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Markets

Ethereum Classic’s Price Stumbles Amid Suspected 51% Attack

The price of ethereum classic is pulling back as a result of a recently reported attack that resulted in a series of blockchain history rewrites.

Markets  ·  7 January 2019
Ethereum Classic

Coinbase Suspends Ethereum Classic After Blockchain History Rewrites

Ethereum classic's blockchain has been hit by a suspected 51 percent attack, leading to reorganizations of its transaction history.

Tech  ·  7 January 2019
Decred

How to Last the Crypto Winter? Seek Simplicity, Manage Complexity

Decred's Jake Yocom-Piatt explains in this exclusive op-ed why he thinks information asymmetry is a key factor driving the manic buying and panic selling cycles in the crypto markets.

Tech  ·  3 January 2019
MimbleWimble

Grin and Beam: A Tale of Two Coins Being Built on Mimblewimble

Mimblewimble is about to go live – not in one, but in two new cryptocurrency implementations.

Tech  ·  21 December 2018
Bitcoin

Crypto Is Far From Dead, as These Scaling Projects Show

Far from seeing the death of crypto, we may be entering its most exciting phase, argues Michael J. Casey.

Tech  ·  18 December 2018
Bitcoin SV

Exchanges, Startups Pick Sides After the Bitcoin Cash ‘Hash War’

The so-called "hash war" over the future of bitcoin cash is over and it's up to market forces to decide the fate of its two rival cryptocurrencies.

Tech  ·  16 December 2018
Binance

This Binance Labs-Backed Crypto Startup Wants to Anonymize Everything

Nym Technologies, a stealth startup sporting a roster of privacy activists and cryptography experts, plans "to anonymize the world."

Tech  ·  14 December 2018
Investments

South Korea’s Kakao Leads $15 Million Raise for Public Blockchain Startup Orbs

South Korean messaging giant Kakao has led an over-$15 million crypto investment in Israeli-based public blockchain project Orbs.

Tech  ·  13 December 2018
Bitcoin

Below $4K: Bitcoin Price Hits 400-Day Lows

The price of bitcoin has fallen below $4,000 for the first time since September 26, 2017 and is now down 30 percent in the last 7 days alone.

Markets  ·  24 November 2018
Hard Forks

Bitcoin Cash Is Now Two Blockchains – That Might Not Change Anytime Soon

It’s been six days since the bitcoin cash split and the ongoing threat of one chain sabotaging the other has yet to materialize.

Tech  ·  21 November 2018
Hard Forks

Bitcoin Cash SV’s ‘Blockchain Reorg’ Likely an Accidental Split, Not an Attack

Bitcoin Cash SV's block reorganization yesterday may have been the result of a stress test, rather than an attack.

Tech  ·  20 November 2018
Bitcoin

Below $5K: Bitcoin Drops $500 to Set New 2018 Low

The price of bitcoin fell below $5,000 on Monday for the first time since October of last year.

Markets  ·  19 November 2018
Hard Forks

What We Know About Bitcoin Cash’s Two Rival Blockchains

The bitcoin cash blockchain officially split today into two competing networks – but the story seems to be far from over.

Tech  ·  15 November 2018
Hard Forks

Bitcoin Cash Just Split Into Two Blockchains

A contentious hard fork on the bitcoin cash blockchain has been activated.

Tech  ·  15 November 2018
Bitcoin SV

Ahead of Bitcoin Cash Fork, Mining Power Still Favors SV

Bitcoin cash's ongoing hash war remains lopsided, with mining pools supporting Bitcoin SV controlling nearly 75 percent of the current network.

Tech  ·  15 November 2018