Ethereum's Merge upgrade should land in September
The most ambitious upgrade to the Ethereum blockchain should take place in September, possibly closer to the middle of the month, developers working on the project said during a conference call after what was billed as a final dress rehearsal...
Speculation over the “flippening” rife amid big Ether surge
Bitcoin, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency, has always reigned supreme in the land of digital assets. But now, thanks to an eye-popping surge by Ether, fans of the No. 2 token by market value are reviving predictions that it is...
Cryptocurrencies rally — with Ethereum at the front
Cryptocurrencies rallied for a second day, with Ethereum-related tokens leading gains, as risk aversion eases and optimism grows about the long-anticipated software upgrade of the blockchain network.
Ether, the native token of Ethereum...
Cryptocurrency lender Celsius files for bankruptcy
Cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network Ltd. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the latest casualty of a $2 trillion crash that has wiped out some of the industry’s biggest names and exposed hundreds of thousands of individual investors to steep...
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NFT marketplace data leak leaves users vulnerable to phishing scams
OpenSea has disclosed that an employee of an email vendor, Customer.io, has leaked users' email addresses to an unauthorised external party.
The world's biggest NFT marketplace said it is cooperating with Customer.io and law...
Crypto calms to a panic
On Wednesday, the implosion of the TerraUSD stablecoin kindled wide-spread panic in the crypto space. But 24 hours later, things have calmed down significantly.
Terraform Labs halted, restarted and then halted again its Terra blockchain in the wake of the collapse of...
Crypto carnage
A massive sell-off in cryptocurrencies wiped over $200 billion of wealth from the market in just 24 hours, according to estimates from price-tracking website CoinMarketCap.
The broad plunge in the crypto complex, driven by the collapse of the TerraUSD stablecoin, hit major...
Ether outperforms Bitcoin
Ether is outperforming its better-known-rival Bitcoin once again as optimism over a long-sought update that promises to reduce the carbon footprint of the world’s most-used blockchain appears to be getting closer to fruition.
Ether, the native cryptocurrency of the...
Luno cuts Bitcoin interest rates
Luno has informed clients that it will reduce its target interest rate for savings account customers to 1.5% per year on bitcoin and 2% on ether.
Its target interest rate on the USDC stablecoin remains 7.6% per annum.
Hacked Nvidia driver for mining Ethereum riddled with viruses
A modified driver for Nvidia graphics cards that promised to remove the hash rate limits set by the manufacturer has been discovered to contain malware.
The driver — named Nvidia RTX LHR v2 Unlocker and free to download from GitHub...
New "crypto winter" welcomed by Ethereum founder
Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of the Ethereum blockchain, says the digital-asset universe may actually benefit from the current retreat in coin prices that’s cast a chill on investors and is being referred to as another crypto winter.
“The people...
Bitcoin drops to six-month low
The selloff in cryptocurrencies gained momentum on Monday, with Bitcoin tumbling to a six-month low and other digital tokens seeing even bigger losses.
Crypto Selloff Pushes Bitcoin to a Five-Month Low of $39,000
Bitcoin tumbled in an extended selloff for cryptocurrencies, falling past $39,000 to its lowest level in more than five months.
The largest token sank 5.6% on Friday, marking a three-day downturn. Other cryptocurrencies were...
Digital rand launched
The rand-pegged ZARP stablecoin has launched and is available on Ovex, Curve, and Keep3rV1. It calls itself "a digital rand from the future."
Crypto miner returns R354 million transaction fee blunder
A cryptocurrency exchange involved in a $100,000 transaction that was mistakenly charged $24 million (R354 million) in fees says the funds are now being returned — a reversal of an epic fat-finger trade on the supposedly irreversible...
Cryptocurrencies entice US state and city governments — S&P
U.S. state and local governments are growing more interested in investing in cryptocurrencies in their pension funds and accepting digital currencies as payments for taxes and services, according to S&P Global Ratings.
Bitcoin bullish
Bitcoin topped $50,000 for the first time since May as crypto prices continued an ongoing recovery from a disorderly rout just three months ago.
The largest virtual coin advanced 3.8% to $50,272 as of 6:53 a.m. in New York, with other tokens including Ether and Cardano’s ADA...
South African Bitcoin brothers' big lie about Dawie Roodt
Cryptocurrency investment scheme Africrypt allegedly claimed that it had taken on 15% of economist Dawie Roodt’s portfolio, court documents show.
Adrian Pilling, one of Africrypt’s former clients participating in the liquidation...
Bitcoin booms
Bitcoin soared on Monday to approach $40,000, a rally some attributed to traders exiting bets on declines as well as ongoing speculation over Amazon.com Inc.’s potential involvement in the cryptocurrency sector.
Elon Musk doesn't need to fix power-hungry Bitcoin — energy-efficient cryptocurrencies already exist
The energy consumption of Bitcoin made headlines again this year and, although important context is left out when you simply compare the electricity consumption of Bitcoin mining to a small...