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A European Union (EU) court judgment issued Wednesday didn’t just uphold one of the world’s biggest-ever antitrust fines, but it also carries a warning for developers of future Web3 open-source protocols, a legal expert has told CoinDesk.Ostensibly targeting one of th

So far, 2022 has been as unkind to digital coins as it has been to stocks. Bitcoin is down more than 37% on the year. Ethereum is down more than 41% and crypto, in general, has been in the news for...

All eyes in the cryptosphere are set on “the Merge,” Ethereum’s long-awaited update to a new, greener, method for processing transactions. The update, which will see the second-largest blockchain network ditch its power-hungry miners once and for all, is expecte

About 145 million American adults say that they own or have owned cryptocurrency. Statistically, that’s more than half of your co-workers, neighbors and friends.It’s also about the number of Americans who own stocks.

OSLO, Norway –– Lawyers for Craig Wright, the Australian computer scientist best known for claiming to be the inventor of Bitcoin, said he will not provide any new cryptographic proof that he is Satoshi Nakamoto during his trial against Bitcoiner Hodlonaut, which kick

Ethereum’s anticipated Merge could be the beginning of the blockchain’s expansion on a wider scale, according to Raj Gokal, chief operating officer at technology company Solana Labs.“It’s one step for Ethereum in a long road map toward having the type of s

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler told the Practising Law Institute last week that existing securities laws fit the crypto markets in a speech that’s garnered attention from all parts of the digital currency ecosystem. Prior to the speech, I had th

What is the difference between bitcoin, ethereum and dogecoin? Before you decide which cryptocurrency to invest in, you should explore their values and uses.

Nansen, a blockchain analytics firm, published a report on Monday addressing one of the principal fears raised by Ethereum’s monumental Merge event expected this week: that a significant number of so-called “stakers” could cause a major sell-off of ether (ETH) t

Hashdex Nasdaq Crypto Index Europe ETP Now Tradable in Frankfurt, Paris and Amsterdam, accelerates Hashdex’s European expansion.

Bitcoin is slow to change. Transaction speeds are too slow for a global payment system. The community is reluctant to embrace novelty. And the rate of new innovation, in comparison to nearly every other blockchain, is tortoise-like. Fortunately for Bitcoin, I believe its slow and

Callie Brutcher says her previous experience at the FBI focusing on ransomware and darknet narcotics helped her shape her current work as a blockchain intelligence analyst on the Threat Intelligence...

Ethereum’s historic Merge may change the way its native token, ether (ETH), is used, according to Lex Sokolin, head economist of decentralized protocols at software company ConsenSys.“A fairly large portion of people are going to be staking their ETH in the protocol t

Ethereum’s historic Merge may change the way its native token, ether (ETH), is used, according to Lex Sokolin, head economist of decentralized protocols at software company ConsenSys.“A fairly large portion of people are going to be staking their ETH in the protocol t

Algorand is an up-and-coming blockchain project. The platform's performance looks volatile in the short term, but a patient investor could see a strong ROI.

Following a rapid explosion, NFTs' growth has been slowing down in the past few months -- just like the crypto space overall. Nonetheless, to branch out, build loyalty and attract younger customers,...

Though deeply rooted in Bitcoin’s past, a court case beginning in Norway this week could have serious implications for the cryptocurrency’s future, according to the plaintiff’s supporters.Hodlonaut, a pseudonymous bitcoiner who edits Bitcoin magazine Citadel21,

A year has passed since the Republic of El Salvador adopted bitcoin as legal tender, and now the country looks towards its successes and its future as it continues to bet on the cryptocurrency.

Nasdaq is preparing to launch a new educational and interactive video series to provide financial advisors insights on the macro and micro forces transforming the capital markets, such as the rapidly developing digital assets landscape.

Anyone who holds bitcoin (BTC), monero (XMR) or another censorship-resistant cryptocurrency should be lining up to shake Andrew Ross Sorkin’s hand.The New York Times columnist took a victory lap this weekend when the International Standards Organization (ISO) created a new