A SIM swapping exploit revealed BlockFi customer names and addresses while BitMEX is hit with RICO accusations.
First Mover: Bitcoin Difficulty Adjustment Feels Like Post-Halving Easing Party
Bitcoin mining is set to get easier, as the network undergoes an expected difficulty adjustment on Tuesday – the first since last week’s reward halving.
Blockchain Bites: a16z’s Cyclic Crypto Thinking and Grin’s Grim Outlook
FalconX brought in an equivalent to Facebook’s 2005 Series A while Grin flounders and a16z asks if crypto’s on the cusp of a boom period.
First Mover: Bitcoin Rally Sends Message to Capitalists as Despair on Wall Street Grows
Bitcoin’s recent price rally and industry optimism contrast with the downbeat tone in the U.S. stock market. Even Visa’s CEO says digital currencies could be “additive to the payments ecosystem.”
Crypto Long & Short: Mining Derivatives Point to Growing Sophistication
Noelle Acheson picks apart trends in global interest and trust in crypto asset technology, and revisits the growing financialization of bitcoin mining.
Blockchain Bites: Last Day of Consensus, Will Crypto Save the Internet?
It broke J.K. Rowling’s Time Line.
Blockchain Bites: What You Need to Know About the Last Day of Consensus: Distributed
From bitcoin mining workshops to VR meetings about VR meetings, everything you need to know for the last day of Consensus: Distributed.
First Mover: Bitcoin’s Hot Again, and Crypto Miners Are Hoarding – Or Are They?
Bitcoin is rallying again, and some analysts are taking a closer look at data extracted from the underlying blockchain for signals on whether cryptocurrency miners are buying or selling. Or if they’re HODLing.
Blockchain Bites: Will Enterprise Blockchain Find a ‘Killer App’ or Be Killed?
IBM, We.Trade and Microsoft executives spoke about the trials and tribulations of capitalizing on enterprise-grade blockchain at Consensus: Distributed.
Blockchain Bites: Capitalizing on Enterprise Blockchain and Reading Coin Metrics
Today at Consensus: Distributed you’ll hear from IBM, EY and ING Bank executives on enterprise blockchain profitability and Nic Carter on coin metrics.
First Mover: As Fed Swats Down Negative Rates, Bitcoiners Wonder What If
Even as Fed Chair Jerome Powell says negative interest rates are not on the cards, the remaining possibility might be rekindling traders’ spirits – or at least refocusing attention on bitcoin as a hedge against inflation.
Blockchain Bites: The Government Won’t ‘Kill DeFi’ but FATF Might Compromise Anonymity
Consensus: Distributed saw discussions over the constitutionality of FATF’s Travel Rule and why regulators want DeFi in the U.S.
Blockchain Bites: FATF, Financial Inclusion and Banking Without Banks: A Look Ahead At Consensus, Day 3
Your guide to Consensus: Distributed, Day 3: FATF, DeFi and why Bitcoin is still king.
First Mover: Derivatives May Have Blunted the Halving’s Volatility Spike
The anemic price action surrounding bitcoin’s third halving has led to head-scratching over why the cryptocurrency didn’t moon. One possibility: Derivatives are bringing more price discovery.
Blockchain Bites: Will Crypto See Any of the CBDC Action?
The world is growing comfortable with digital assets: JP Morgan banks crypto, England discusses CBDCs and Sheila Warren a place for privacy coins.
Blockchain Bites: Your Ultimate Guide to Consensus Distributed, Day 2
Here’s the rundown on what not to miss.
First Mover: Dull Bitcoin Halving Salvaged By Satoshi Tribute in Block 629,999
A coded-in message on the blockchain harked back the the genesis of the original cryptocurrency.
Blockchain Bites: Making Sense of the Halving, Consensus Distributed’s First Day
Get all the news from the first day of Consensus: Distributed, including the latest on Bitcoin’s third halving. (And, who had the best Zoom backgrounds?)
Blockchain Bites: Your Guide to Consensus Distributed
Blockchain Bites will publish twice daily throughout Consensus: Distributed, setting the schedule and rounding up what you may have missed.
First Mover: As Bitcoin’s Halving Finally Arrives, a Price Retreat Deflates the Hype
The halving buzz may already be dying down as bitcoin’s price pulls back just before the event.