Mysterious John McAfee Website Appears for Two Days — Whackd Token Climbs Over 700%
Following the death of the former antivirus tycoon John McAfee, an ERC20 token called whackd (WHACKD) has seen its valuation...
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Bitcoin Hashrate Drops 35% Intraday — Mining Difficulty to Drop by 23%
Bitcoin’s hashrate experienced a large drop of almost 35% in a single day. The hashrate plummeted from 108 exahash per...
Huobi Prohibits Chinese Residents From Leveraging Cryptocurrency Derivatives
The Seychelles-based cryptocurrency exchange originally founded in China, Huobi, has officially banned Chinese residents from swapping cryptocurrency derivatives, according to...
Bitfinex shorts crumble, bears capitulate after Bitcoin holds above $30K
$726 million in Bitfinex shorts were quickly closed after Bitcoin price bounced at $30,500, leading traders to speculate whether bears...
Germany’s financial watchdog approves crypto custody license for Coinbase
Since January 2020, all crypto firms operating in the German market have required BaFin approval. The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority...
Morgan Stanley equity fund owns 28.2K shares of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, per SEC
The investment bank reported owning a significant stake in GBTC as of April 30, according to a recent filing with...
Ethereum looks to retake $2K days before London hard fork — Big breakout ahead?
The world’s second-largest cryptocurrency also surged in tandem with positively correlated Bitcoin, the flagship digital asset. Ether (ETH) prices reclaimed...
Crypto miner Hut 8 plans to hold 5K Bitcoin by 2022
Hut 8 CEO Jaime Leverton said the firm was on track to mine up to 3 additional BTC per day...
New York Fed president says crypto poses challenging questions for central banks
John Williams responded to a presentation from Mark Carney, the former head of the Bank of Canada and Bank of...
Singapore’s central bank offers cash prizes for digital currency ideas
The Monetary Authority of Singapore is seeking new retail CBDC solutions with a new global challenge offering cash prizes and...
Polygon announces scalable data availability infrastructure Avail
The Polygon team is set to launch a data availability solution for sidechains and layer-two protocols. Ethereum (ETH) scalability infrastructure...
Polygon-Based Defi Stablecoin Safedollar Plunges to Zero — Team Is Investigating Exploit
The algorithmic decentralized finance (defi) stablecoin safedollar (SDO) has been attacked, according to statements published on its Telegram channel. The...
As Bitcoin’s Yearly Inflation Rate Dips to 1.77%, BEA Data From May Shows US Inflation Fears Are Legitimate
The U.S. economy is looking stagnant according to data stemming from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, as core personal consumption...
PORT Network: DApp to Harness Sustainable Processing Power for Both Cloud and Volunteer Computing
PRESS RELEASE. With an ever-increasing demand for computing power, PORT Network launches the first dApp to merge both Cloud and...
Korean Banks to Be Relieved of Liability for Crypto-Related Crime, Report Suggests
Banking institutions in South Korea have reportedly requested to not be held accountable for crimes linked to cryptocurrencies such as...
