Controversial stablecoin Tether is only 74 percent backed by cash (and other assets)
Tether’s lawyer has now admitted that the stablecoin is only 74 percent backed by cash and equivalen...
A primer on QuadrigaCX, the curious $134M cryptocurrency mystery
QuadrigaCX, one of Canada’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, made headlines all over the world afte...
Insurance firm Legal & General adopts Amazon’s blockchain for pension deals
Legal & General, a multinational British insurer, has partnered with Amazon to create a blockchain...
Hackers fix 20 security flaws in cryptocurrency-related platforms in 2 weeks
White-hat hackers continue to rid blockchain projects of their bugs, having earned a minimum of $7,4...
UN experts: Don’t go to North Korean crypto conference (duh)
International sanctions experts from the United Nations are warning people not to attend a cryptocurrenc...
Dutch central bank has new rules for crypto, says it’s ‘vulnerable to financial crime’
French cyber-cops shut down Monero-mining botnet that infected 850,000 computers across 100 countriesAuth...
Russia wants to boost transparency with blockchain – are you kidding me?
Russia , ruled by Vladimir Putin ‘s arguably authoritarian regime, wants to leverage blockchain tech...
HTC’s blockchain phone now pairs with Opera – but that hardly makes it useful
Remember the Exodus 1 – HTC‘s attempt at building an ultra-secure phone for the blockchain? Well, th...
How Twitter’s Jack Dorsey became Bitcoin’s unlikely champion
Blockchain has a new unexpected hero: Twitter‘s Jack Dorsey.Although up until recently the cryptocur...
North Korean dissidents raise $14K with 100th ‘post-liberation visa’ on Ethereum blockchain
North Korean crypto-revolutionary crew Civil Cheollioma Defense (CCD) has issued its 100th “post-lib...
Satoshi Nakaboto: ‘VanEck and SolidX’s ‘Bitcoin ETF’ is not exactly an ETF’
Our robot colleague Satoshi Nakaboto writes about Bitcoin every fucking day.Welcome to another edition...
How Spain’s Iberdrola is using blockchain tech to push renewable energy
Iberdrola, one of Spain’s main energy companies, has completed a blockchain pilot to track renewable...
Moonday Mornings: Binance to give KYC hack victims VIP accounts
Welcome to Moonday Mornings. Let’s not waste anytime, here’s the weekend’s top cryptocurrency and bl...
7 simple tips to better understand cryptocurrency market data
2018 was a wild ride for cryptocurrencies. Despite the many ups and downs experienced by Bitcoin and...
South Africa targeted in $135,000-a-day Bitcoin ‘Ponzi scheme,’ thousands duped
Thousands of people in South Africa may have been duped in what’s thought to be a Bitcoin Ponzi sche...
Bitcoin hackers threaten to leak masturbation vids if victims don’t pay up
Bitcoin sextortion scams are so 2018, right ? Well, there are some hackers out there that would beg to...
Problem gamblers more likely to obsessively trade cryptocurrency, research finds
A new study has linked cryptocurrency trading obsession with problematic gambling – those who bet to...
XRP bag holders are begging Ripple to stop dumping its coins
We know cryptocurrencies are subject to wild price fluctuations, sometimes at the drop of a hat. Sometime...
Fusion’s $6.4M cryptocurrency theft could be an inside job, firm says
Thieves have ransacked the Fusion Protocol , a blockchain-powered platform for exchanging “ stableco...
Libra exec promises Facebook’s plan isn’t to replace existing currencies
The Libra Association really wants us to know that Facebook cryptocurrency is not being created to...
