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Contrary to popular lore, cryptocurrencies are not a haven for anonymous criminals.In fact, because of smart blockchain analytics, it’s easier to follow money trails on blockchains than it is on legacy payment networks, however a circuitous route they may take.

At 2:30 p.m. Eastern time Wednesday, the Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) will discuss the decisions reached during its latest two-day meeting that started yesterday. The announcement will have a huge bearing on the direction of the U.S. economy as a whole. It may have parti

Crypto has undergone an impressive spate of growth recently. We’ve gone from a few hundred users of non-fungible tokens (NFT), a couple of thousand Ethereum node operators and maybe a multitude more of bitcoin holders to several million investors and users across the indust

In a world where our personal information, interests and activities are being increasingly tracked and documented, it’s little surprise cryptocurrencies that offer users anonymity continue to remain popular despite efforts from regulators and exchanges to restrict their acc

The Ethereum Foundation announced in a blog post that it is nearly time to put an end to “ETH2” and the nomenclature that seems to separate the proof-of-stake chain from the proof-of-work chain. While it made sense when Ethereum’s roadmap looked to build out a s

Take off that McDonald’s hat, boyo, and return to the screen: Bitcoin is up 10%. Favorite altcoins of day traders ETH, LUNA and ATOM are also up and to the right. The trading lines are green, even if your total investment is in the red. This is not financial advice.Today&rs

Before U.S. President Joe Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law in November, many groups spoke out against a provision that broadens the tax code’s definition of “broker.” But there is another hidden cryptocurrency provision in this ne

As billions around the world continue to spend more and more of their lives online, making true digital privacy a reality has become imperative. At the same time, because of a series of scandals over the last two or three years, privacy has once again surfaced as a major –

A fair amount of news happened last week: The Federal Reserve announced it is still nowhere close to issuing a digital dollar and the U.S. House of Representatives held a surprisingly substantive discussion around crypto's energy impact.You’re reading State of Crypto,

Bitcoin’s pseudonymity was originally a big part of its appeal to new users, but that pseudonymity has become strained over the years as government regulators, blockchain analytics firms and others began surveilling the Bitcoin public blockchain.In a bid to restore balance,

Cryptocurrency mixers and the illicit activity often associated with them regularly make headlines. To the casual observer, the frequency of these attention-grabbing stories can give the impression that crypto mixing is far more prevalent than it is. Data tells us mixer transacti

Cryptocurrency prices are sinking to new lows. The price of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) recently fell to roughly $33,000 per token -- less than half of its all-time high of approximately $69,000 per token back in November.

Back in the early 1990s, a rag-tag group of legendary cryptographers battled Big Government's attempts to cripple strong cryptography with everything from key escrow to the infamous clipper chip, which would have given law enforcement a back door to decrypt voice and text message

The global crypto market lost over $1 trillion in value last week as the price of nearly every major token took a precipitous nosedive.ETH, the native asset of the Ethereum network, is down to around $2,200 for the first time since July. Bitcoin hit a similar six-month low in the

The question is not if global adoption of cryptocurrency will happen, but when it will happen. There are objective benefits to learning about cryptocurrency before mass adoption comes.

Bitcoin is somewhat private – at least for users who know what they're doing. But most people don't.The network's transaction data is fully public for anyone to view. Most people using Bitcoin might not realize that, because of the unique way Bitcoin works, their financial

Cryptocurrency was supposed to be about privacy. It’s right there in the prefix "crypto" (meaning “hidden” or “secret”), a label the technology shares with cryptography, the discipline that spawned it.“We have to trust [banks] with our privacy,

Crypto insiders lauded Gary Gensler’s nomination to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last February. They thought the Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor who had taught blockchain classes would bring an enlightened approach to crypto compared wi

In a move that could spell dramatic change for the bitcoin mining industry, American tech conglomerate Intel (INTC) is moving to execute newly-released plans on an “ultra-low-voltage energy-efficient Bitcoin mining ASIC” chip.

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday in what was reportedly the first executive summit between the two countries. Despite dropping hints ahead of the meeting, Bukele reportedly didn’t talk to Erdogan about El Sal