Solana has been suffering a network outage for around 4 hours, which its engineers say is caused by "network exhaustion"; validators can "restart if necessary" Techmeme · 4 days ago
UK's Post Office signs a deal with decentralized exchange Swarm Markets to let users of its app buy vouchers that can be redeemed for cryptocurrencies Techmeme · 6 days ago
Mastercard acquires CipherTrace, which offers a crypto-focused analytics service that specializes in anti-money laundering and forensics Techmeme · 1 week ago
El Salvador's plan to make Bitcoin legal tender has been unpopular, with protests over concerns of money laundering, forcing trade in BTC, unconstitutionality Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
Jack Dorsey and Mike Brock say Square's TBD is building a Bitcoin-centric decentralized exchange for digital assets Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
Latest compromise amendment to the infrastructure bill's cryptocurrency clause fails to reach a vote after Sen. Shelby files an objection over military spending Techmeme · 1 month ago
US Marshals Service has given a $6.6M+ contract to crypto startup Anchorage to manage seized crypto assets; BitGo had won a similar $4.5M contract in April Techmeme · 2 months ago
Binance is halting operations for its stock tokens offering, which launched in April and let users buy and sell tokenized stocks of popular stocks like Tesla Techmeme · 2 months ago
A US District Court judge ruled in favor of Ripple to allow deposition of former SEC official William Hinman, who in 2018 said Ethereum is not a security Techmeme · 2 months ago
E-sports collective FaZe Clan denies that it participated in the alleged pump-and-dump of Save the Kids coin, drops and suspends players who promoted the coin Techmeme · 3 months ago
Investigation: Strike, El Salvador's digital crypto wallet partner, is only licensed in one US state, potentially making transfers to El Salvador illegal Techmeme · 3 months ago
Two major Chinese banks now allow customers to exchange digital yuan for fiat at 3,000+ ATMs in Beijing, in an expansion of China's digital currency experiment Techmeme · 3 months ago
Thai SEC orders exchanges to delist NFTs and meme coins, defined as those with "no objective or underlying value" whose price relies on social media trends Techmeme · 3 months ago
PayPal to add third-party wallet transfer support, allowing users to send Bitcoin to PayPal and Venmo users as well as to Coinbase and outside crypto wallets Techmeme · 4 months ago
Q&A with Dogecoin developer Ross Nicoll about its coming upgrade, and working with Elon Musk, who Nicoll says has been in touch with Doge developers since 2019 Techmeme · 4 months ago
Robinhood says 9.5 million customers traded crypto on its platform in Q1 2021 compared to 1.7 million in Q4 2020, an increase of 458% Techmeme · 5 months ago
Ahead of its April 14 direct listing, Coinbase reports a record quarter, with estimated profits of $730M-$800M in Q1 on revenue of ~$1.8B and 56M verified users Techmeme · 5 months ago
ConsenSys announces Palm, an Ethereum-connected NFT ecosystem, and claims its new protocol can deliver 99% more energy efficiency than proof of work systems Techmeme · 6 months ago
Avanti, which wants to offer custody services for BTC and other digital assets as well as API-based payment services for wire transfers, raises $37M Series A Techmeme · 6 months ago
Inside BitClout, the controversial service that tokenizes Twitter personalities, mostly without permission, and has $170M worth of BTC raised from a16z, others Techmeme · 6 months ago
A look at issues arising around digital ownership and NFTs: while they can be a source of revenue for creators, they are spurring new forms of piracy Techmeme · 6 months ago
PayPal says it acquired Tel Aviv-based Curv, which facilitates secure storage of cryptocurrency, source says for nearly $200M Techmeme · 6 months ago
A look at Valuables, a service from crypto company Cent that lets users sell their tweets as non-fungible tokens in exchange for Ethereum Techmeme · 7 months ago
Nine plots of land on blockchain game Axie Infinity were sold for over 888 ETH, or ~$1.5M, making it the most expensive "non-fungible token" sale ever Techmeme · 7 months ago
Pornhub appears to be only accepting cryptocurrency for its premium service after Visa and Mastercard cut off payments to the website last week Techmeme · 9 months ago
Square commits $10M to fund efforts to mine bitcoin with renewables; Dorsey believes "that cryptocurrency will eventually be powered completely by clean power" Techmeme · 9 months ago
CipherTrace: in H1 2020, DeFi thefts accounted for 40% of all crypto thefts and hacks, amounting to $51.5M; since July, $47.7M more has been stolen from DeFi Techmeme · 10 months ago
Ethereum Foundation says Ethereum 2.0 is set to launch on December 1 if enough validators are present on the network Techmeme · 11 months ago
The Graph, which provides services for some popular DeFi apps, raises $12M in a token sale and expects to launch its data provider network within two months Techmeme · 11 months ago
CasperLabs, which develops the proof-of-stake blockchain Casper Network, raises $14M in a private token sale and says its mainnet launch is slated for Q1 2021 Techmeme · 11 months ago
Aave, a decentralized lending and borrowing protocol, raises $25M from Blockchain Capital, Standard Crypto, Blockchain.com Ventures, and others Techmeme · 11 months ago
Flow, a blockchain for non-fungible tokens built by CryptoKitties's creator Dapper Labs, raises $18M in a token sale Techmeme · 11 months ago
The CEO of BitMEX and its leadership team have stepped down after DOJ and CFTC charged BitMEX with allegedly operating an unregistered trading platform Techmeme · 11 months ago
Telegram CEO says Apple told it to take down channels used by Belarus protesters to identify members of government, arguing the channels can promote violence Techmeme · 11 months ago
China says the People's Bank of China has processed 3M+ transactions in digital yuan, worth ~$162M, as part of its digital currency pilot Techmeme · 12 months ago
DappRadar: Ethereum's transaction volume skyrocketed to $119.5B in Q3 2020, growing nearly 1,200% from Q2, while DeFi apps accounted for 99% of that volume Techmeme · 12 months ago
Coinbase says it has added support for "instant" withdrawals in nearly 40 countries, including the US, the UK, and many in Europe, via a linked debit card Techmeme · 12 months ago
US judge rules that Kik violated securities law in its $100M ICO from 2017, grants the SEC's motion for summary judgment against Kik Techmeme · 12 months ago
SEC settles with Seattle-based esports and gambling startup Unikrn for $6M, over its $31M ICO held in 2017, and says it must stop using the UGK token Techmeme · 1 year ago
Coin Metrics: Coinbase-backed stablecoin USDC's supply has grown more than 250% this year to reach $1.8B, while Binance's BUSD offerings grew 725% to $255M Techmeme · 1 year ago
China's social credit system will soon share data across platforms and provinces using blockchain technology called "Remin Chain", according to a report Techmeme · 1 year ago
Crypto exchange Bitfinex offers up to a ~$400M reward for info on the hackers that allegedly stole 120,000 bitcoins from it in 2016 Techmeme · 1 year ago
Binance has acquired Swipe, a multi-currency digital wallet and Visa debit card service; Swipe is available in 31 countries in the European Economic Area Techmeme · 1 year ago