While decentralized finance took a hit in Q2, stats still show there is an important movement in these protocols. Data taken from Messari’s Q2’21 defi …
Are El Salvador’s ‘unconstitutional’ Bitcoin plans taking advantage of the pandemic? (AMBCrypto)
Nayib Bukele, the President of El Salvador, recently got himself a pair of laser eyes on his Twitter profile at least. This came after the …
Bullish Bitcoin Price Signal Starts ‘Pumping’ as $BTC Keeps Trading Sideways (Cryptoglobe)
Bitcoin’s difficulty ribbon compression indicator, an indicator that takes advantage of its difficulty ribbon indicator to measure market capitulation, has just started “pumping,” which historically …
Price analysis 7/16: BTC, ETH, BNB, ADA, XRP, DOGE, DOT, UNI, BCH, LTC (Cointelegraph)
Bitcoin bulls defended the $31,000 level again, but data shows demand for BTC and altcoins is weak and this heightens the chase of further downside.
Malaysia is literally crushing thousands of illegal Bitcoin miners (Cointelegraph)
It’s unclear why authorities outright destroyed the miners rather than attempting to reap some value, but they could still be sold for scrap.
Climate-Conscious Crypto: The Difference Between Real Change and Marketing (cryptopys)
Musk’s remarks shook the crypto market because, in many ways, the South African billionaire embodies the tension at the heart of the crypto energy issue:
Spacelens is Merging the Worlds of e-commerce and NFTs Through Blockchain (Zycrypto)
Cryptocurrency is being used for so many things these days, one of which is payment for goods and services. Time magazine accepts bitcoin for subscription …
Eric Pulier’s Groundbreaking Work with Vatom, Inc. (cryptopys)
Eric Pulier Vatom Inc’s CEO launched the company in January 2015. His idea was to create non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on blockchains that would come alive …
ThorChain (RUNE) Suffers ‘Chaosnet’ Exploit Worth 4,000 ETH, Puts Recovery Plan in Motion (cryptopys)
Cross-chain DEX ThorChain suffers a multi-million dollar exploit on Chaosnet, offers bounty to hackers to return funds. ThorChain Suffers Exploit, Network Activity Halted Popular cross-chain …
THORChain hit by another exploit; loses up to $7.6M (AMBCrypto)
With the emergence of cryptocurrencies, also came a corresponding rise in ransomware attacks. Several security loopholes in the cryptocurrency space in general, and smart contract …