A security researcher who goes by 0xflorent worked with the team behind a 2016 Ethereum (ETH) ICO contract to unlock about $2 million in ether that had sat trapped for nine years, in a …
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Zero Network, the gasless Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain built by crypto wallet company Zerion, is shutting down — ending an ambitious 18-month experiment that sought to eliminate one of crypto’s most persistent user experience …
- Blockchain Research
Iconic Bitcoin Hackerspace Closes Downtown Location After 12 Years Due To Zoning Changes
by adminby adminDCTRL, a Bitcoin hub and hacker space out of Vancouver, the fair-weather Canadian city, has announced the sunset of its downtown basement location, iconic among early adopters for its tinkerer mindset and hardware hacker …
LUNC and LUNA are soaring as the DOJ seeks the maximum sentence for the Terra founder. Three years after the collapse of LUNA and UST, Terra founder Do Kwon is still in the midst …
- Altcoin Highlights
Two Casascius Coins Holding 2,000 BTC Moved After 13 Years of Inactivity
by adminby adminTwo long-dormant bitcoin wallets tied to physical Casascius coins moved a total of 2,000 BTC, worth roughly $180 million after more than a decade of inactivity. The coins had been untouched since 2011 and …
In brief Bitcoin has typically performed well during October—dubbed “Uptober” by observers. But this year, the leading cryptocurrency finished the month in the red. Experts told Decrypt that a number of factors influenced the …
Crypto traders have long termed October as “Uptober” in colloquialism that nods to the month’s tendency in delivering the biggest rallies for bitcoin. But this year’s record is shaping to be the worst since …
Unregistered Bitcoin Mining In Russia May Soon Come With Up To Two Years Of Forced Labor
Russia is preparing to escalate its crackdown on unregistered cryptocurrency mining, proposing criminal penalties that include forced labor and prison sentences, little more than a year after formally legalizing the industry. The Ministry of …
Samourai Wallet CTO William Hill Sentenced to Four Years in Prison
In brief William Lonergan Hill was sentenced to four years in prison, three years of supervised release, and fined $250,000 for conspiring to operate an unlicensed money transmitter. Hill and co-founder Keonne Rodriguez processed …
BTC Hits the Most Oversold Level Against Gold in 3 Years. What Next?
This is a daily analysis by CoinDesk analyst and Chartered Market Technician Omkar Godbole. As bitcoin’s BTC$107,143.39 price wilts, bulls are pinning hopes on a potential rotation of money from the still-rallying gold to …