This is an opinion editorial by Jonathan Buck, founder of JB & GS Mining GmbH, a German bitcoin mining hosting company.In April 2022, the Central African Republic (CAR) adopted bitcoin as legal tender, becoming the…
Kakao Follows $90M ICO With Fresh $90M Funding…
South Korean internet giant Kakao Corp has seen major success during its private initial coin offering (ICO) and will raise more funds this week. Kakao Doubles Down As Bloomberg reported March 10, Kakao, which confirmed…
Ledger Nano X Review: A Beautiful Piece of…
It feels like a long time since CES in January when Ledger unveiled its latest hardware wallet, the Nano X. I was lucky enough to receive a review device and have been dutifully putting it…
It’s Officially Alt Season!
This morning a plane crashed en route from Addis Ababa to Nairobi killing 157 people. Given the cause of the crash is still unknown, and this is the second such incident involving Boeing’s new 737…
Study Links Obsessive Crypto-Trading With Problem Gambling
Research from Rutgers University has found a link between trading cryptocurrency and compulsive gambling. Apparently, regular gamblers can view cryptocurrency trading as an additional high-risk activity — with a similar rush. Quelle Surprise The study…
Blockstream Releases ‘Friendly’ Liquid Sidechain Wallet For End…
Bitcoin infrastructure developer Blockstream has rolled out a user-geared wallet for its Liquid sidechain asset, Liquid Bitcoin (L-BTC), the company confirmed on March 11. Liquid Core Goes Live Liquid Core, which Blockstream describes as a…
Barclays: Facebook’s Cryptocurrency Could Generate $19 Billion in…
British multinational investment bank Barclays sees some serious upside for social media giant Facebook’s cryptocurrency. The bank forecasts a whopping $19 billion in additional revenue from this initiative, alone. Barclays Bullish on ‘FaceCoin’ Ross Sandler,…
Welcoming Neutrino to Coinbase
Today we’re announcing that Coinbase has acquired Neutrino, a blockchain intelligence platform. Blockchain intelligence is increasingly important in the crypto ecosystem, and is necessary to achieve our mission of bringing the open financial system to…
Announcing Bitcoin Cash (BCH) Support on Coinbase Wallet
Starting today, you can now store your Bitcoin Cash (BCH) directly in the Coinbase Wallet app. Our goal with Coinbase Wallet is to create the world’s leading user-custodied crypto wallet. Coinbase Wallet already supports Bitcoin,…