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Riot Blockchain Mined 222 Bitcoins in Q3
Publicly traded bitcoin mining company Riot Blockchain reported earnings for the September period Monday, noting a significant increase in revenue and hash power from a year ago with plans for continued expansion.Update (November 9, 4:22…
SEC Commissioner Peirce Says Regulations Should Be Slow, Though Crypto Rules Could Be Faster
The U.S. government operates at a slower pace than the private sector when it comes to innovation, but this isn’t necessarily a bad thing, said Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) member Hester Peirce.Speaking Monday at CoinDesk’s…
Flaw in Bitcoin SV Multisig Wallet Puts Funds at Risk
When Bitcoin SV (BSV) forked from Bitcoin Cash, its mandate to create a faster, payments-focused blockchain required gutting some of Bitcoin’s key technical features. In doing so, it gutted some of Bitcoin’s key features; now, it’s…
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Drops as Low as $14.8K; ETH Options Open Interest at Record High
Bitcoin is gyrating amid rallying global stock markets while ether options traders ramp up open interest as the Ethereum network heads for an ambitious upgrade.Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $15,384 as of 21:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET). Gaining 0.05%…
Why Bitcoin Needs Philosophy
It’s unsurprising when computer scientists research Bitcoin. Bitcoin is software, after all. And because Bitcoin uses incentives to shape human behavior, it also makes sense that economists study it, too. As a novel and provably scarce…
The Biggest Macro Event Since March
According to the bright minds of FinTwit, the biggest event isn’t the U.S. presidential election but today’s Pfizer vaccine update.Our main discussion: The stock market soars on promising Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine trials. The S&P 500…
Binance.US Joins SEN, Silvergate’s 24/7 Crypto Trading Club
Binance.US, the American affiliate that shares a name with the world’s largest crypto exchange, has joined the Silvergate Exchange Network (SEN), a 24/7 instant settlement network used by some of the largest trading entities in the…
Crypto Long & Short: Bitcoin Gets Ready for a New Type of Hedge
Of all of the many clever things Mark Twain is alleged to have said, one of my favorites, especially these days, is: “It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.”In the turmoil…
Privacy Coin GRIN Is Victim of 51% Attack
Privacy-centric blockchain network Grin (GRIN) is undergoing a 51% attack, an event in which a miner (or miners) acquires more than 50% of the network’s mining hash power and takes control, according to a notice at the bottom of the Grin…
As PayPal integration looms, Paxos CEO sees mass adoption for tokenized assets
Paxos CEO Charles Cascarilla sees a bright future for tokenized assets — possibly through PayPal In a panel last week for the London Bullion Market Association, Paxos founder and CEO Charles Cascarilla discussed the growth of Paxos’…