BTC price targets extend down to $27,000 with Bitcoin in a state of “flux.” Bitcoin (BTC) refused to give up $30,000 at the July 17 Wall Street open as observers placed bets on a step lower next. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView Bitcoin traders line up downside targets Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView...Continue Reading

P2P lending is a way for individuals to lend money directly to other individuals without involving traditional financial institutions, such as banks. What is peer-to-peer (P2P) lending? Peer-to-peer (P2P) lending, also referred to as marketplace lending, is a type of lending that uses online platforms to link lenders and borrowers directly, eliminating the use of...Continue Reading

A July 13 court ruling in Ripple’s legal battle with the SEC suggested XRP may not necessarily be a security, a decision which has already made significant waves in the space. Stu Alderoty, the chief legal officer for Ripple Labs, has reportedly said United States-based banks may turn to XRP for cross-border transactions following a...Continue Reading

By enabling cross-chain swaps of cryptocurrency, Cointelegraph Innovation Circle member Simon Harman is shaking up DeFi. In March 2020, Simon Harman and the team at Oxen (formerly known as LOKI) found themselves in a tight spot. It was the start of the global pandemic, and they were running out of funding, having worked to build...Continue Reading

Explore seven payment gateways prioritizing speed and efficiency, ensuring fast, seamless online transactions. In today’s fast-paced digital world, speed and convenience are paramount when it comes to online transactions. Whether you run an e-commerce business or simply want to make swift payments online, having a reliable payment gateway that ensures seamless and speedy transactions, including...Continue Reading

The reason AIs will always need humans, religous chatbots urge death to infidels, and is Threads’ real purpose to generate AI training data? ChatGPT eats cannibals ChatGPT hype is starting to wane, with Google searches for ChatGPT down 40% from its peak in April, while web traffic to OpenAIs ChatGPT website has been down almost...Continue Reading

Polygon’s Mudit Gupta said that despite moving fast in theoretical security, the crypto space is “so far behind” when it comes to practical security. While private or mnemonic keys offer many advantages for security, they also present practical challenges, according to Mudit Gupta, the chief information security officer of layer-2 scaling solution Polygon. Speaking at the...Continue Reading

The latest proof system promises better throughput than the current 100 TPS rate and reduces costs in the long term. Ethereum layer-2 scaling solution zkSync Era has launched a new Scalable Transparent Argument of Knowledge (STARK)-based proof system called Boojum that promises to run on consumer-grade general processing units (GPUs). ZkSync Era is one of a handful...Continue Reading

Blockchain Council of the Philippines’ Donald Lim believes that blockchain and Web3 projects have the “opportunity to flourish” in the country. The Philippines has all the recipes for mainstream crypto and blockchain adoption according to Dr. Donald Lim, the founder of the Blockchain Council of the Philippines (BCP). In an interview with Cointelegraph, Lim shared...Continue Reading

BTC price performance is getting market participants worried in the short term, but the signs of wider Bitcoin accumulation are there. Bitcoin (BTC) starts a new week above $30,000 but heading nowhere as the multi-month trading range refuses to shift. BTC price action is giving traders little more than a frustrating sense of deja vu...Continue Reading