Major uranium producer Uranium One and DLT startup Insolar have teamed up to explore blockchain’s capabilities in uranium and energy trading. Major uranium producer Uranium One and distributed ledger technology (DLT) startup Insolar have teamed up to explore blockchain’s capabilities…
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Human Readability and Privacy: BCH Can Be Sent by Email With Tips Tool, No Usernames Required
Tips.Bitcoin.com allows users of crypto to tip BCH to friends and family via email address, arguably cutting out some of the inconvenience associated with standard bitcoin address formats. Unlike Coinbase Wallet’s new username option, which achieves similar ease for transactions,…
Bitcoin to Form ‘Death Cross’ For First Time since Sept 2019; Severe Correction Imminent?
Bitcoin appears to be forming a severely bearish technical indicator that analysts call a “death cross.” The grimly-named signal will kick in when bitcoin’s 20-day moving average drops below its 50-day moving average. So it appears, the cryptocurrency is only…
There Are Now Over 7,000 Cryptocurrency ATMs Worldwide
The number of global crypto ATM’s has grown to over 7,000, after surpassing the 6,000 mark just last fall. The number of crypto ATMs across the globe has grown to over 7,000, with machines in 75 countries. At press time,…
Stock and Crypto Trading App Robinhood Fixes Day-Long System Outage
Popular zero-fee crypto trading app Robinhood has fixed a major system-wide outage but traders want to get reimbursed. Following a major technical outage, popular stock and cryptocurrency trading app Robinhood is purportedly operational again. The popular platform for trading stocks…
Bitcoin Has ‘Solidified Role’ as Investors’ Digital Gold — Grayscale
The company that controls 1.5% of the world’s Bitcoin believes that institutional investors have changed their view of the cryptocurrency since 2018. Bitcoin (BTC) has “solidified” its role in the world economy as both a store of value and “digital…
Iota Lays Out Plan to Re-Enable Network After 20 Days Offline
With Iota’s “coordinator” node still on hold since the breach came to light, experts are still unclear on the extent of the hack. For over two weeks now, the Iota network has been down, with MIOTA token-holders being unable to…
German Financial Regulator Further Clarifies Crypto Status With New Paper
The German financial watchdog BaFin has issued a summary instruction manual for businesses that wish to offer cryptocurrency services that require its custody. The German financial watchdog (BaFin) issued a new summary leaflet detailing how cryptocurrencies are treated under newly…
From ISP to P2P: How Mesh Networks Take Bitcoin off the Grid
“What happens if the internet goes down?” You’ve heard it, I’ve heard it — we’ve all heard the refrain. It’s a favorite of FUDster journalists like Frances Coppola and David Gerard, and they treat it like the ultimate trump card…
Privacy Isn’t Radical: How Tor Supports Dissent as a Human Right
Around the world, the human rights to privacy and freedom are compromised online. With the unending attacks on encryption and the exploitation of our personal information, it can be easy to forget that the United Nations declared privacy a human…