Ledger users are receiving threatening emails in the wake of the hardware wallet manufacturer reporting that 20,000 more of its customers have been affected by another massive data breach. One or more extortionists using the names Darrin Burlew and Denni Read More
Dacxi joins self-regulating trade group CryptoUK as executive member
Digital asset exchange Dacxi is joining CryptoUK, a self-regulatory trade association for the U.K. cryptocurrency industry. According to an announcement from CryptoUK today, Dacxi will be joining the group as its 8th executive member alongside exchanges Binance.UK, Coinbase, CryptoCompare, Electroneum, Read More
‘Why I’m not investing in nothing burger Bitcoin’: Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary
Businessman Kevin O’Leary, who appears on the reality TV show Shark Tank, seems to be backing away from statements he made in December indicating he might purchase more Bitcoin. In an episode of his YouTube series released today titled “Why Read More
Mark Cuban is more into crypto than he’s previously let on
The billionaire who once said he prefers bananas to Bitcoin is now tossing around crypto terms on social media like an experienced HODLer. In Twitter threads that were likely precipitated by his recent comments comparing crypto to the Internet stock Read More
XRP sinks below LTC again after new lawsuit from major investor
XRP has once again lost its place as the fourth-largest cryptocurrency, with lawsuits mounting against Ripple after one of its major investors followed the SEC in filing a complaint against the project. According to a Jan. 6 report from Bloomberg, Read More
‘Insane’ ETH fees delay launch of Aavegotchi NFT game
Decentralized finance project Aavegotchi is pushing back the mainnet launch of its non-fungible token digital collectible game due to high activity on the Ethereum blockchain. According to a Tweet from its team today, Aavegotchi will be postponing the Jan. 4 Read More
Crypto-friendly app cautions users to ‘reassess’ XRP holdings
Revolut, a crypto-friendly trading app, is reportedly issuing a strong warning to its customers regarding buying and selling XRP. According to news outlet The Irish Times, the FinTech firm recently sent out a notice to its customers saying it was Read More
XRP the ‘third largest collapse of all time’ says The TIE’s Josh Frank
The XRP token’s market capitalization has fallen almost $130 billion since its all-time high in 2018, making the cryptocurrency project’s decline comparable to the collapse of major financial institutions. According to Josh Frank of crypto-focused research company The TIE, the Read More
NY Times report alleges history of pay discrimination at Coinbase
San Francisco-based crypto exchange Coinbase may have had a problem with paying its employees fairly based on gender and race. According to a report from The New York Times journalist Nathaniel Popper, Coinbase paid salaried Black employees roughly 7% less than people Read More
Coinbase announces it will suspend XRP trading as price drops another 10%
Major cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase will suspend trading for XRP in response to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission taking legal action against Ripple. According to a blog post published today by Coinbase chief legal officer Paul Grewal, the exchange Read More
OKCoin latest exchange to suspend XRP trading and deposits
Crypto exchange OKCoin announced it would delist XRP following the news that the United States Securities and Exchange Commission would be pursuing legal action against Ripple. In a blog post released today, OKCoin said its “best course of action” in response Read More
5 crypto unicorns that charged onto the blockchain scene in 2020
A number of decentralized finance protocols experienced volatility around the $1 billion mark in 2020, briefly making some of them unicorns in the crypto space. Though the 2020 numbers are comparable to the number of projects that emerged as unicorns Read More
SEC unveils suit against Ripple, calling XRP a ‘$1.3B unregistered security offering’
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has taken legal action against Ripple as well as its CEO Brad Garlinghouse and co-founder Christian Larsen. In charges filed today in federal district court in Manhattan, the commission is alleging that the XRP Read More
Early Bitcoin dev misses out on $1.3B after selling too soon
Martti Malmi, one of the earliest Bitcoin developers and also known as Sirius, has explained what happened to his once massive crypto holdings since 2009. According to a Friday Twitter thread from the former Bitcoin (BTC) developer, Malmi mined roughly Read More
Kim Dotcom throws weight behind BCH, tips $3K price in 2021
Internet entrepreneur and digital rights activist Kim Dotcom has been enthusiastically promoting Bitcoin Cash as a medium of exchange, but still remains bullish on Bitcoin. According to a tweet to his 711,700 followers today, Dotcom predicted the price of Bitcoin Read More
Bitcoin is ‘more religion than solution,’ says billionaire Mark Cuban
Mark Cuban, the billionaire who once said that bananas are a better medium of exchange than Bitcoin (BTC), has doubled down on his view that the asset is more like a collectible than a reliable financial instrument. In a Forbes interview Read More
Bitcoin price hits $21,569 as Dave Portnoy misses out on $160K
The Bitcoin price passed $21,000 for the first time in history on Dec. 16, not long after the crypto asset broke the psychological $20,000 threshold. BTC/USD weekly chart. Source: Tradingview The recent rally to $21,569 on Coinbase at approximately 11:15 Read More
‘Secret’ bridge turns ERC-20 tokens into privacy coins
An open-source blockchain protocol called the Secret Network is now offering privacy features for the Ethereum blockchain and 14 ERC-20 tokens. According to a Secret Network blog post, the protocol launched its Secret Ethereum Bridge on the mainnet today, which Read More
Founder David Sønstebø out of Iota Foundation after ‘unanimous’ board decision
David Sønstebø will no longer be a part of the Iota Foundation, a non-profit which he helped co-found and most recently co-chaired. According to an announcement from the Iota Foundation, the organization has “parted ways” with Sønstebø. It said it Read More
New institutional player — MassMutual purchases $100M Bitcoin
Massachusetts-based insurance firm MassMutual just announced that it has purchased $100 million in Bitcoin for its general investment account. According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, the company purchased the coins — purportedly 5,470 Bitcoin (BTC) given the Read More