Crypto asset manager Bitwise is seeking to launch an exchange-traded fund (ETF) tied to cash-settled Bitcoin futures contracts, adding its name to a growing list of hopefuls [...]
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15 September 2021 09:27
Several tokens behind top decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols have posted gains of more than 10% over the past day. Included in the day’s top gainers are Curve, [...]
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15 September 2021 09:14
Solana has been offline and not producing blocks for nearly 11 hours as of this writing, and while a fix appears to be imminent, the prolonged downtime [...]
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14 September 2021 23:03
Federal prosecutors have been taking former classifieds website Backpage to task over allegations of facilitating child sex trafficking, with one government witness testifying that sex work doesn’t [...]
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14 September 2021 22:53
Apple has spent the day unveiling shiny new iPads and iPhones at its annual event. But, behind the scenes, there’s a battle over what people can put [...]
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14 September 2021 22:23
Investor and social media personality Gary Vaynerchuk (a.k.a. “Gary Vee”) is a leading advocate for NFTs, as his $3.7 million CryptoPunk and frequent tweets suggest. But he’s [...]
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14 September 2021 22:09
A code change to the Ethereum blockchain that was enacted last month, called EIP-1559, was designed to prevent people from paying more than they had to in [...]
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14 September 2021 19:43
The stakes in an ongoing battle between the Securities and Exchange Commission and Coinbase got higher on Tuesday as the agency’s chairman, Gary Gensler, suggested the biggest [...]
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14 September 2021 18:18
Solana, a rival blockchain network to Ethereum and one whose native cryptocurrency has surged in value and activity in recent months, has been down for nearly four [...]
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14 September 2021 15:58
Since the earliest days of Bitcoin, there have been concerns that it’s only a matter of time until the cryptocurrency is banned by governments around the world. [...]
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14 September 2021 15:20
Jack Dorsey’s payments firm Square has joined the patent protection consortium the Open Invention Network (OIN.) The cross-licensing platform was founded by tech companies including IBM, Sony, [...]
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14 September 2021 15:10
Developers behind the Bitcoin Core software, the most popular implementation of the Bitcoin protocol, have announced the release of the 22nd version of the client. While introducing [...]
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14 September 2021 12:30