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Hashstack is proud to launch its Open Protocol testnet to bring under-collateralized loans to DeFi. Disrupting decentralized finance from within will help eliminate efficiencies and make lending more accessible to a broader audience. Under-collateralized Loans For DeFi Hashstack.Finance is changing…
Bitcoin gained the most in more than three months as investors show signs of renewed risk appetite following a volatile week across financial markets. The largest cryptocurrency by market value jumped as much as 9.8% to $40,573, the most since…
Crypto Mining in Russia and Regulatory Changes Russia’s Siberia region demonstrated an unprecedented growth in electricity consumption in the recent weeks, following uncertainty in the government regulation of Bitcoin mining in the country. According to the Russian news agency TASS,…
The price of bitcoin closed the week on a softer note, dropping by four percent versus last week’s close to around $6,300. Bitcoin’s correction was caused by “Dr. Doom” Nouriel Roubini’s statement in front of Congress where he called the…
The price of bitcoin remained firm over the course of the past week, gaining three percent helping BTC move back up towards the $7,000 mark. Once again, cryptocurrency regulations were a big topic in several jurisdictions, including the U.S., the…
The price of bitcoin closed the week three percent higher, around the $6,500 mark, as bulls managed to regain the upper hand to allow bitcoin to remain above its most recent $6,000 resistance. In the past seven days, blockchain media…
The price of bitcoin rallied by roughly five percent boosted by the positive the momentum for cryptographic assets over the week of May 28-June 3 while some smaller altcoins experienced 51 percent attacks. South Korea’s announcement to recognize cryptocurrencies as…
After a three-month bear market, it looks like the tide is finally turning for cryptoassets. The price of bitcoin has rallied for a second week in a row, by almost 10 percent week-on-week pushing towards the $9,000 mark. The prediction…
The much-anticipated G20 talks on global cryptocurrency regulations took place at the beginning of this week in Buenos Aires. The result of these talks was that no immediate regulation will be put in place and that more information on this…
Compiled from contributions by JP Buntinx, Michael Scott, Jamie Holmes and Joseph Young. Apple Rejects Jaxx’s DASH Integration Shortly after Jaxx’s announcement that it would be supporting DASH in its multi-platform wallet, Jaxx CEO Anthony Di Iorio informed the…
Compiled from contributions by Amy Castor, Michael Scott, Jamie Holmes and Joseph Young. Mysterious Group Claims They Hacked NSA, Asking for 1 Million Bitcoin A group of hackers known as “Shadow Brokers” appear to have hacked a cyber attack group…
The rise of Ethereum classic, the chain of Ethereum’s blockchain that did not hard-fork to reverse the DAO hack, has dominated stories this week with the price and hash rate climbing swiftly. Ethereum Classic, or ETC, is now the sixth…
Ethereum implemented a controversial hard fork and the reaction has been divided. Meanwhile the qualities of blockchain technologies are being debated and celebrated by governments around the world. This week’s stories in bitcoin and blockchain reflect the growing pains and…
This week’s stories covered the bitcoin and the blockchain’s ongoing challenge to the status quo, taking on real estate, big media and the banking sector. As people around the world look for alternatives, blockchain startups are finding solutions to problems…
Bitcoin reached a new milestone this week as the 420,000th block was mined and the mining reward was halved from 25 BTC to 12.5 BTC. Other stories added their own drama this week, all of which carry consequences for the…
This week’s stories have centered on the price of BTC and ETH. Two major factors have contributed to speculation: the short and long-term effects of the Brexit vote, in the case of BTC; and the forking debates in the Ethereum…