Twitter quietly adds BTC and ETH price indexes to search function
Twitter has added a new crypto feature that enables Twitter users to search the price of Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) simply by typing “Bitcoin” or “Ethereum” into the search…
$XRP Whale and Shark Address Holdings Hit New All-Time After Rapid Accumulation
Large addresses on the $XRP Ledger, a blockchain platform that enables fast, low-cost payments across the globe, have been “rapidly accumulating” tokens before the end of the year, with data…
FTX’s Gary Wang and Alameda’s Caroline Ellison Plead Guilty to Fraud, Duo Is ‘Cooperating’ With Feds
On Dec. 21, 2022, U.S. attorney Damian Williams announced that the Southern District of New York (SDNY) Department of Justice (DOJ) filed charges against Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison and…
Guggenheim CIO Scott Minerd Warns of a Crypto ‘Washout’ Similar to the Internet Bubble
Guggenheim Partners CIO Scott Minerd believes there is going to be a crypto washout similar to the internet bubble. “There’s another shoe to drop,” he warned. Nonetheless, the executive is…
Integrating Statechains With Lightning Channels Can Allow For Off-Chain Balancing And Improved Flexibility
A Commerceblock BLIP facilitates Lightning channels built on Bitcoin statechains, improving flexibility for the Layer 2 protocol. Last year, I wrote about Commerceblock’s Mercury Wallet, an implementation of both statechains…
10 crypto tweets that made a splash in 2022
Another year in the crypto space has nearly passed. As usual, Twitter has been a hotbed of crypto-related conversation during the turbulent year. From Terra’s collapse and the whole situation…
zkEVM could be the endgame for blockchain infrastructure
Very few projects have come close to matching the security and decentralization of the Ethereum network. However, the inherent overhead of maintaining these two critical features has left Ethereum burdened…
Coinbase Secures Regulatory Approval to Operate as a Virtual Asset Service Provider in Ireland
Coinbase has announced it has secured regulatory approval as a virtual asset service provider (VASP) in Ireland, according to a company blog post published on Dec. 21. According to the…
Lightning Paywalls Versus Value4Value Asks
Where a Lightning-powered microtransaction paywall beats a Value4Value bitcoin ask: A nuanced breakdown. This is an opinion editorial by Will Schoellkopf, author of “The Bitcoin Dog” and host of the…
2022’s Market Review: Crypto Economy Loses $1.4T, Top 10 Token Knockouts, Terra’s Collapse
2022 is coming to an end and during the last 12 months, the crypto economy has lost roughly $1.486 trillion in value against the U.S. dollar. On Dec. 20, 2021,…