Features

Governance

This Meme Marketplace Uses Dummy Tokens to Draw Users in a Bear Market

Even before its protocol is live, District0x's Meme Factory has engaged its community in blockchain governance with a meme contest and fake tokens.

Tech  ·  30 September 2018
Monero

One Musician’s Creative Solution to Drive ASICs Off Monero

Howard Chu, a monero core dev and musician, has created an algorithm that he thinks will keep ASICS at bay on the privacy-oriented cryptocurrency.

Tech  ·  29 September 2018
BitGo

The $1 Trillion Wallet: BitGo’s Big Plan to Secure the Biggest Bitcoin Fortunes

Blockchain security startup BitGo is gearing up to safeguard once-unthinkable sums of digital assets as it looks towards a tokenized future.

Business  ·  28 September 2018
Exchanges

‘Tedious But Necessary’: Why This Decentralized Exchange Wants a License

As competition heats up among decentralized exchange startups for institutional crypto investors' business, Everbloom is seeking an edge.

Policy & regulation  ·  28 September 2018
Ether

Crypto Money Market Compound Lets You HODL and Earn

Compound, a crypto money market, launched today on ethereum. Now hodlers can earn interest on their crypto.

Business  ·  27 September 2018
Banking

How I Lost My Faith in Private Blockchains

It remains to be proven if permissioned blockchains provide a real business benefit at all. Take it from one who used to advise banks on them.

Business  ·  27 September 2018
China

Bitmain By the Numbers: An Inside Look at a Bitcoin Mining Empire

For the first time, the crypto community is getting a close look at Bitmain's financials.

Tech  ·  27 September 2018
Ethereum

You Won’t Have to Wait for This Ethereum Scaling Solution, It Works Now

Most ethereum scaling technologies are a far from completed, but OpenST says it's got a solution that's ready for the "here and now."

Tech  ·  26 September 2018
EOS

Early Execs Leave Block.one, the Peter Thiel-Backed Crypto Startup Behind EOS

As Block.one was raising $4 billion from Silicon Valley and Wall Street, a group of executives decided to quit and build a bigger, better blockchain.

Tech  ·  25 September 2018
Regulation

Sandboxes Aren’t Enough: Blockchain Leaders Seek Regulation Relief

Even in blockchain-friendly jurisdictions, some say regulatory hurdles and old mindsets are holding back innovation and growth for the industry.

Business  ·  25 September 2018
Bitcoin

In Wake of ‘Major Failure,’ Bitcoin Code Review Comes Under Scrutiny

In the wake of a severe code vulnerability, bitcoin developers are asking if current code review processes are enough to prevent further failures.

Tech  ·  25 September 2018
Bitcoin

HODL No More? The Amount of Bitcoin in Active Wallets Is Near Record Highs

An increasing amount of bitcoin is held by active individual users, suggesting the market is ripe for transactional growth, according to Chainalysis.

Tech  ·  24 September 2018
Exchanges

Regulators Land Punches, But There’s a Long Fight Over Crypto Ahead

From ShapeShift's capitulation to KYC to the New York Attorney General's critical look at exchanges, officialdom is striking heavy blows. Stay tuned.

Policy & regulation  ·  24 September 2018
Bitcoin

When Blockchains Go Down: Why Crypto Outages Are on the Rise

It used to be that downtime was unheard of on blockchain networks. As new protocols and new trade-offs emerge, that's no longer the case.

Tech  ·  23 September 2018
Bitcoin

The Latest Bitcoin Bug Was So Bad, Developers Kept Its Full Details a Secret

This week's major bitcoin bug was even worse than developers let on – it could have been used to effectively print more bitcoin.

Tech  ·  21 September 2018