Gates names crypto before ‘bio weapons’ on list of tech that needs to go
Bill Gates cited wild volatility and the inability to predict price trends as reasons why he's so far steered clear of Bitcoin.
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Bitcoin obituary site now sorts ‘shit’ coins from ‘dead’ ones
Cryptocurrencies are declared 'dead' for many reasons: lack of interest, development halts, or they were simply scams all along.
Christie’s sets $100 starting bid for historic Beeple NFT auction
Beeple is responsible for the most valuable collection of blockchain-powered NFTs ever made, which fetched $3.5 million in December.
Bitcoin visionary Hal Finney ‘predicted’ booming NFT market — in 1993
Bitcoin legend Hal Finney probably wasn't expecting NFTs when he penned this throwaway CompuServe post back in 1993.
Dark web giant Joker’s Stash just ‘retired’ with $1B in Bitcoin
Nobody knows what caused Joker's Stash to apparently retire, but theories include police, a decline in quality, and even COVID-19.
Tesla stock down $50B after Musk bought Bitcoin with company cash
Tesla stock dipped almost 7% after word of its Bitcoin purchase first broke, representing about $50 billion drained from its market value.
Beginner Bitcoin: 25% of newbie traders plan to use PayPal for crypto
More than a quarter of future and existing cryptocurrecy investors polled by CivicScience plan on trading digital assets via PayPal.
Jack Dorsey’s Square doesn’t care who created Bitcoin — just who didn’t
Square recently hit back at Wright's threats over the Bitcoin whitepaper, demanding he provide the full history of draft copies.
Ethereum art buyer pays $160K for Hashmask #1 — now it’s worth $1.50
Just like CryptoKitties, some Hashmask combinations are far rarer — and more valuable — than others, as one trader recently discovered.
Russian market Hydra makes up 75% of global darknet revenue, report
Darknet market Hydra sent more crypto to Eastern Europe last year than some exchanges did, including Kraken, OKEx, Bittrex, and Kucoin.