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 · 1 day 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 · 3 weeks 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 weeks 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 · 2 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 · 2 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 · 2 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 · 3 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 · 3 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 · 3 months ago
PayPal says it acquired Tel Aviv-based Curv, which facilitates secure storage of cryptocurrency, source says for nearly $200M Techmeme · 3 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 · 4 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 · 4 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 · 6 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 · 6 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 · 7 months ago
Ethereum Foundation says Ethereum 2.0 is set to launch on December 1 if enough validators are present on the network Techmeme · 7 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 · 8 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 · 8 months ago
Aave, a decentralized lending and borrowing protocol, raises $25M from Blockchain Capital, Standard Crypto, Blockchain.com Ventures, and others Techmeme · 8 months ago
Flow, a blockchain for non-fungible tokens built by CryptoKitties's creator Dapper Labs, raises $18M in a token sale Techmeme · 8 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 · 8 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 · 8 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 · 8 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 · 8 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 · 8 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 · 9 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 · 9 months 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 · 9 months 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 · 10 months 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 · 10 months 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 · 11 months ago
Crypto Facilities, a subsidiary of Kraken, obtained a Multilateral Trading Facility license in the United Kingdom, first-ever for a cryptocurrency firm Techmeme · 11 months ago
Report: Active users on Ethereum-based dapps doubled in Q2; DeFi applications accounted for 97% of activity with transaction volume reaching $5.7B in June Techmeme · 11 months ago
Voice, a blockchain-based social media site on EOS that rewards users with tokens for posting "quality content", is now open for the public to browse Techmeme · 11 months ago
Robert Farkas, co-founder of Centra Tech, a celebrity-backed crypto startup, pled guilty to securities and wire fraud after raising $25M+ in a fraudulent ICO Techmeme · 12 months ago
Report: EOS platform, which raised $4B in ICO in 2018, has seen developer activity decline by 85% YoY; Ethereum has 80% of all smart contracts and dapps space Techmeme · 1 year ago
Brave browser is caught revising typed-in domains to companies like Binance with URLs including affiliate referral codes; Brave says it will stop the practice Techmeme · 1 year ago
Report: cryptocurrency fraud estimated to be $1.36B in 2020, with thieves increasingly obfuscating origins of funds as exchanges enact anti-laundering measures Techmeme · 1 year ago
ConsenSys has helped North American Collegiate League build an Ethereum-based service to make reporting smoother, automate payments for its esports tournaments Techmeme · 1 year ago
Chat app Telegram says it's abandoning its TON blockchain project, after the SEC challenged the legality of its $1.7B ICO and delayed the network's launch Techmeme · 1 year ago
There is only around $8M in bitcoin on the Lightning Network about two years after launching in beta, less than the ~$11.5M locked up in Ethereum wallet dapps Techmeme · 1 year ago