Bitcoin Blockchain

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Hits Two-Month High After Late Day Surge

Bitcoin hits its highest level since mid May and has risen more than 15% over the past week.

Markets  ·  30 July 2021

Elliptic Is Mapping Bitcoin Stolen From 2016 Bitfinex Hack

New research from blockchain analytics firm Elliptic asks whether zkSNACKs, the firm behind bitcoin privacy wallet Wasabi, is turning a blind eye to stolen coins.

Business  ·  13 May 2021
Satoshi Nakamoto

In Echo of Bitcoin’s Genesis, Mining Pool Embeds Reuters Headline on the Blockchain

Slush Pool has immortalized a potentially iconic Reuters headline on the Bitcoin blockchain.

News  ·  3 December 2020
Exchanges

Coinbase Moves to Cut Blockchain Load With Bitcoin Batching

The San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange has started grouping multiple bitcoin transactions together to benefit both users and the blockchain.

Markets  ·  13 March 2020
Bitcoin

The Downside of Tracking Bitcoin on the Blockchain

Tracking funds on the blockchain may help catch crooks, but such snooping undermines one of the most important characteristics of money: Fungibility.

Policy & regulation  ·  7 February 2018