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New York Fed’s ‘Bitcoin Is Just Another Fiat’ Claim Sparks Controversy
19.6.2020
Economists at the New York Federal Reserve think Bitcoin is a fiat currency. Nic Carter thinks the New York Fed is "insane."
Public or Private Blockchains: Salesforce Exec Sparks Community Debate
16.5.2020
Public blockchains came under the attack of Salesforce exec, and EY and VeChain stepped up to explain how businesses are using them
‘Black Thursday’ Liquidations Sparks $28M Lawsuit Against Maker Foundation
15.4.2020
The Maker Foundation is being sued in a class-action lawsuit for $28 million over the March 12 event that caused over $2 million in liquidations. The lawsuit alleges that the team behind the Makerdao project did not explain the extreme risk of loss to investors. Also read: ETH Price Strains Defi...
Westworld Showrunner Blockchain ‘Obsession’ Sparks App Storyline
17.3.2020
A fragment of the official poster for the third season of Westworld. Hit HBO series Westworld has developed a blockchain angle for its new season – and features a blockchain-inspired app where aspiring criminals advertise their services, created by a man who thinks blockchain technology will have...
Robinhood Outages During Historic Price Action Sparks Heated Community Reaction
14.3.2020
While the market is experiencing high trading volumes, millions of traders are left hanging as Robinhood experiences multiple outages
$30M Bitcoin Cash ‘SIM Hack’ Sparks Wild Crypto Tales With Vague Sources
23.2.2020
On February 21, the crypto Twitter commentator Dovey Wan published a series of tweets about an alleged SIM card hack that purportedly saw the loss of $30 million in bitcoin cash. The story stemmed from a Reddit post that’s now deleted and so far no one has provided any verifiable proof from...
New CME Bitcoin Options Spark ‘Unusually Strong Activity’ — JPMorgan
11.1.2020
JPMorgan believes “high anticipation” is building ahead of the launch of CME’s Bitcoin options next week
$100M of Ethereum Tied to Plustoken Scam Sparks Wild Theories
21.12.2019
During the last two weeks as cryptocurrency prices slid below long term foundational support, speculators assumed Plustoken scammers may be behind the dump. Blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis published a report which claimed Plustoken coin sales might be dragging BTC prices down. Moreover,...
Microsoft Revives Nonfungible Tokens, Sparks Industry's Imagination
15.12.2019
Microsoft’s Azure is becoming one of the biggest names in blockchain through the use of NFTs in its new community program
Bitcoin Creeps Back Above USD 10k as Byrne Crypto Move Sparks Intrigue
20.9.2019
Bitcoin is making a steady recovery, edging above the key USD 10,000 mark after dropping into the high USD 9,000s for most of September 19.
BTC prices returned to USD 10,000 at 16:35 GMT on September 19, stabilized, and then lept from just over 10,000 to almost USD 10,300 within the space of...
Bitcoin Cash-Powered File Storage Concept Sparks Interest and Debate
7.9.2019
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) proponents were introduced to a new project called the Cashweb protocol on Friday. The blockchain file sharing scheme allows people to store and load arbitrary data to the BCH chain. While the new protocol still has “a long way to go,” the developer decided to share...
Crypto Volatility Jumps as Market Crash Coincides with Coinbase Outage
27.6.2019
Bitcoin (BTC) once again showed its volatility that coincided with an outage that lasted just under an hour at exchange platform Coinbase . (Updated on 13:21 UTC: updates throughout the entire text.)
BTC had been soaring at prices of over USD 13,800 on June 26 when an outage of Coinbase’s website...
Latest Hack Sparks Concern Whatsapp Will Never Be Secure
20.5.2019
Facebook’s popular messaging app with 1.5 billion users in over 180 countries has another major vulnerability. Hackers were able to covertly install spyware on iOS and Android smartphones using Whatsapp with just a phone call. “All of their security issues are conveniently suitable...