A single Bitcoin (BTC) miner collected a full block reward on Jan. 13, claiming 3.125 BTC plus charges price near $300,000 at present costs. The win wasn’t cut up amongst 1000’s of pool individuals. One deal with obtained the total payout in an trade dominated by industrial-scale mining operations commanding exahashes of compute energy. But…
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is making a case that the most respected improve for the world’s second-largest blockchain could also be studying how you can cease upgrading. Last November, Buterin reportedly argued that locking down components of the base layer can cut back bugs and decrease the odds of “surprises” for a network that secures…
A tax worker in Bobigny used inner software program to compile dossiers on cryptocurrency specialists, billionaire Vincent Bolloré, jail guards, and a decide. She handed the data to criminals who paid €800 to assault a jail officer at home in Montreuil. Her enchantment was rejected Jan. 6, as reported by local media. The case issues…
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has said that the blockchain community should determine between chasing speculative developments or fulfilling its unique promise as a impartial “world laptop.” In two separate detailed posts on the social media platform X, Buterin mirrored on 2025 as a 12 months of great technical progress. However, he cautioned in opposition to…
The Ethereum blockchain recorded its strongest operational 12 months in historical past in 2025, processing report transaction volumes and securing the overwhelming majority of the DeFi market. However, the crypto asset that powers the community did not mirror that development, posting double-digit losses for the 12 months. According to CryptoSlate’s knowledge, ETH is buying and…
Investors logged into shiny crypto buying and selling dashboards exhibiting five-figure “earnings,” then discovered themselves blocked from withdrawing a cent except they first wired additional “taxes” or “mortgage repayments” to abroad accounts. When victims tried to money out, the platforms demanded advance charges to “unlock” their accounts, but by no means launched any cash. On…
This week began with a sensational screenshot shared throughout a whole bunch of breathless posts on X, and a declare designed to hit each monetary nerve ending directly. A “systemically vital” US bank, a silver margin name, liquidation by the trade in the center of the night time, the Federal Reserve allegedly “pressured” to pump…
Bitcoin miners produced block 929,699 on Dec. 27. What if that was the sign for a New Year’s second, moderately than our conventional calendar? The pitch is that block peak, the ordered depend of blocks each full node can confirm, can act as a calendar layer for a market that trades and settles throughout jurisdictions….
If 2024 was the 12 months of the crypto reawakening, 2025 was the 12 months the plumbing lastly got permitted. This 12 months, the rising business entered January with tentative optimism and exited December with federal statutes. As a consequence, the narrative shifted definitively from “crypto as a on line casino” to “crypto as capital…
I preserve seeing the identical screenshot popping up, the one the place an AI mannequin seems to have a full-blown inside monologue, petty, insecure, aggressive, a little unhinged. The Reddit post that kicked this off reads like a comedy sketch written by somebody who has spent too lengthy watching tech individuals argue on Twitter. A…