Bitcoin new addresses hint at ‘renewed interest’ from retail investorsRetail investors could be coming back into the market after a recent upward trend in new Bitcoin addresses.Aug 9, 2024Stephen Katte
‘Definitely some movement’ on Bitcoin ETF options as CBOE re-files applicationCBOE has filed an updated 44-page rule change proposal “with more meat,” which could be good news for those hoping for options trading on spot Bitcoin ETFs.Aug 9, 2024Martin Young
Pump.fun to give $80 if tokens complete bonding curve — will it stop rugs? Pump.fun is incentivizing memecoin creators to get their tokens off to a successful launch, but the jury’s out whether it will stop bad actors from rugging their tokens early.Aug 9, 2024Tom Mitchelhill
Donald Trump Jr. is launching a crypto platform to ‘take on’ the banksDonald Trump Jr. has finally revealed what his cryptic DeFi post on X was all about, and it’s got nothing to do with memecoins.Aug 9, 2024Martin Young
Bitfarms stock rises 22% after Q2 loss came out better than expectations Bitfarms stock had a strong trading session on Aug. 8 amid lower-than-expected losses in its latest quarterly earnings report.Aug 9, 2024Stephen Katte
Bitcoin reclaims $62K, forming a ‘massive bull hammer’ on price chartBitcoin has crossed the $62,000 mark for the first time since Aug. 3, and futures traders are scrambling to adjust their positions.Aug 9, 2024Ciaran Lyons
Palantir surges 11% after deal to sell AI to US defense, intel agenciesPalantir shares closed higher as the intelligence company announced a deal with Microsoft to sell AI services to the US intelligence community.Aug 9, 2024Tom Mitchelhill
Debate rages over Bitcoin power law as critics label it a ‘magic trick’The Bitcoin power law has come under intense debate, with critics on one side and fierce advocates on the other.Aug 9, 2024Tom Mitchelhill
‘Dark Skippy’ method can steal Bitcoin hardware wallet keysMalicious firmware can embed secret data into a public Bitcoin transaction, which the attacker can then use to extract a person’s seed words.Aug 8, 2024Allen Scott
Chinese boomers joining crypto tapper cults, WazirX fallout worsens: Asia ExpressChinese crypto tappers are wrecking families, WazirX faces new fraud probe, Do Kwon’s flight home delayed again.Aug 8, 2024Yohan Yun
Industry execs discussed crypto policy with White House officials: ReportRepresentatives from Coinbase, Kraken, Ripple and Circle reportedly attended a video call with US policymakers to discuss their approach to crypto regulation.Aug 8, 2024Turner Wright
OpenAI claims GPT-4o poses ‘medium risk’ of political persuasionOn the bright side, the company says there’s little risk it’ll become sentient and begin updating itself.Aug 8, 2024Tristan Greene
Researchers identify key circuit layer vulnerabilities in SNARK systemsA study by Imperial College London examined 141 vulnerabilities in SNARK systems, mostly impacting system soundness and completeness.Aug 8, 2024Ana Paula Pereira
1Password patches flaw in Mac version that could have created attack vectorThe flaw consisted of missing interprocess validations, which could have allowed an attacker to hijack the 1Password browser extension or command line interface.Aug 8, 2024Allen Scott
Customers Bank to strengthen AML compliance after Fed scrutinyThe crypto-friendly bank’s activities during the 2023 banking crisis will also be examined.Aug 8, 2024Derek Andersen
Bitrace warns of new crypto scam using QR codesThe scam starts with a small payment of USDT to the user.Aug 8, 2024Alex O’Donnell
Russia legalizes Bitcoin and cryptocurrency mining Russia explores other forms of international trade settlement following US sanctions blocking it from the SWIFT interbank messaging system.Aug 8, 2024Vince Quill
CFTC announces $1M award for crypto whistleblowerThe notice came the same day a judge approved a $12.7 billion settlement between defunct crypto exchange FTX, Alameda Research and the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission.Aug 8, 2024Turner Wright
Why is Ethereum losing market share to Bitcoin?Ethereum’s underperformance against Bitcoin is largely due to competition from Solana and the weaker-than-anticipated debut of its spot ETFs.Aug 8, 2024Yashu Gola
X halts ads for Premium+ users as Musk lawsuit challenges First AmendmentMusk may finally be acknowledging the sun has set on X’s ad sales, but he isn’t going quietly into that good night.Aug 8, 2024Tristan Greene
Miner profitability falls to record lows — Blocksbridge Reduced block rewards post-halving and Bitcoin mining difficulty reaching new heights are eating away at miner revenues.Aug 8, 2024Vince Quill
Coinbase to expand use of Vaults for secure crypto custody — Executive Coinbase currently holds approximately $270 million in customer assets.Aug 8, 2024Alex O’Donnell
Montenegrin court delays Do Kwon’s extradition to South KoreaThe Terraform Labs co-founder has been in Montenegro since his arrest in 2023, potentially facing extradition to either his native South Korea or the United States.Aug 8, 2024Turner Wright
Amazon faces UK merger probe over $4B Anthropic AI investmentMicrosoft and OpenAI face similar scrutiny as Europe and the UK seek to identify the line between investment and acquisition.Aug 8, 2024Tristan Greene
Wall Street says buy the AI dip, Facebook paying creators for bizarre AI pics: AI EyeThe AI bubble is deflating and disillusionment is starting to set in. But insiders and Wall Street analysts say there’s hope yet. AI Eye.Aug 8, 2024Andrew Fenton
Franklin Templeton’s tokenized money fund launches on Arbitrum It’s a stamp of approval for the layer 2 from United States regulators.Aug 8, 2024Alex O’Donnell
Solana’s first gaming SVM surpasses 1M monthly active usersDespite the significant milestone, Web3 gaming still needs more “soft” infrastructure for mass adoption, according to Sonic’s CEOAug 8, 2024Zoltan Vardai
Bitcoin price taps week-to-date high near $58.5K amid US jobs data missBitcoin buyers step in as US jobless claims fall short of estimates, with Binance buy orders helping fuel a BTC price trip to week-to-date highs.Aug 8, 2024William Suberg
Hamster Kombat teases new details about ‘largest airdrop in crypto history’ The update comes a week after Hamster Kombat surpassed 300 million players and teased the launch of the “largest airdrop in crypto history.”Aug 8, 2024Zoltan Vardai
Blockchain gets down and dirty fighting fraud at California’s DMVIt’s not the world’s first chain-based property transfer protocol, but it could be one of the most impactful, given its scale and prominence.Aug 8, 2024Andrew Singer