The cryptocurrency space moves at breakneck speed. Just last week, stories broke about an American Bitcoin firm — one of whose corporate leaders is actually a member of the Trump family — that commanded some 8,000 media mentions. A substantial $220 million funding round has sparked discussions about its potential...
So, Robinhood's diving deeper into Ethereum, huh? Now everybody’s ecstatic, ETH price is skyrocketing and institutions are pouring in cash like ETH is about to be the next best thing since sliced bread. Sure does seem like 2021 all over again, huh? Hold on before we all jump on the...
A 7.5% decrease in Bitcoin mining difficulty – the largest in nearly two years. It sounds like good news, right? More profitability for miners, less energy consumption. What if this apparently encouraging increase is a cause for concern? If not, it would be a sign of worse, more systemic issues...
Okay, let's cut to the chase. In case you haven’t been following, there was a record bitcoin mining difficulty adjustment that just took place. That’s the largest drop since China kicked all the miners out. 7.5% down – that's huge. Some are panicking. I'm seeing something else: a blinking, neon...
The Bitcoin network evolves in real-time to ensure the viability and protection of its ecosystem. One of the most important mechanisms to do so is the mining difficulty adjustment. For the first time in two years, Bitcoin’s mining difficulty just saw a big decrease. This article will break down what...
Bitwise has been actively encouraging recognizing staking as part of its admitted Ethereum Exchange Traded Fund (ETF). We think that this proposed addition would not be difficult to incorporate into the existing ETF structure. The firm shamelessly asserts that adding staking to the mix will increase investors’ returns. None of...
Vincent Van Code, an active software engineer and cryptocurrency security advocate, recently posted a somber security alert on XRP’s discord channel. Perhaps most controversially, he challenged users to rethink their blanket trust of hardware-based wallets such as Ledger and Trezor. Van Code’s warning comes at a very critical time for...
And the XRP Ledger (XRPL) has never been stronger. It now has more than 6 million accounts, that’s a 24% increase in just one quarter since the start of calendar year 2024! This rapid acceleration in adoption further magnifies the need for solid security protocols to shield users’ assets. Recent...
We think our XRP is safe. Locked away, untouchable. But are we really? I’ve watched many close friends in our XRP community lose it all. Yet it all transpired because of a few seemingly minor security oversights. Twelve years later, do you remember Sarah? She’d lost her entire stack from...
We all know the mantra: "Not your keys, not your coins." Wait, you ran out and bought a hardware wallet—smugly secure, you think. You’ve stored your XRP in an unbreakable digital citadel. But what if I told you that the fortress has a secret back door. Even worse, it might...
