Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is forming an industry recovery fund to “reduce further cascading negative effects of FTX,” said CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ). “As an industry, we need to increase transparency,” the executive stressed. “We need to work very closely with regulators all around the world to make this industry moreContinue Reading
Bitcoin started the week trading below $17,000, as volatility in the cryptocurrency space continued to intensify. Following last week’s collapse of FTX, account withdrawals have increased, with several customers opting to remove their tokens from exchanges. However, strong comments from Twitter CEO Elon Musk have helped boost prices. Ethereum remainedContinue Reading
St. Kitts and Nevis will explore the possibility of making bitcoin cash legal tender by March 2023. The statement was made by St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Terrance Drew as part of the Bitcoin Cash 2022 Conference held in the country, declaring that Bitcoin Cash mining activities will alsoContinue Reading
Michael Saylor’s recent dysfunctional relationship comment perfectly summarizes the disconnect between bitcoin and crypto. This is an opinion editorial by Tim Niemeyer, a Bitcoiner since circa-2018 and co-host of the Lincolnland Bitcoin Meetup in Springfield, Illinois. “Bitcoiners are trapped in a dysfunctional relationship with crypto and we want out!” —Continue Reading
What the FTX failure means for Bitcoin, and why it may be the best thing to happen in 2022 as well as the catalyst for the next bull market. This is an opinion editorial by Aleks Svetski, author of “The UnCommunist Manifesto,” founder of The Bitcoin Times and Host ofContinue Reading
We must learn from the historic collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX cryptocurrency exchange before the world economy suffers a similar fate. This is an opinion editorial by Captain Sidd, a finance writer and explorer of Bitcoin culture. If you haven’t heard, one of the largest crypto exchanges, FTX, was theContinue Reading
A new report from the Bitcoin Policy Institute discusses why the industry needs to adopt proof of reserves following the bankruptcy of FTX exchange. The Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI), a non-profit dedicated to furthering governmental Bitcoin adoption, has released a new report discussing proof-of-reserves (PoR) in the bitcoin and cryptocurrencyContinue Reading
The chief of Twitter and Tesla said that bitcoin ‘will make it’, but the financial winter may last quite some time following recent events in the ecosystem. Elon Musk, the newly appointed CEO of Twitter, said “BTC will make it, but might be a long winter,” on Twitter early MondayContinue Reading
With the continual rejection of a bitcoin spot ETF but approval of a futures ETF, the SEC is tipping the scale in favor of controlling the market. This is an opinion editorial by Seb Bunney, co-founder of Looking Glass Education and author of the Qi of Self-Sovereignty newsletter. “History neverContinue Reading
By publicly exploiting a bug on Lightning that could have put users’ funds at risk, the developer was acting in the best interests of Bitcoin node runners. This is an opinion editorial by Shinobi, a self-taught educator in the Bitcoin space and tech-oriented Bitcoin podcast host. For the second timeContinue Reading