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24 Hours of Art, NFT Creator
Roger Dickerman, or “RD,” oozes conviction in the inevitability of digital art. After his fitness and wellness business was wiped out during COVID-19 in 2020, Dickerman stumbled on NFTs and has…
AI may already use more power than Bitcoin — and it threatens Bitcoin mining
The energy required to run artificial intelligence systems may already be higher than the amount of power used to mine Bitcoin, according to new research. While that may sound like…
Michaël van de Poppe, X Hall of Flame – Cointelegraph Magazine
The recent crypto market plunge, followed by some tokens’ quick bounce, helped MN Trading founder Michaël van de Poppe spot a clear new trend forming. “If the markets didn’t have…
Weird ‘null address’ iVest hack, millions of PCs still vulnerable to ‘Sinkclose’ malware: Crypto-Sec
Crypto scams, hacks and exploits and how to avoid them: Crypto-Sec DeFI exploits: iVest hit with donation attack Decentralized Finance protocol iVest Finance was the victim of a $156,000 exploit…
Binance to convert Monero, Bitcoin Gold to USDC, delist Loom Network
Binance is set to convert over a dozen tokens into the USDC stablecoin while also delisting six additional tokens as part of its latest platform adjustments. Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is…
Hodler’s Digest, Aug. 4-10 – Cointelegraph Magazine
Top Stories of The Week XRP rockets 26% as Ripple execs hail $125M penalty as ‘victory’ The price of XRP surged 26% as a New York federal judge moved closer…
Chinese boomers joining crypto tapper cults, WazirX fallout worsens: Asia Express
Our weekly roundup of news from Asia curates the industry’s most important developments. Chinese elderly clicker game cults are homewreckers The Chinese online community has been complaining that their parents…
Wall Street says buy the AI dip, Facebook paying creators for bizarre AI pics: AI Eye
This week: Research on what AI can do well Wall Street buys the AI dip Otter.AI transcription research scandalRecruiters and candidates both using AI Facebook’s bizarre ‘AI slop’ industry in…
How Chinese traders and miners get around China’s crypto ban
Chinese investors are finding innovative ways to tap into the digital assets markets and participate in some of the year’s most profitable trends despite Beijing’s ban on cryptocurrency trading. The…
Clicker games to fade post-airdrop, Is Hamster Kombat any good? Web3 Gamer
Clicker Games will have a ‘fairly sizeable’ drop-off soon Clicker games like Catizen and Tapswap will probably lose their appeal once the current batch releases tokens because the games probably…
Hodler’s Digest, July 28 – Aug. 3 – Cointelegraph Magazine
Top Five Stories of the Week Sen. Lummis introduces Bitcoin Strategic Reserve bill in Senate On July 31, Senator Cynthia Lummis officially introduced the Bitcoin Strategic Reserve bill, which would…
Monero leads top altcoins in 24-hour gains despite sea of red
Monero is currently the top-performing cryptocurrency among the top 100 by market cap over the past 24 hours. On Aug. 2, Monero (XMR) rose above $164, posting intraday gains of…
Backlash as WazirX ‘socializes’ $235M loss, $10B metaverse plan for shut-ins: Asia Express
Our weekly roundup of news from Asia curates the industry’s most important developments. Can the metaverse solve Japan’s “hikikomori” problem? Research and consulting firm Yuri Group estimates that Japan can…
SATS, Aave, Monero, and ORDI soar over 10% after Bitcoin jumps 4%
Altcoins SATS, Aave, Monero, and ORDI have all surged over 10% over the past day to rank as the top gainers in the crypto market, as Bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency…
Hackers exploit old HTTP File Server to install Monero miners
Hackers are actively exploiting critical vulnerabilities in older versions of Rejetto’s HTTP File Server to install Monero mining malware and other malicious software. Hackers have found a way to exploit…
bitter pills in crypto mass adoption?
We examine the dual-edged sword of privacy in crypto, looking into how anonymity tools like mixers and privacy coins have impacted mass adoption amidst rising financial crimes. On Jan. 3,…
Legal experts weigh-in on case against Roger Ver
Stanislav Andreyev, a senior lawyer with SBSB Fintech Lawyers, and Bing Wang, a legal advisor at basedVC, spoke to crypto.news about how Roger Ver’s case might shape the regulatory landscape…
LocalMonero exchange shutters due to ‘internal and external factors’
LocalMonero, one of the largest peer-to-peer centralized platforms for trading XMR, is sunsetting its services amid the global crackdown on privacy-focused tokens. A centralized peer-to-peer marketplace for trading Monero (XMR),…
Kraken to delist Monero in Belgium, Ireland
Due to EU anti-money laundering rules, Kraken will delist privacy cryptocurrency Monero in Belgium and Ireland by June 10. Kraken announced it will suspend Monero (XMR) deposits and trading on…
the end for the privacy era?
Amid the news that Binance would delist Monero, should the crypto community brace for the decline of the era of anonymous tokens, or will alternative solutions emerge? In the world…
Monero and Multichain collapse amid Binance’s recent announcement to delist
The cryptocurrency exchange will delist four tokens from the platform. According to the crypto exchange’s announcement on Feb. 6, Binance will delist Aragon (ANT), Multichain (MULTI), Vai (VAI), and Monero…
Market liquidity for Monero, Zcash hits all-time low, data shows
Privacy tokens face challenges meeting crypto exchange listing criteria amid regulatory pressure, leading to an all-time low in liquidity, Kaiko’s data shows. In a recent research report, analysts at Kaiko…
Binance broadens ‘monitoring’ tag to cover 10 more tokens, including Monero and Zcash
Today, Binance revealed its plan to expand the Monitoring Tag coverage to encompass 10 additional tokens starting from Jan. 4. Notably, Monero (XMR) and Zcash (ZEC) are now included in…
OKX to delist privacy tokens in January 2024
One of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges, OKX, announced delisting several trading pairs at once. According to the Dec. 29 announcement, OKX will delist stablecoin USD Coin (USDC), Tether (USDT), and…