Vitalik Buterin Prepares for ETH 2.0 Launch with Staking
Vitalik Buterin sends 3,200 ETH to a deposit contract! Vitalik Buterin sends 3,200 ETH to be one of the first stalkers to validate on the new Ethereum 2.9 Proof of Stake blockchain. The new ETH blockchain needs 524k ETH prior to December 1st for the genesis block...
US Department of Justice Files Petition to Seize Over $1 Billion in BTC Linked to Silk Road
The United States files civil complaint to forfeit thousands of Silk Road related Bitcoins! The United States files civil complaint, according to David L. Anderson of the Northern District of California and Special Agent in Charge of the Washington DC field office....
Wyoming Bitcoiner, Cynthia Lummis, Elected to US Senate
Cynthia Lummis elected to the US Senate! Cynthia Lummis is a Bitcoin owner and has been elected to the United States Senate. Crypto may have a new friend in DC! Lummis first bought Bitcoin in 2013 after listening to advice given to her by her son-in-law. She will...
BTC Fees Higher Than They Have Been in 2 Years as Miners Leave
Bitcoin transaction costs surge as price increases! Bitcoin transaction costs surge as the network suffers its worst congestion in nearly three years. As of Wednesday, the average cost for a transaction was 0.00086764 BTC, the highest since June 2018. In USD, the...
Coinbase Announces Cryptocurrency Debit Card with 1% Bitcoin Cashback
Coinbase Card launches waitlist for US customers! Coinbase Card will be a debit Visa Card that will allow customers to spend cryptocurrency anywhere Visa cards are accepted. Coinbase claims it’s “the easiest, quickest way to spend your crypto worldwide.” This was...
Microstrategy’s Bitcoin Investment Earns them More Profit than Actual Business
MicroStrategy nets $100 million in profit! MicroStrategy nets $100 million in profit after placing an enormous bet on Bitcoin. MicroStrategy is a business intelligence firm. According to data published Oct. 27 by independent crypto researcher Kevin Rooke, the...
Tether Inc Ends Support for Peter McCormack in Libel Case Against Craig Wright
Tether pulls support for Peter McCormack! Tether pulls support for Peter McCormack in Craig Wright’s libel suit! Until now, Tether had been supporting McCormack’s defense as he is being sued by Wright. McCormack’s side is rumored to settle the case. McCormack was...
Grayscale Investment Fund Adds $300 Million to Crypto Assets Under Management
Grayscale Investments adds $300 million in net assets in under 24 hours! Grayscale Investments adds $300 million in new assets, bringing its total assets under management to $7.3 billion according to a tweet by Barry Silbert, chief executive officer of the Digital...
Bitcoin Rockets after PayPal Opens Business for Cryptocurrency
PayPal launches Cryptocurrency service! PayPal launches cryptocurrency service, allowing people to buy, hold, and sell digital currency on its site and applications. The online payments company added crypto after months of rumors of it doing so. The company declared...
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell Speaks on Cross-Border Digital Currency Panel
Federal Reserve Chair Powell emphasizes that it’s important to get a Cross Border Digital Currency (CBDC) right, rather than be first. Federal Reserve Chair Powell said this during a panel hosted by the International Monetary Fund. “We do think it’s more important...