Category: Cryptocurrency News

Cryptocurrency News and Public Mining Pools

Has anyone here actually been in crypto for more than two major bull cycles (2016 or earlier)? What are some of your pro-tips for accumulating wealth in a bear market?

Most of us here are relatively new with only one cycle under our belts. And let's face it, the fair-weather hodlers have already crawled their way back to beg their wives to reconsider the divorce. So if you’re still in this sub reading this post, it means either you’re unfazed and have seen it all…
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BlackRock Bitcoin fund launch sends BTC price towards $25K

The announcement is the “most bullish news” ever for long-term hodlers, one analyst argues as Barry Silbert heralds the arrival of Wall Street.

Some of the historical transactions on my addresses have been in Tornado Cash. Now I need…. a mixer.

Was surprised when dydx started blocking not addresses which sent funds from TC but going into the history and blocking people who got funds from TC. This is one of the downsides of VC-funded 'defi' protocols. I started looking into the history of my wallets. Because I've been around a while, I found a transaction…
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ETH Pixel Project: 1 million pixels for history

Created in July 2015 by Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum has evolved a lot and it is now the second largest decentralized cryptocurrency. Expected for several years already, the second version of Ethereum should arrive very soon. The Merge is announced for September 2022. But this first version of Ethereum, which saw the birth of many projects,…
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Interlay launches trustless BTC stablecoin bridge on Polkadot

InterBTC operates as a BTC-backed stablecoin, secured by a decentralized network of overcollateralized vaults, which according to Interlay, resembles MakerDAO’s DAI token.

1inch plugs into KuCoin Wallet to improve token swaps

1inch Network expands to another cryptocurrency exchange as KuCoin Wallet integrates its automated market maker functionality to improve token swaps.

What is the Ethereum merge, what are its economic implications and what are its main risks and misconceptions?

Before we understand what the merge really is we first have to understand the difference between PoW and PoS and how Ethereum will transfer from the former to the latter. I’m assuming that the vast majority of users here understand this so you can skip this part if you want. – PoW and PoS As…
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Questions regarding pos and pow

As most of us heard the rumors that some miners/pools will continue mining on the pow /ethw fork, I was wondering, does that mean that whatever amount of eth i currently have, will i have 2x of it? My original eth on the pos and same amount of eth on the pow? And if thats…
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Bitpay Reveals Prepaid Cardholders Can Get up to 15% Cash Back Rewards via Select Retailers

The Atlanta-based crypto payment services company Bitpay has announced that Bitpay’s prepaid cardholders are eligible for cash back rewards if they use their card with participating retailers. The rewards feature stems from Bitpay’s partnership with Cardlytics and cardholders can get up to 15% in cash back rewards on purchases from the service from thousands of […]