 26 Aug 2020 22:00
As the bitcoin (BTC) whale population continues to grow to a fresh all-time high, hardcore HODLing also appears to be on the rise, with coins not moved for at least two years hitting the highest level since June 2017. Af...
Mathew D'Souza, Crypto Entrepreneur and Hedge Fund Manager, Dies
Coin Desk - 26 Aug 2020 21:59
Founder, CEO of Blockware Solutions and Blockware Mining, D'Souza passed away on Aug. 21 following a seven-year fight with leukemia.
Price analysis 8/26: BTC, ETH, XRP, LINK, BCH, LTC, BSV, CRO, BNB, ADA
Coin Telegraph - 26 Aug 2020 21:23
Bitcoin and altcoins are likely to remain range-bound in the short-term as the bulls and the bears attempt to assert their dominance.
The Battle to Get Dictator's Seized Millions to 62,000 Venezuelan Health Heroes
Coin Desk - 26 Aug 2020 21:00
How crypto-powered Airtm is teaming with Venezuela's opposition government to distribute $18 million in funds the U.S. seized from the Maduro dictatorship, featuring Airtm CEO Ruben Galindo.
US Democrats Want Info on Confiscated Crypto, Bakkt's Record + More News
Crypto News - 26 Aug 2020 20:00
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news - investigating the stories flying under the radar of today's crypto news. Regulation news US congressmen Josh Gottheimer and Emanuel Cleaver, ...
NASA Is Bankrolling a Blockchain for Quadcopter Communications
Coin Desk - 26 Aug 2020 19:54
The space agency has awarded $124,800 in funding to Orbit Logic and Fraunhofer Labs' blockchain system proposal, called SCRAMBL.
Coda Protocol Hoping to Expand User Base by Teaching People How to Run Nodes for Free
Coin Desk - 26 Aug 2020 19:38
Marketed as a lightweight blockchain, the Coda Protocol team wants to train node operators ahead of its expected mainnent launch in Q4.
Akon Joins Presidential Campaign of Bitcoin Entrepreneur Brock Pierce as Chief Strategist
Bitcoin.com - 26 Aug 2020 19:30
Akon has joined bitcoin entrepreneur Brock Pierce’s 2020 campaign to become the president of the United States. Akon will serve as the chief strategist for the Pierce campaign while building his “futuristic” Akon C...
'It's Part and Parcel of Crypto': How Memes Drive Narrative and Value
Coin Desk - 26 Aug 2020 19:21
In 1964, the Canadian media theorist Marshall McLuhan said the "medium is the message." Today, in crypto, the meme is the message.
6 Questions for Rob Viglione of Horizen
Coin Telegraph - 26 Aug 2020 19:16
"Who doesn't love a story of a humble badass who refuses the easy path of corruption, loses everything, and still refuses to give up?"
No more cheap electricity for Inner Mongolian crypto miners, officials say
Coin Telegraph - 26 Aug 2020 19:01
The halcyon days of state subsidized electricity are over.
Fidelity's Chief Strategist Starts Bitcoin Index Fund
Coin Desk - 26 Aug 2020 18:23
The fund is the latest example of Wall Street veterans cozying up to bitcoin in their rhetoric and capital allocations.
Blockchain Bites: Major Acquisitions, Bitcoin Futures Liquidations and the SEC's New Rules
Coin Desk - 26 Aug 2020 18:08
FTX acquired Blockfolio, ConsenSys acquired Quorum and police have seized the third largest exchange in South Korea.