Privacy protocols are the unsung heroes in the fight against blockchain vultures. Opinion by Pavel Nikienkov, co-founder of Zano. Satoshi Nakamoto is a genius, but when it comes to privacy, he left the door wide open. Now, the vultures are feasting. The original blockchain and its many descendants are transparent, immutable, and decentralized. That might...Continue Reading

Bitcoin’s price moves closer to its all-time high, but a breakout above $93,450 could trigger the next move up to $125,000. Bitcoin (BTC) price registered a new weekly high close for the second consecutive week after recording a 12% rise over the past seven days. The crypto asset is up 31% for the month as...Continue Reading

US Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler has not announced he will leave the commission, nor has Donald Trump suggested a possible replacement. With no announcement yet from the incoming Trump administration, crypto users are speculating who the Republican will nominate as the next chair of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC),...Continue Reading

The investment bank is speaking to potential partners to add to the platform’s capabilities and develop new offerings.  Goldman Sachs is preparing to spin out its cryptocurrency platform to create a new company focused on creating and trading financial instruments on blockchain networks, Bloomberg reported on Nov. 18. The investment bank is speaking to potential...Continue Reading

Semler Scientific’s latest Bitcoin purchase brings its holdings to 1,273 BTC, worth $114 million at current market prices.  Tech solutions provider Semler Scientific said it has achieved a Bitcoin yield of 37.3% since adopting its Bitcoin treasury strategy earlier this year, demonstrating significant growth for stakeholders. The company uses Bitcoin (BTC) yield as a key...Continue Reading

Bitcoin appears to react to news that MicroStrategy went on a giant BTC buying spree last week. Bitcoin (BTC) gave back early-week gains at the Nov. 18 Wall Street open as a liquidity hunt came for late longs. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed a 3% BTC price...Continue Reading

MicroStrategy acquired an additional 51,780 BTC worth $4.6 billion, boosting its total holdings to 331,200 Bitcoin as BTC prices hit record highs above $92,400. MicroStrategy, one of the world’s largest public holders of Bitcoin, continued stacking BTC even as the cryptocurrency broke new highs. On Nov. 18, MicroStrategy announced it purchased 51,780 Bitcoin (BTC) for...Continue Reading

The new bridge lets users withdraw Bitcoin even if most Cardano nodes become malicious. The upcoming Cardano-Bitcoin bridge, based on the Grail protocol, may be a first step toward providing decentralized finance (DeFi) applications that are secured by Bitcoin, documents from the bridge’s underlying protocol reveal. On Oct. 24, Emurgo, the development team backing Cardano,...Continue Reading

The Financial Intelligence Unit of Nepal has identified growing crypto-related fraud despite a trading ban and proposed transaction monitoring, awareness campaigns and stricter regulations. Nepal’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has found that cryptocurrencies are widely used to orchestrate cyber-related frauds despite an official ban on trading digital assets.  The FIU is a dedicated department of...Continue Reading

The latest inflows bring spot Bitcoin ETFs’ total net assets to $95.4 billion, or 5.27% of Bitcoin’s $1.8 trillion market capitalization. Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETF) continued their upward momentum, posting another successful week as cryptocurrency markets surged. Spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs recorded net inflows of $1.67 billion in the trading week of Nov. 11–15,...Continue Reading