The v19 hard fork didn’t go as planned for the privacy coin, but a fix has been released; v18 had experienced a few kinks, too.
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Bitcoin price consolidation at $27,000 sparks speculation of imminent BTC breakout
BTC’s price could be on the verge of a bullish breakout, according to derivatives data, but ultimately the macroeconomic scenario will dictate the trend.
Rising BTC transaction fees are a good thing, Bitcoin educator shares
Dan Held, the chief marketing officer at Trust Machines, believes that rising Bitcoin transaction fees may encourage users to look at other layer-2 solutions.
2 more rate hikes? Bitcoin analyst counts down to ‘huge’ volatility
Bitcoin fails to respond even to a market-moving fake news event about an explosion at the Pentagon.
Korean crypto executives allegedly profited $2.3M from coin listing scandal
Projects were allegedly swayed into signing contracts with dubious market makers as consideration for listing on crypto exchange Coinone.
TON Foundation launches $25M accelerator program
The accelerator will invest between $50,000 to $250,000 per project that builds on TON and has an MVP.
When pizza became the unsung hero of Bitcoin’s history: A cheesy celebration
Join the cheesy celebration and learn how Bitcoin Pizza Day shaped the adoption of cryptocurrencies.
Why is Bitcoin price stuck?
Bitcoin is a volatile asset but BTC price can get stuck inside narrow trading ranges for week, if not months for multiple reasons.
Illuvium controversy, Aurory Prologue review, Fornite CEO salty, Assassin’s Creed NFTs: Web3 Gamer
Illuvium’s many marketing controversies, Assasin’s Creed’s NFT cubes, Fortnite CEO salty about death of metaverse, Aurory Prologue review.
Illuvium controversy, Aurory Prologue review, Fornite CEO salty, Assassin’s Creed NFTs: Web3 Gamer
Illuvium CEO Kieran Warwick has once again been in the thick of a controversy, this time taking aim at applicants seeking to join Illuvium DAO’s marketing sub-council.
Warwick, who is not coincidentally also the game studio’s chief marketing officer, took to Twitter on May 9 to say that the DAO faced a “significant challenge,” with the sub-DAO hopefuls vying for the gig as they “need to possess the requisite marketing experience.” This upset the hopefuls, given the backhander about their lack of experience.
Not one to let an opportunity go to waste, Warwick then issued a media release about the “controversy stirred by its CEO, Kieran Warwick.”
The marketing sub-council is one of four sub-councils within the Illuvium DAO focused on particular tasks related to developing Illuvium’s products and community. The others relate to community, game and strategy, with the idea being to draw on community expertise to develop the project.
Sub-council members are paid in Illuvium tokens.
GameFi developer Gala Games to launch Web3 poker platform with PokerGO
“Players will soon realize the heightened entertainment that comes with playing poker in an immersive Web3 environment,” said Eric Schiermeyer, founder of Gala Games.
Responsible AI can create policies to help ‘better serve society’
Sabin Dima, the CEO and founder of Humans.Ai, said that with the right implementation, governments could use AI to enhance public services and policies.
Longing for liquidity — 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week
Bitcoin (BTC) starts a new week in a price range that frustrates traders and leaves little to the imagination — what next?
After precious little activity over the weekend, the largest cryptocurrency lacks direction, and even macroeconomic triggers have failed to shift the status quo.
At around 10% below the $30,000 mark, BTC/USD is treading water, and despite calls for a further correction, market participants are dealing with a tiny active trading range.
Liquidity is there to be taken above and below, but so far, only a tease of a liquidity sweep has materialized.
The coming days have some potential macro surprises in store, but analysts agree it will take a significant shift in the data to crack a stubborn Bitcoin.
Gemini considers forbearance after DCG defaults on a $630M payment
Gemini is planning to file a new motion with the court seeking the return of $1.1 billion of digital assets from DCG-owned Genesis.
Ordinals sends LTC and DOGE network activity surging for 3 straight weeks
Move over Bitcoin, Ordinals on Litecoin and Dogecoin have unleashed a frenzy of transactions.
Crypto hacks falling in Q1 is but a 'temporary reprieve' — Blockchain firm
It was warned that the amount stolen in Q1 2023 mirrors Q2 2022, which was followed by a “record setting number of hacks.”
These 4 altcoins could be ready for an up-move if Bitcoin rallies above $27,500
Bitcoin price could be gearing up for a decisive move, which could set the stage for XRP, LTC, RNDR and CFX.
Bitcoin, Ethereum bears are back in control — Two derivative metrics suggest
A bearish market structure has been pressuring cryptocurrencies’ prices for the past six weeks, driving the total market capitalization to its lowest level in two months at $1.13 trillion. According to two derivative metrics, crypto bulls will have a hard time to break the downtrend, even though analyzing a shorter timeframe provides a neutral view with Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH) and BNB, on average, gaining 0.3% between May 12 and May 19.
Total crypto market cap in USD, 12-hour. Source: TradingViewNotice that the descending wedge formation initiated in mid-April could last until July, indicating that an eventual break to the upside would require an extra effort from the bulls.
Furthermore, there’s the impending U.S. debt ceiling standoff, as the U.S. Treasury is quickly running out of cash.
Even if the majority of investors believe that the Biden administration will be able to strike a deal before the effective default of its debt, no one can exclude the possibility of a government shutdown and subsequent default.
Gold or stablecoins as a safe haven?
Not even gold, which used to be considered the world’s safest asset class, has been immune to the recent correction, as the precious metal traded down from $2,050 on May 4 to the present $1,980 level.
Wife finds husband’s Bitcoin stash amid divorce proceedings
The woman initially suspected that her husband — who earned $3 million per year — did not reveal all his assets, which would get split between the two during the divorce.
Attacker hijacks Tornado Cash governance via malicious proposal
The total control over Tornado Cash governance allows the attacker to withdraw all of the locked votes, drain all of the tokens in the governance contract and brick the router.