Mining data aggregators attribute a slump in Bitcoin’s hash rate to the end of the wet season in Sichuan, resulting in many miners migrating to other jurisdictions. On Oct. 26, Thomas Heller of Bitcoin (BTC)…
The crypto-powered Spotify competitor Audius has retroactively distributed 50 million of its native AUDIO tokens to artists and listeners using the platform. The distribution came alongside the launch of the AUDIO governance token on the…
The Open DeFi Alliance has announced the launch of a western arm and onboarding of eight new member firms. Launched last month, the alliance seeks to unite leaders of the DeFi sector by forming a…
A report published by blockchain forensics firm CipherTrace has detailed significant disruptions to the clandestine darknet marketplace sector following a spate of exit scams during recent months. Despite opportunities for new marketplaces to capture the…
Jack Ma, the now-retired founder of Alibaba Group, recently spoke to a crowd of bankers and regulators at the Bund Summit in Shanghai about the role digital currencies will likely play in the future global financial…
An astonishing 80% of central banks are engaging in work around central bank digital currencies, from research to experimentation and pilot programs. A recent Bank for International Settlements, or BIS, chart demonstrates the growing interest…
With Bitcoin’s price continuing to hold close to $13,000, one anonymous trader decided now was the time to move more than $1 billion of the digital asset. According to on-chain data, a Bitcoin (BTC) trader moved…
According to an Oct. 26 announcement from Cashaa, the fintech firm will be partnering with India’s United Multistate Credit Cooperative Society to build a crypto-friendly financial institution called UNICAS. This new venture will reportedly include…
While Bitcoin (BTC) is showing strength through new higher highs and making a new yearly high, Ethereum’s Ether (ETH) shows weakness, particularly the ETH/BTC pair. ETH weakness is also a clear indication that most altcoins…
The Bahamas, an island nation in the West Indies, made digital currency history on Oct. 20 with the official launch of a new central bank digital currency, the so-called Sand Dollar. It became the first…