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No privacy. No property. No prosperity. If you follow the news, you’ve seen the trend — putting legal limits on cash transactions, the emergence of surveillance-oriented, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), and more recently, crypto mixing platform Tornado Cash being sanctioned by the United States Treasury. There is a newContinue Reading

Applications built on top of the Lightning Network allow for micropayments, opening the door for integrations with existing video games and podcasts. This is an opinion editorial by Koji Higashi, a host of the Diamond Hands community. This is the second article based on the content of the “Understanding Lightning”Continue Reading

The exchange rate of the Venezuelan bolivar, the national fiat currency of the country, has plunged 35.51% against the U.S. dollar this week as a result of various factors, reaching 8.70 bolivars per U.S. dollar. According to economists, this will cause an increase in prices in the near future, withContinue Reading

On Thursday, the popular cable channel MTV revealed that the legendary rappers Eminem and Snoop Dogg plan to perform the duo’s hit single “From the D 2 The LBC” this Sunday. The music video features the non-fungible tokens (NFTs) stemming from the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) collection, and theContinue Reading

The largest cryptocurrency automated teller machine (ATM) operator, Bitcoin Depot, has revealed it has plans to go public via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) deal. The $885 million acquisition deal with GSR II Meteora (GSRM) will make Bitcoin Depot a publicly-traded company listed on Nasdaq. Bitcoin Depot Reveals SPACContinue Reading

On Thursday, following the official proof-of-stake (PoS) transition announcement from the Ethereum Foundation, Ethereum Classic’s hashrate tapped another all-time high at block height 15,806,925. The latest jump to 38.64 terahash marks the network’s second record high in five days, as Ethereum Classic captured 38.37 terahash per second (TH/s) on AugustContinue Reading

Shiba inu was trading over 10% higher during Thursday’s session, as the token rallied to a one-week high. Following a week’s worth of consolidation, the meme coin bounced from a key support level, moving closer to a resistance point of $0.00001500. Ethereum classic was also in the green, climbing forContinue Reading

The cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has introduced a new liquid staking ethereum derivative token ahead of Ethereum’s proof-of-stake (PoS) upgrade. The new ERC20 utility token is called coinbase wrapped ethereum, or CBETH, and it will allow people to stake their ether in a non-custodial fashion or trade the tokens on theContinue Reading

Ethereum was back above $1,700 in Thursday’s session, as the date for the long-awaited “Merge” was finally confirmed. A blog post from the Ethereum Foundation stated that the event will begin on September 6, and be completed between September 10 and 20. Bitcoin also moved marginally higher, as it continuedContinue Reading