The creators of the Tendermint-based Terra suite of stablecoins are opening a fund to foster its tokens’ usage anywhere people are doing decentralized finance (DeFi)… Read More »$10M Fund From Cosmos-Based Terra Will Gladly Back DeFi Projects on Ethereum
Ark Investment Management CEO Cathie Wood said she doubts U.S. regulators will green-light a bitcoin exchange-traded fund before the original cryptocurrency’s market cap hits $2… Read More »Cathie Wood: Bitcoin ETF Approval Unlikely Until Market Cap Rises to About $2T
Bitcoin Core lead maintainer Wladimir van der Laan has decided to take “even more” of a “background role” for the sake of further decentralizing the… Read More »Bitcoin Core Lead Maintainer Steps Back, Encourages Decentralization
Bitcoin hit a new high Wednesday, topping $20,000, and is continuing to rise. Maybe today is the day that you finally are ready to take… Read More »New to Bitcoin? Stay Safe and Avoid These Common Scams
Google was down for only an hour, but Monday’s outage served as a jarring reminder of how much modern existence online depends on the centralized… Read More »Google Down: The Perils of Centralization
BTC Markets, one of Australia’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges, has accidentally exposed users’ personal data, raising the risk of phishing attacks. As reported by Business Insider… Read More »Australian Crypto Exchange Exposes Personal Data of 270K Users
Twitter has hired a new head of security four months after suffering one of the worst breaches in its 14-year history. As reported by Reuters… Read More »Twitter Hires Noted Hacker as Head of Security Months After Bitcoin Scam
Privacy means different things to different people. To some, it’s secrecy. To others, it means anonymity. To some others, it’s associated with criminality. But privacy… Read More »The Web Wasn’t Built For Privacy – But It Could Be
Blockchain voting startup Voatz argued that bug bounty programs concerning cybersecurity should be operated under strict supervision in a “friend of the court” brief before… Read More »Voatz Calls for Restrictions on Independent Cybersecurity Research in Supreme Court Brief
The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial… Read More »Hardware Wallet Flaw Lets Attackers Hold Crypto for Ransom Without Touching Device
Nigerian programmer Adebiyi David Adedoyin hears knocking at his apartment door. He’s just woken up and headed to the bathroom. He decides to take his… Read More »Unconfiscatable? Using Bitcoin to Resist Police Extortion in Nigeria
The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial… Read More »Uber’s Former Security Chief Charged With Trying to Conceal Hack Using Bitcoin
