Tech

Derivatives

Big Guns Back $10M Investment in DeFi’s dYdX

The funding round, led by Three Arrows and DeFiance Capital, was also joined by Andreessen Horowitz and Polychain Capital.

Tech  ·  26 January 2021
Scams

Substack Newsletters Are Being Used to Spread Crypto Scams

Substack is being leveraged by scammers for its ease of use and reach.

Tech  ·  25 January 2021
Bitcoin

Vietnam’s Oldest Bitcoin Exchange Adds Support for Lightning Network

With VBTC's integration, the Lightning Network now has support from half a dozen Bitcoin exchanges.

Tech  ·  25 January 2021
DeFi

Collateralized Debt Obligations Make Their Way Into DeFi Lending

The future of finance apparently involves Wall Street’s ghosts.

Tech  ·  25 January 2021
Ethereum

Early CryptoPunk Digital Collectible Sells for $762K in Ether

Flamingo, a DAO for NFT investments, bought the ultra-rare “Alien” in a Saturday auction.

Tech  ·  23 January 2021
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Core Lead Maintainer Steps Back, Encourages Decentralization

"One thing is clear: this is a serious project now, and we need to start taking decentralization seriously," said Wladimir van der Laan.

Tech  ·  22 January 2021
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Developers Weigh the Costs of Defying White Paper Copyright Claim

Should anyone in an open source community have to bear the legal brunt of a seemingly senseless lawsuit?

Tech  ·  22 January 2021
Bitcoin

OKCoin to Integrate Bitcoin’s Lightning Network in Q1

The feature, added to alleviate fee pressure during Bitcoin’s bull market, could be live within a month's time.

Tech  ·  22 January 2021
Privacy

Social Networks Are the Next Big Decentralization Opportunity

We have the core tech to enable radically more ethical and beneficial social media networks. Here's what we'll need.

Tech  ·  22 January 2021
Bitcoin

The Bitcoin Double-Spend That Never Happened

No coins were added to the bitcoin supply, as some headlines might lead you to believe.

Tech  ·  21 January 2021
Ethereum Mining

Minority Mining Pools Threaten to Collude Against Contentious Ethereum Update

A small band of Ethereum miners are trying to pick off larger mining pools’ subscribers in a bid to shoot down EIP 1559.

Tech  ·  21 January 2021

Bitcoin White Paper Celebrates 13th Birthday

The Bitcoin white paper was published in 2008 by pseudonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, and set the stage for a financial revolution.

Tech  ·  21 January 2021
Bitcoin

What Is the Bitcoin White Paper?

A technical manifesto, the Bitcoin white paper was released in 2008 under an MIT public license for all to learn from, share and enjoy.

Tech  ·  21 January 2021
Bitcoin

Why Everyone From Square to Facebook Is Now Hosting the Bitcoin White Paper

The uploads come in response to legal threats by Craig Wright.

Tech  ·  21 January 2021
CoinFlash

Chinese City Plans Third Digital Yuan Pilot, Giving Away $3M in Prize Draw

Lottery entrants can apply to win 200 digital yuan each.

Tech  ·  21 January 2021