Binance announced in a tweet on March 12 that it is doubling fees for ETH withdrawals. The company cited network congestion as the reason for the decision. The tweet specified: “To better facilitate ERC20 and ETH withdrawals during this period of high congestion on the $ETH network, we are making…

Cryptocurrency mining company Hive Blockchain Technologies announced a two-phase plan to expand its Ether (ETH) mining operations at the company’s flagship GPU-based facility in Sweden by more than 20%. In a press release, Hive describes the current moment as “an opportune time” to expand its ETH mining capacity. Hive’s Swedish…

Link, the seemingly unstoppable cryptocurrency has defied all odds and in the face of the coronavirus and set a new all-time high. Yet somehow, during this morning’s insane volatility, the cryptocurrency flash crashed by 99% to nearly zero, reaching a price of just 0.0001 on the LINK/USDT trading pair. Link Flash Crash Sends Soaring Altcoin Nearly to Zero Markets…

Two state representatives in Rhode Island introduced a new bill promoting blockchain and technology adoption in the state. Rhode Island representatives David Place and Blake Filippi introduced a new bill on March 11 known as the “Rhode Island Economic Growth Blockchain Act.” …

With May’s Bitcoin halving event drawing ever closer, Coinbase recently took to pushing the “Bitcoin as digital gold” narrative. In a tweet-storm to promote an accompanying blog-post published Feb. 7, it covered the key reasons why the halving and subsequent supply rate reduction will further cement that link. Scarcity creates value Since the…

In a varied career, Dan Schatt has been a Peace Corps volunteer in Romania, a Citibank banker in Senegal, a Celent analyst and a PayPal executive. He co-founded Cred, a decentralized lending and borrowing platform, with other PayPal technology veterans in 2018. Cred attracted some attention last year when it…

ast year was an interesting one for blockchain and cryptocurrency, contrasting with past years in ways that go far beyond mere finance. It was a banner year for the maturation of the whole space, and not just in terms of the dollar price of your favorite cryptocurrency. …

After CryptoKitties proved to be successful in the mainstream limelight in 2017, a surge of digital collectibles built on blockchain technology ensued. This rising trend made it pretty clear that blockchain and gaming make a perfect match. While blockchain technology provides a reliable reward system for players to collect digital…

In a wide-ranging ask-me-anything (AMA) on Feb. 7, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao announced big plans for the cryptocurrency exchange in 2020. One of the most imminent and least explained was the hinted arrival of a new product called Binance Cloud, which will reportedly be unveiled in the next 10 days. …