The mayors of Jackson, TN, and Tampa, FL, have committed to convert their next paychecks into bitcoin. Game theory is playing out gracefully and mayors across the country are racing to portray their towns as the most Bitcoin-friendly. The trend was kicked off by Francis Suarez, the mayor of Miami, who was closely followed by New York City Mayor-Elect Eric…
Coming every Saturday, Hodlers Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more a week on Cointelegraph in one link. Top Stories This Week ‘Uptober’ closes at record high in best month of 2021 5 things to watch in Bitcoin…
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), America’s domestic intelligence and security service, has published a public service announcement concerning fraudulent schemes associated with cryptocurrency ATMs and QR codes. The FBI’s warning, published on November 4, highlights the presence of “scammers” directing their energy at unknowing victims. US Federal Agency Warns of Increase in Crypto ‘Scammers’ On Thursday, the U.S. government…
By Cassandra Heart, Arash Afshar Digital signatures are a foundational concept in blockchain and cryptocurrencies. Modern blockchains use digital signatures to secure billions of dollars of value. Digital signatures use what is known as a keypair, a pair of random looking values, where one key is a “private key” and the other a “public key”. Through digital signatures, any person with…
In brief bZx is a DeFi lending protocol. It’s investigating an exploit of a private key linked to its Binance Smart Chain and Polygon deployments. Stop us if you’ve heard this one before. DeFi protocol bZx, a lending protocol built atop Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain, has been hacked for at least $55 million, according to blockchain security firm SlowMist.…
Welcome to the latest edition of Cointelegraphs decentralized finance newsletter. For many years, Ethereum and XRP held the second and third-ranking spots in the crypto market. Read on to discover how wXRP will integrate into Ethereum to expand its utility to smart contracts. What youre about to read is the smaller version of this newsletter. For the full breakdown of…
Watch This Episode on Youtube Watch/Listen To This Episode: [00:00:07] CK: We’re here to talk about the Market Disruptor event in Miami that Mark Moss is putting on. Mark, welcome to the stage. How’s it going my man? [00:00:15] MM: Thanks so much for having me on, man. I’m excited to talk about personal and financial sovereignty and today’s out-of-control…
Price action in the crypto market has not been for the faint of heart over the past 48-hours and it’s clear that volatility following Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethers (ETH) breakouts to new all-time highs. While the top two cryptocurrencies fight to hold key support levels, the altcoin market has seen a handful of tokens post double-digit gains on Nov. 5…
In brief Crypto platform Bakkt currently only deals with Bitcoin. But its users will soon be able to buy, sell, send and spend Ethereum as well. Cryptocurrency platform Bakkt today announced it will soon allow its customers to deal in Ethereum. Bakkt, launched in 2018 by the Intercontinental Exchange (the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange) as a…
U.K.-based crypto mining company Argo Blockchains plans to build an 800-megawatt data center in West Texas could cost anywhere from $1.5-2 billion. According to a Nov. 5 regulatory filing from Argo, the $2 billion cost estimate for the Helios mining facility built on a 320-acre land plot in Texas was based on the type of mining machines to be installed…
