Is Bitcoin a Ponzi scheme? Pick your side in the latest Cointelegraph Crypto Duel!
Does Bitcoin meet the definition of a Ponzi scheme? This is the subject of the latest Cointelegraph Crypto Duel, where Bitcoin strategist at Kraken meets...
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Pricing the hype: Crypto companies valued at billions as market booms
Cryptocurrency and blockchain firms are attracting billion-dollar valuations as the space continues to see major investment in 2021. The likes of exchanges Coinbase and Kraken...
Big Tech sell-off and rising Treasury yield pin Bitcoin price below $50K
Bitcoin (BTC) continues to struggle below $50,000 on March 5 as a spike in the 10-year Treasury yield to 1.62%, its highest level in over...
Major Ethereum gas fee overhaul EIP-1559 scheduled for July
A hotly awaited upgrade to the Ethereum network that may result in ETH becoming a deflationary asset is now scheduled for the “London” hard fork...
The Flash Mint is here: WETH10 turbocharges the flash loan concept
A team has released WETH10, the latest iteration of the Wrapped Ether token that allows using Ether (ETH) in a DeFi setting. WETH10 carries a...
Bitcoin EFT may come to US, but not all crypto investors think it’s needed
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s floor is littered with failed crypto fund filings, but this year, following Canada’s lead, the U.S. might actually...
GameStop tale exposes regulatory paternalism and DeFi’s true value
Though seemingly coming from nowhere for many, the themes behind the Reddit-fueled r/Wallstreetbets pump of GameStop feel familiar. Watching it unfold, I tried to figure out just...
No more ‘Bitcoin effect’? MicroStrategy stock falls by 50% in 17 days
The Bitcoin (BTC) price correction isn’t just hurting individual hodlers — the biggest players are suffering in more ways than one. Data from markets on...
‘Better as friends’: DeFi protocols Yearn and Cover announce cessation of merger
Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols Yearn Finance and Cover have announced today the end of a protocol merger process initiated in November last year. The two...
Square’s $297M stake in Tidal could unlock DLT features, analyst says
Square’s majority stake in Jay-Z’s streaming service Tidal could potentially result in some blockchain-related functionalities on the platform, according to one analyst. Avivah Litan, a...