After more than two years of legal battle and investigation, iFinex and stablecoin issuer Tether have agreed to an $18.5 million settlement with the New York Attorney General’s office (OAG) today while admitting to no…
FinCEN Files Remind Us That Bitcoin Is Still…
This article originally appeared in our Down The Rabbit Hole newsletter. If you want our news and analysis straight to your inbox, make sure you subscribe now! This week, a released cache of thousands of reports…
Billionaire Paul Tudor Jones Would Buy More Bitcoin…
Prominent hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones’ understanding of bitcoin has come into question since he only invested about 1% of his assets in the cryptocurrency. According to the CEO of Microstrategy, the Nasdaq-listed company…
Inside the blockchain developer’s mind: The upgradeability crisis
This is Part 1 of a three-part series in which Andrew Levine outlines the issues facing legacy blockchains and posits solutions to these problems. Read Part 2 on the vertical scaling crisis and Part 3…
Whales profit mightily from lucrative DeFi yield farming:…
Decentralized Finance has taken crypto by storm providing holders with a wide range of options to earn high-yield returns on their crypto and stablecoin holdings. DeFi has not only led to huge rallies in the…
Winklevoss Rubbishes Similarities Between DeFi and the ICO…
Many have drawn similarities between DeFi and the ICO craze of 2017, and it’s easy to see why as well. To begin with, both operate(d) primarily on the Ethereum network. However, it’s the flood of…
Core Developer Says Ethereum 2.0 is Tantalizingly Close
It feels like Ethereum 2.0 is taking an eternity to rollout. But, following months of testnet runs, it finally looks as though Phase 0 is nearing the finish line to launch. Phase 0 refers to…
This Analysis Suggests December Will Be a Crucial…
Bitcoin’s price action has done little to offer investors with clarity into its near-term outlook. The benchmark digital asset has been trading around $10,500 for the past few days, with each push higher or lower…
How Bitcoin’s 2020 High Compares To Past Bull…
Bitcoin price suffered a powerful correction from the 2020 high of $12,400, taking the crypto asset back below $10,000 briefly. After a short-lived dead-cat bounce to $11,200, Bitcoin price is back once again at $10,500…