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Nov 12, 2020 at 2:12 p.m. UTC Bitcoin climbed above $16,000 for the first time since late 2017. (Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk) Bitcoin Breaches $16K as (Committed) Holders Diss Dalio’s Diss Bitcoin briefly climbed…

Nov 12, 2020 at 10:43 a.m. UTCUpdated Nov 12, 2020 at 2:10 p.m. UTC (PashaIgnatov/Getty Images) Israeli Firm Unveils Tech Allowing Users to ‘Undo’ Erroneous Ether Transactions Kirobo, a Tel Aviv-based startup known…

Since 2011, $7.6 billion worth of cryptocurrencies have been stolen, according to a new report from Amsterdam-based blockchain analytics firm Crystal Blockchain. The total figure breaks down into two sadly predictable buckets – hacks…

Earlier today, a change to the underlying Ethereum code made by developers some time ago resulted in an unannounced hard fork, effectively splitting the Ethereum blockchain and creating a new version that is valid for upgraded nodes but…

MoonBeam wants Ethereum developers to feel comfortable on Polkadot. The MoonBeam project is planning on setting up a custom parachain that emulates the Ethereum Virtual Machine environment, effectively recreating Ethereum (ETH) on Polkadot…

The Takeaway:The bulk of Ethereum’s DeFi ecosystem went dark earlier today after a latent bug in the Ethereum code split the network’s transaction history in two.The split resulted from a code change that was surreptitiously inserted into a…

“One billion Dai in circulation is a huge milestone and a powerful validation that people around the world want more access, more transparency and more opportunity to maximize their economic potential,” Rune Christensen, MakerDAO’s founder,…

Bitcoin gained Wednesday while Ethereum 2.0 staking has been ramping up.Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $15,694 as of 21:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET). Gaining 2.6% over the previous 24 hours.Bitcoin’s 24-hour range: $15,293-$15,973BTC above its 10-day…

Venezuela is an example of cryptocurrency adoption during an economic crisis. No other economy facing hyperinflation has come near the South American nation in terms of GDP-adjusted activity on peer-to-peer crypto exchanges, according to a…

When the Nigerian government shut down EndSARS protestors’ bank accounts, bitcoin and crypto became a way around.Yele Bademosi is CEO at Bundle social payments app and the founder of investment firm Microtraction. Akin Sawyerr is involved…