Binance is advising its remaining users in Iran to withdraw their money as the cryptocurrency exchange seeks to comply with international sanctions.
This Bitcoin Skeptic Wants to Make ‘Stable’ Cryptos for Venezuela
Economist Steve Hanke has joined the board of advisors for the P2P cryptocurrency exchange AirTM and will guide its Latin American expansion, including a new system for price-stable assets he will design.
Coinbase CTO: Time May Be Right for Home Crypto Mining
Mining innovator Balaji Srinivasan pivoted away from that business in 2017, but now believes the time is right for a home miner.
Buy or Sell? What Traders Think About Tomorrow’s Bitcoin Cash Fork
With Thurday’s hard fork of the bitcoin cash blockchain likely to result in a split, what are the traders planning to do with their holdings?
Fork Watch: How To Follow Tomorrow’s High-Stakes Bitcoin Cash Update
Part system upgrade, part political battle, Thursday’s BCH hard fork could get interesting.
Bitcoin Veteran Jameson Lopp Named CTO of Crypto Startup Casa
Casa has boosted Jameson Lopp to CTO eight months after he joined the crypto custody solutions startup as an infrastructure engineer.
Free Money? Traders In Asia Are Buying Bitcoin Cash Ahead of Hard Fork
While bitcoin cash is seeing an internal war ahead of Thursday’s hard fork, traders in Asia are betting that the sum of the parts will be worth more than the whole.
Crypto Token Airdrops Are a Marketing Ploy (and That’s OK)
A currency is nothing if not widely used, and that can’t be achieved unless people make some cost-incurring effort to encourage widespread usage.
Sexual Assault Survivor Uses Crypto to Crowdfund Anonymously
Cryptocurrency is helping women who’ve suffered sexual harassment or assault gain financial independence while protecting their privacy.
Crypto Exchanges Should Take a Hard Look at IP Address-Masking Services
Cryptocurrency exchanges will likely have to reckon with VPN access as part of any regulatory or law enforcement actions for market manipulation.
The Little-Known Ways Ethereum Reveals User Location Data
At Devcon4, Geth developer Péter Szilágyi detailed the little-known ways that data about ethereum users can become public.
Bitcoin Cash Declares War: Why This Could Mean Another Split
After a year of peaceful hard fork upgrades, bitcoin cash is in the throes of a fiery debate over its future – one that could lead to a chain split.
It’s Hard to Short Crypto – And That’s Propping Up Prices, Study Finds
An Australian researcher says wide disagreements about underlying prices and lack of short options keep cryptocurrency prices alive.
Coinbase Offers $5k Egg-Freezing Benefit in Bid to Retain Talent
Silicon Valley cryptocurrency unicorn Coinbase has taken an unusual and expensive step to recruit and retain diverse employees.
Bitcoin’s True Stress Test Is Yet to Come
What happens if there’s another 2008-scale financial market crisis? Will diehard HODLers still resist liquidating their bitcoin assets?
No, Bitcoin Isn’t Secretly Messing with the Mid-Term Elections
Take it from someone who’s actually received crypto campaign donations.
Ethereum Energy Project Now Powers 700 Households in 10 Cities
Little-known ethereum project Lition is live and quietly helping German citizens hunt down cheaper energy options.
Builders on Wall Street: Bitcoin Devs Host Lightning Hack Day
At the Lightning Hackday, it was hard to keep up with all the futuristic ideas for bitcoin’s layer-two, but some devs are focusing on the basics.
Bitcoin Brought Us a New World We Could Have Only Imagined
It’s been 10 years since bitcoin’s white paper appeared and opened up a whole new world of possibilities, says BitGo’s Mike Belshe.
Binance Signs Up 40,000 Crypto Traders in Its First Week in Uganda
Unlike its parent company, Binance Uganda handles fiat currency (in partnership with a local mobile payment provider) and requires full customer ID.