News

Traders see only a 17% chance that Donald Trump will say "crypto" or "bitcoin" and just 13% for Kamala Harris.

The news could signal a renewed interest from traditional payment platforms in cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies.

In the midst of shrinking revenues and rising operational costs, industry experts tell Decrypt that Bitcoin miners are continuing to invest in new, specialized hardware, displaying strong confidence in the future of the leading crypto network despite short-term struggles. According to a Glassnode report released this week, Bitcoin’s hash rate—an essential measure of mining activity—remains near all-time highs, just 1% shy, even though revenues have plummeted. The mining industry is currently fac...

Crypto is a man’s game? Not quite, according to a new report. In fact, women are just as likely to “HODL” as men are.  That’s what New York-based crypto exchange Gemini said in a new survey of 6,000 people. Their report, “2024 Global State of Crypto,” found that while a gender gap in crypto still exists—with male investors on the whole outnumbering female ones—the number of people who bought digital assets and sat on them is the same between the two sexes.  In the crypto world, to “HODL”—a missp...

Crypto is a man’s game? Not quite, according to a new report. In fact, women are just as likely to “HODL” as men are.  That’s what New York-based crypto exchange Gemini said in a new survey of 6,000 people. Their report, “2024 Global State of Crypto,” found that while a gender gap in crypto still exists—with male investors on the whole outnumbering female ones—the number of people who bought digital assets and sat on them is the same between the two sexes.  In the crypto world, to “HODL”—a missp...

The Aave community is evaluating a proposal to integrate Coinbase's upcoming Bitcoin wrapper, cbBTC, into its V3 protocol.  The potential connection between a centralized exchange and a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform has ignited a debate about the future of DeFi and the balance between innovation and decentralization. The proposal from the Aave Chan Initiative (ACI) would link cbBTC to both the Base network and Ethereum mainnet. The plan includes an incentive package of $150,000 over thre...

In a landmark move, the United Kingdom government introduced a bill in Parliament on Wednesday that aims to clarify the legal status of digital assets—including Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, as well as NFTs—by recognizing them as personal property under English and Welsh law. The bill, if passed, will create a third category of personal property, expanding beyond the current classifications of "things in possession" and "things in action." This new category will encompass certain digital a...