PayPal’s new stablecoin (PayPal USD or PYUSD) is more about branding than blockchain. The payments giant announced on…
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To restart halted bitcoin trading, Binance had to make withdrawals more expensive
The world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange has gotten a little too burdened. Binance halted bitcoin withdrawals for…
Coinbase is the latest crypto company to come under regulatory scrutiny
The Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) has sent Coinbase a letter warning of possible legal action.…
The US’s first crypto insider-trading case could mean serious trouble for Coinbase
The US government is prosecuting its first ever insider trading case involving cryptocurrencies, against a former…
Tesla’s supply chain struggles forced it to sell off 75% of its bitcoin
Tesla’s interest in bitcoin has been decried as a distraction and a side show for the…
Bitcoin’s crash is good for the climate
As the price of bitcoin craters, the global computer network that supports it is guzzling less…
College hackers in Kenya are converting stolen money to bitcoin
A Kenyan college gang has been hacking into people’s credit cards through email phishing and using…
The biggest corporate holder of bitcoin is facing a reckoning
MicroStrategy is famous for owning more bitcoin than any other publicly-traded company. As of June 14, the…
Kenya’s energy company is offering geothermal power to bitcoin miners
Kenya’s energy production company KenGen wants to offer bitcoin mining companies its surplus geothermal power to…
CoinSwitch is making a plea at Davos for crypto clarity from India
Foreign investors are increasingly put off by regulatory hurdles, particularly involving payment solutions, in India’s cryptocurrency…
Miami’s mayor backed MiamiCoin crypto — then its price dropped 95%
On Feb. 2, the city of Miami cashed out its cryptocurrency MiamiCoin for the first time,…
Stablecoins aren’t stable: Why TerraUSD is crashing
The crypto economy is known for seismic price fluctuations. Prices of cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs),…