US Court Sentences Cryptocurrency Hedge Fund Founder to 7.5 Years in Prison
The founder of two cryptocurrency hedge funds in New York, Stefan Qin, has been sentenced to 7.5 years in prison and three years of supervised release. He is also ordered…
Bitcoin ‘heavy breakout’ fractal suggests BTC price can hit $250-$350K in 2021
The analogy appeared in anticipation that Bitcoin could post a 2017-like bull run, in which the price rose by more than 1,900%. Bitcoin (BTC) has the potential to push its…
BTC price falls back to $47K as weekly close neatly tracks Bitcoin futures gap
It’s a modest weekly gain for Bitcoin buyers as Saturday’s progress comes full circle back to square one the next day. Bitcoin (BTC) retested $47,000 on Sept. 19 as the…
Ethereum killers or just pretenders? But Ether remains king for now
The issue of high gas fees rears its head up for the Ethereum community yet again as “Ethereum killer” networks continue to gain more attention. The term “Ethereum killer” is…
Bitcoin Hashrate Climbs 128% Over 83 Days, Network’s Mystery Miners Disappear
Bitcoin’s hashrate has been climbing higher during the last two weeks, hitting 174 exahash per second (EH/s) on two occasions since June 28. Currently, Bitcoin’s network hashrate is coasting along…
ADALend: New Wave of DeFi Loans on Cardano
ADALend is building a scalable and decentralized lending protocol on Cardano, governed by the community. Cardano is the market leader in PoS as a collection of protocols for economic support…
Ukraine Officials Fail to Account for Millions in Declared Crypto Assets
Personal asset declarations filed by politicians and government officials in Ukraine have indicated that many have made significant investments in cryptocurrency. However, some of them have been unable to prove…
Cardano price dips after smart contract launch, Walmart working with Litecoin is fake news, Coinbase raises $2B from junk-bond sale: Hodler’s Digest, Sept. 12-18
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…
Directors of Collapsed South African Crypto Investment Firm to Testify via Virtual Platform
Ameer and Raees Cajee, the two directors of the South African crypto-investment platform, Africrypt, are set to participate in an inquest that seeks to seal the fate of the collapsed…
Bank of Russia to ‘Slow Down’ Payments to Crypto Exchanges, Curb Russians’ Impulsive Investments
Central Bank of Russia is now working with commercial banks in order to delay payments made to digital asset exchanges. The move aims to limit “emotional” cryptocurrency purchases made by…
Wormhole Network Launches Ethereum Solana Bridge, Solana AMM Saber Surpasses $4 Billion TVL
On September 17, 2021, Solana protocol fans were introduced to the launch of the Wormhole Network’s ethereum – solana bridge, which means assets between each chain can be intermingled. The…
Here’s why Bitcoin might be safe from a global stock market crisis
BTC’s lack of integration with traditional finance and its inability to be forcefully sold to cover financial losses mean the price might not ‘collapse’ if there is a global stock…
Bitcoin is great, but real crypto innovation has moved elsewhere
Bitcoin will always be the boss, but the real innovative and groundbreaking developments are happening in layer-2 solutions, DAOs, NFTs with utility and the emerging Metaverse. Something is brewing, and…
100 years ago, Henry Ford proposed ‘energy currency’ to replace gold
Bitcoin appears to meet the definition of an energy-backed currency proposed by the famed American inventor during the interbellum period. In 1921, American industrialist Henry Ford proposed the creation of…
California named ‘most crypto ready’ US state
Measures such as Google searches, Bitcoin ATM installations and the number of crypto-focused bills were used to tabulate the crypto-ready index. California has emerged as the most crypto-ready jurisdiction in…