Amid news of its recent spat with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, relatively few people have likely heard about Telegram’s Open Network competition that occurred some weeks ago. It was a milestone event that transformed the once-miniscule TON developer community writing in Fift...
‘Strange’ Litecoin Network Activity Could Be Related To August Dust Attack
Product developer Franklyn Richards has witnessed Litecoin (LTC) network activity that reminds him of the Aug. 10 dust attack on Litecoin. In a Dec. 14 blog post, Franklyn Richards, a product developer who has worked on Bitcoin (BTC) and Litecoin since 2013, describes a pattern...
Is Crypto Ready for the New Space Age?
Quantum supremacy is officially here, whether we’re ready for it or not. This fall, a research paper from Google was prematurely leaked, claiming just that — quantum supremacy — including the results of a test where its 54-qubit processor performed in 200 seconds a computation...
Darknet ICO, Bitmain Infighting, Calls for Cotten to Be Exhumed: Hodler’s Digest, Dec. 9–15
Coming every Sunday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week on Cointelegraph in one link. Top Stories This Week...
Bitcoin Set to Enter Disbelief Phase — Should Hodlers Prep for $2.8K?
Bitcoin price (BTC) performed as expected over the past week as 8% was shaved off its price of $7,571.80 between Dec. 8 and Dec. 14. Does this mean the digital asset is due for a reversal? As much as Bitcoin holders and I want this,...
The Modern Great Game — Facebook’s Libra Project
Since Facebook’s digital currency project, Libra, was announced in June, there has been a growing chorus of central bankers and policy makers pushing back against its ambitions. Germany’s Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz and France’s Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire have both, separately, made it clear...
Tether Sponsors New Version of Bitcoin Tokenization Layer Omni
Tether, the stablecoin operator behind USDT, has funded the development of the new version of Bitcoin (BTC) tokenization layer Omni. In a press release shared with Cointelegraph on Dec. 15, the companies announce the release of Omni Core 0.7.0, the development of which was sponsored...
How DeFi Goes Mainstream in 2020: Focus on Usability – CoinDesk
This post is part of CoinDesk’s 2019 Year in Review, a collection of 100 op-eds, interviews and takes on the state of blockchain and the world. Alex Mashinsky, a veteran entrepreneur and technologist, is CEO of Celsius Network, an ethereum-based lending platform. 2019 was an...
Stone Bitcoins and Echoes From the Past – CoinDesk
The best Sundays are for long reads and deep conversations. This time we’re reflecting on the past and taking a deeper look at one of the most interesting blockchain allegories that doesn’t involve technology at all… Don’t have time to listen? Partial transcript below (Stone...
Bitcoin Floats Around $7,100 as Top Altcoins See Slight Growth
Sunday, Dec. 15 — most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting slight growth on the day by press time, as Bitcoin (BTC) hovers around the $7,100 mark again. Market visualization courtesy of Coin360 Bitcoin price is currently up by 0.28% on the day, trading...