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Proof of Keys Day: Binance CEO Indifferent, Coinbase Gives a Lesson

Happy Genesis Block Day! Today is also the day when the Proof of Keys event is set to happen for the first time, dubbed the yearly HODLer initiation, when users withdraw their bitcoins from exchanges in order to prove ownership over them. The event is mostly being celebrated, as well as endorsed by...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Top 10 Crypto Projects by Tech Development

A project called CoinCodeCap (C3) tracks the development activity of dozens of crypto projects, and according to their data, the top 10 projects by market capitalization of their tokens are far from the most actively developed. The clear winner in the list is Cardano, currently ranked 11th by...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Crypto in 2019: What to Expect From Bitcoin

Price-wise, Bitcoin has had a difficult year in 2018, especially given how much hype followed it after the December 2017 peak - and how everyone’s feelings plummeted with the price. Since then, Bitcoin has matured as an investment vehicle, mainly with the introduction of Bitcoin futures. The...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

What These Four Metrics Tell About Bitcoin

Hashrate, wealth distribution, public interest and transactions tell another story about Bitcoin’s health.If you were to look at Bitcoin's price movements over the past couple of months, you'd be forgiven for concluding that the original cryptocurrency is in serious trouble. From an early...

, by Simon Chandler

From the Internet to the “Outernet”: 20 Crypto Adoption Examples

Perhaps one of the best terms coined by internet “addicts” that never truly took off was “outernet” - a term for the real world, outside of the internet. And while cryptocurrency and blockchain are certainly gaining traction on the internet, seeing them mentioned (and...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Craig Wright Denied USD 1 Billion Lawsuit Dismissal

A court document, filed in the southern district of Florida on Thursday, reveals that they have denied infamous Craig Wright’s attempt to dismiss the lawsuit alleging that he misappropriated at least 1 billion of dollars worth of Bitcoin from the estate of a former business partner. The...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Beware: Electrum Wallets Target of Malicious Attack

A hacker, or a group of them, has been targeting popular Electrum wallets for Bitcoin since December 21st, and has possibly stolen 243.59 BTC (USD 912,000.) The attack resulted in Electrum wallet apps showing a message on users' computers, urging them to download a malicious wallet update from an...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

This USD 1 Million Bitcoin Bet Has Gone Awfully Wrong

A bet made late last year by chief information officer and co-founder of cryptocurrency hedge fund BlockTower Ari Paul on behalf of the company seems, beyond all reasonable doubt, to be lost. The bet specified that a single bitcoin would be worth at least USD 50,000 by the end of 2018, and there is...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Christmas Fights: Vitalik Buterin vs. Proof of Work Camp

The holiday season would not be the same without people within the family fighting over something - or in the case of crypto, people within the community fought over consensus mechanism Proof of Stake (PoS) and its merits over Proof of Work (PoW.) As is tradition, in the end nobody really won and...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

The Annual HODLer Initiation: Proof of Keys

One big purpose of Bitcoin as a cryptocurrency was decentralization: not just for the sake of security and removing a single central point of failure, but first and foremost to seize the power over your own funds from centralized entities. That’s what a community called “HODLers of Last Resort”...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Is Anyone Actually Paying Taxes in Bitcoin?

Reports suggest that actual uptake of new opportunities to pay taxes in crypto has fallen below expectations. The status of crypto as a popular means of paying taxes, fees and fines may come closer to realization in the future.It's official. Businesses in the American state of Ohio can now pay...

, by Simon Chandler

All I Want for Christmas Is – Crypto

American singer Mariah Carey may have to revise her Christmas hit very soon, as various survey show that many prefer to get cryptocurrencies as a present. For example, for the first time, teenagers said they wanted cryptocurrency like Bitcoin and Fortnite “V-Bucks” virtual currency...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Tom Lee Gives Up on Forecasting Bitcoin Price

It seems that, famous Bitcoin bull and head of Fundstrat Global Advisors, Tom Lee, has given up forecasting Bitcoin price.In a note to clients, dated December 13th, Lee wrote, “We are tired of people asking us about target prices [...] Because of the inherent volatility in crypto, we will...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Beats Forecast, Miners Turn their Rigs On

The pre-Christmas week has been marked with bitcoin's price jumping almost 20% in three days and with other important developments for the whole Bitcoin network.As the competition among Bitcoin miners was dropping for more than a month, mining itself has become easier and the market bounced back...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Tim Draper Puts More Skin in the Crypto Game

Famous venture capital investor and bitcoin enthusiast Tim Draper has invested in bitcoin merchant payment processor OpenNode, the company announced on Tuesday, as it concluded its seed round. The investment from Draper and his Draper Associates, a seed-stage venture capital firm, totaled USD 1.25...

, by Fredrik Vold

Bitcoin Over Satellite: One Step Closer to Everyone

Blockchain technology firm Blockstream announced that they have expanded their satellite service to cover the Asia-Pacific region, as well as adding support for Lightning Network transactions. Their Blockstream Satellite lets users transfer bitcoins through leased satellites, bringing the nascent...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

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