Bitcoin Braces for Record Difficulty Surge Ahead of Retarget as Miners Push Network to New Heights

Scheduled for Feb. 15, 2024, the upcoming Bitcoin difficulty retarget is poised to mark a notable upswing in the network. Current projections forecast an estimated difficulty surge ranging from 8.45% to 9.2%,... Read more »

Bitcoin’s risk-adjusted return potential skyrockets as Sharpe Signal surges

On Jan. 26, Glassnode’s Sharpe Signal hit its lowest level since March 2020. It dropped to 0.2531 from a high of 0.7042 on Jan. 10. However, by Feb. 11, as Bitcoin’s price... Read more »

Playdapp Breach: Hacker Mints Tokens Worth $31 Million, Gaming Platform Offers Reward for Silence

Playdapp, a Web3 gaming platform, recently confirmed that it was a victim of a hacking incident which saw criminals mint tokens worth approximately $31 million. Playdapp said it has offered to reward... Read more »

SEC’s Revised ‘Dealer’ Definition Sparks Concerns Over Impact on Crypto Innovation

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted rules to require firms that act like dealers to register with the Commission. A lawyer explained that the securities regulator took a shot... Read more »

Bitcoin retreats below $49k as CPI release dashes hope of rate cuts

Bitcoin (BTC) price saw a significant pullback, erasing gains from Monday as investors recalibrated their expectations for the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy following the release of January Consumer Price Index (CPI) data.... Read more »

Tecpetrol Raises Crude Oil Production Fivefold With Crypto Mining In Argentina

Tecpetrol, an Argentina-based oil and gas company, has reported the benefits of including crypto mining operations in its oil explorative activities. According to Tecpetrol CEO Ricardo Markous, including on-site vented gas generators... Read more »

Philippines to launch CBDC within 2 years to counter rising crypto use

The Philippines central bank, or Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, is preparing to launch a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) in the next two years to counter the rising use of crypto in... Read more »

Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin on Tackling Deepfake AI Risks: ‘Ask Security Questions’

Vitalik Buterin, a co-founder of the cryptocurrency project Ethereum, has raised an alert on using deepfakes, videos created using artificial intelligence (AI) to try to impersonate human beings, to persuade others about... Read more »

Why did Bitcoin’s market cap surge by over $102 billion while realized cap only grew by $4 billion?

Bitcoin’s price saw a significant increase in February, jumping from $43,049 at the beginning of the month to $49,900 on Feb. 12, as of press time. Crossing $49,000 marks a significant milestone... Read more »

US Lawmakers Press Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Crypto Oversight Gaps

Four U.S. lawmakers have pressed Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen regarding crypto oversight gaps. The Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), which Yellen chairs, has issued “repeated warnings about the lack of oversight of... Read more »