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Justin Sun Backs Ethereum Hard Fork as Merge Approaches
5.8.2022
Sun said he would support development on the old Ethereum network following the expected merge in September
Justin Sun, Poloniex Back Plan to Create a PoW Ethereum Hard Fork
5.8.2022
Ethereum (ETH) miners fearing the worst should the network’s much-vaunted move to proof-of-stake (PoS) go ahead next month could be thrown a lifeline – with Justin Sun and his Poloniex crypto trading platform stating that they will provide support for a proposed proof-of-work fork (PoW)...
Vitalik: Centralized USDC could decide the future of contentious ETH hard forks
5.8.2022
Speaking at the BUIDL Asia event in Korea, Vitalik Buterin said that centralized stablecoins like USDC & USDT will become significant deciders in future hard forks
Tax Agency Vows to Go Hard After Koreans Using Crypto to Evade Levies
3.8.2022
South Korea’s tax administration has pledged to take strict measures against tax evasion through virtual assets and platforms. While the Korean government is yet to start taxing capital gains resulting from crypto investment and trading, authorities in Seoul claim cryptocurrencies have been...
New York Attorney General Wants to Hear From Investors Deceived by Crypto Platforms
3.8.2022
New York Attorney General Letitia James has urged investors in her state who believe they have been deceived by a crypto platform to contact her office. “Investors were promised large returns on cryptocurrencies, but instead lost their hard-earned money,” she stressed. Letitia James...
Ethereum futures backwardation hints at 30% 'airdrop rally' ahead of the Merge
1.8.2022
Backwardation reflects a market condition wherein spot prices trade higher than future prices
Terra's Collapse Is a Hard Lesson for Sloppy Crypto VCs and Gullible Retail Investors
31.7.2022
It’s not the greatest time to be a venture capitalist (VC) in crypto. Many of them have seen both the value of their investments and reputation plummet, as projects they were actively promoting, such as Terra, failed spectacularly, hitting the whole crypto industry. ...
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Three Arrows 'Mess' & Babel's Losses, Ethereum's Testnet, Bitcoin's Defense, NFT ETF Zone + More News
29.7.2022
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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Read More: Three Arrows 'Mess' & Babel's Losses, Ethereum's Testnet, Bitcoin's Defense, NFT ETF Zone + More News
Cardano Vasil hard fork hit with another delay for several weeks
29.7.2022
The Vasil hard fork was originally scheduled to go live in June, but teams behind the Cardano blockchain development have prioritized a smooth network transition
Vitalik Buterin says The Merge is Not 'Priced in' as Investor Promises to Fork Ethereum
28.7.2022
Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin argued that The Merge is not "priced in," not only in market terms, but also in psychological narrative terms. Meanwhile, a well-known investor has voiced his plans to fork Ethereum.
Commenting on the morale around Ethereum developers during this year's...
Ethereum Classic Climbs 124% in 2 Weeks, Hashrate Spikes, KRW Captures 20% of ETC’s Trade Volume
28.7.2022
Roughly six years ago in July 2016, an Ethereum hard fork was used to address the infamous DAO hack. This specific fork saw the chain split into two factions, and a new crypto asset called ethereum classic was introduced to the crypto community. For years now both chains have co-existed using...
Credit Cards Should Not Be Used for Crypto Transactions, Taiwan’s Financial Watchdog Says
24.7.2022
The financial regulator of Taiwan has asked local banks not to allow the use of cards for payments in transactions involving cryptocurrencies, local media revealed. The authority says these assets are risky while associated cash flows are hard to monitor. Taiwanese Regulator Urges Banks Not...
Sell the news? Cardano price risks 20% drop despite Vasil hard fork euphoria
21.7.2022
ADA runs out of buyers despite the long-awaited Cardano hard fork going live potentially at the end of july
Hard-To-Get Infamous Second Son DLC Now Free On PlayStation Store
21.7.2022
If you’ve been thinking about revisiting Infamous Second Son, Sucker Punch Productions’ 2014 PlayStation 4 exclusive, now might be a good time since some rare DLC is suddenly free on the PlayStation Store for the first time. Cole’s Legacy provided some connective tissue between PS3’s Infamous 2...
Bitcoin and Hard Assets Will Win as Inflation Rises, Novogratz Says and Sees BTC at USD 500K
20.7.2022
Bitcoin (BTC) and other hard assets will rise strongly in price as the world continues down a path of prolonged and high inflation, argued Mike Novogratz, founder and CEO of major financial services and investment management firm Galaxy Digital.
Speaking at the Bloomberg Crypto Summit on Tuesday...
The Coming Recession is Going to Hit Crypto, but Not as Hard as You Think
10.7.2022
If a recession isn’t here already, many economists estimate that it is coming very soon. The largest in the world, the US economy contracted by 1.6% in the first quarter of the year, and even if it somehow doesn’t contract in the second quarter, a growing number of economists are predicting...
Cardano 'sharks' scoop up 79.1 million ADA ahead of Vasil hard fork
9.7.2022
ADA accumulation occurs despite a technical outlook threatening a 35% price crash by September 2022
Cardano Vasil Hard Fork is Now 'Inevitable' after 'Successful' Testnet
4.7.2022
Cardano (ADA)'s long-awaited Vasil upgrade, which aims to improve the network's scalability and performance, has gone through the testnet "successfully" and is expected to deploy on the mainnet in a month.
Input Output Hong Kong (IOHK), the research and development company that has developed...
Hard Times in Crypto: the Unintended Consequences of Going Public
3.7.2022
The third and final reflection on a series of risks we’re thinking about during these crypto down days
The Words We Use In Bitcoin: Words, Language, Terminology, and Linguistic Attacks
3.7.2022
Gigi is a Bitcoin educator, author of '21 Lessons', and software engineer.
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It can’t be said often enough: Bitcoin is confusing. However, it’s not complicated like a Rube Goldberg machine is complicated. It’s just very foreign and thus very misunderstood—it is a completely new thing....