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Facilitating Spam Attacks or Nothing Burger? Drama Ensues Over Changes to This Bitcoin Guardrail Feature
1.5.2025
The bitcoin development community is divided over a proposal to remove certain guardrails designed to deter the use of its blockchain for storing arbitrary data (or ‘spam’). Some developers argue that this change will impact the future of bitcoin, while others assert that it is already...
SEC Ditches PayPal's PYUSD Probe, Removing Key Regulatory Hurdle for Its Stablecoin
1.5.2025
The SEC subpoenaed PayPal in late 2023 over its dollar-backed stablecoin
April NFT Carnage: Sales Drop Over 39% as Market Stalls
1.5.2025
Although April brought modest gains to the broader crypto economy, data reveals a continued descent in non-fungible token (NFT) sales, which contracted by 39.62% over the past 30 days. Ethereum retained its status as the leading blockchain by NFT sales volume, yet its figures receded by 44.86%...
‘Bad breach of ethics’ — Musk echoes crypto execs in backlash against WSJ
1.5.2025
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has lashed out at The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), calling the publication’s latest report “an EXTREMELY BAD BREACH OF ETHICS,” after it claimed the Tesla board was actively seeking his replacement as CEO.The report, published on April 30, alleged that the board...
Coinbase Fights IRS at Supreme Court Over 500K User Data Demand
1.5.2025
Coinbase is taking its fight for digital privacy to the highest court, urging the Supreme Court to dismantle mass surveillance powers threatening the future of crypto freedom. Coinbase Asks Supreme Court to Strike Down Digital Dragnet in Crypto Crackdown Crypto exchange Coinbase (Nasdaq: COIN)...
Prepare For Balatro To Take Over Your Life When It Hits PS Plus In May
30.4.2025
I can already feel how much sleep I’m about to lose when Balatro becomes one of the free monthly games for PlayStation Plus in May. The 2024 GOTY contender and viral high score chase sensation is only a year old and about to win over a whole new group of converts to its Joker-worshipping cult....
Semler Scientific Adds 165 BTC, Now Holds Over $330 Million in Bitcoin
30.4.2025
Semler Scientific has increased its bitcoin holdings to 3,467 BTC following a $15.7 million purchase of 165 BTC, achieving a 23.8% year-to-date yield on its bitcoin treasury strategy. Bitcoin Bet Pays Off As Semler Scientific Reports 23.8% BTC Yield Semler Scientific (Nasdaq: SMLR) continues...
Ex-Binance CEO chides Europe over crypto adoption
30.4.2025
Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, the former CEO of crypto exchange Binance, said most European countries were moving “nowhere” in terms of the adoption of digital currencies.Speaking at the Token2049 conference in Dubai on April 30, Zhao said that areas of the United Arab Emirates were...
Ex-Binance CEO chides Europe over crypto adoption
30.4.2025
Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, the former CEO of crypto exchange Binance, said most European countries were moving “nowhere” in terms of the adoption of digital currencies.Speaking at the Token2049 conference in Dubai on April 30, Zhao said that areas of the United Arab Emirates were...
Coinbase Leaps Into Supreme Court Case in Defense of User Data Going to IRS
30.4.2025
The U.S. crypto exchange filed a brief in a longstanding privacy battle over records the tax agency sought on customers' crypto transactions
Revisiting Image Maps
30.4.2025
Let’s run through a quick refresher. Image maps date all the way back to HTML 3.2, where, first, server-side maps and then client-side maps defined clickable regions over an image using map and area elements.
Revisiting Image Maps originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of...
Green Bitcoin? Over 52% of Mining Now Uses Sustainable Energy
30.4.2025
The latest Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance report confirms the United States and Canada dominate global bitcoin mining, collectively controlling over 80% of reported activity. Bitcoin mining is now 52.4% reliant on sustainable energy, with hydropower (23.4%) and wind (15.4%) as leading...
Marvel Fighting Game With Over 300 Characters Finally Coming To Steam
29.4.2025
Marvel Contest of Champions, a long-running fighting game from mobile developer Kablam, is getting an official PC port and Steam release in the near future. Read more
FTX Estate Sues NFT Stars and Kurosemi Over Unreturned Tokens
29.4.2025
The FTX Estate has initiated legal action against NFT Stars Limited and Kurosemi Inc., accusing them of failing to deliver contractually owed tokens. FTX Still Open to Engagement The entity overseeing the estate of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX announced on April 28 that it...
Over 7.7 Tons of Gold Now Support Tether’s XAUT Tokens
28.4.2025
Tether Holdings has released its first-quarter 2025 attestation for Tether Gold (XAUT), confirming that more than 7.7 tons of physical gold fully back the tokens in circulation. Tether Releases Independent Verification of XAUT Reserves Tether’s attestation report, completed by BDO Italia S.p.A....
CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Ripple (XRP) Gains 5.8%, Leading Index Higher
28.4.2025
Sui (SUI) joined Ripple (XRP) as a top performer, gaining 5.2% over the weekend
Caitlin Long slams US Fed over stablecoin policy favoring big banks
28.4.2025
Caitlin Long, founder and CEO of Custodia Bank, has criticized the US Federal Reserve for quietly maintaining a key anti-crypto policy that favors big-bank-issued stablecoins, despite relaxing crypto partnership rules for banks.In an April 27 thread on X, Long explained that while the Fed recently...
Caitlin Long slams US Fed over stablecoin policy favoring big banks
28.4.2025
Caitlin Long, founder and CEO of Custodia Bank, has criticized the US Federal Reserve for quietly maintaining a key anti-crypto policy that favors big-bank-issued stablecoins, despite relaxing crypto partnership rules for banks.In an April 27 thread on X, Long explained that while the Fed recently...
Monero’s XMR Rockets 40% as XRP Leads Crypto Majors Gains
28.4.2025
Trading volumes for XMR zoomed from an average of $50 million on a 7-day rolling basis to over $220 million in the past 24 hours
Bitget takes legal action on alleged VOXEL futures price manipulation
28.4.2025
Crypto exchange Bitget says it is sending letters from its lawyers to account holders it alleges were involved in manipulating the price of perpetual futures contracts tied to the VOXEL token.Eight account holders that the exchange accuses of being involved in the April 20 incident and...