Bank of Korea Chief on CBDC: Better Right Than Fast

Bank of Korea Governor Lee Ju-yeol isn’t bullish on bitcoin, but he sees potential in a central bank digital currency (CBDC), if it’s done right.  Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, Lee said that when it comes to a CBDC, it’s better to do it right than do it fast, citing the cautious approach […]

Coinbase Lists Unmasking of Bitcoin’s Creator Among Business Risks

DeFi, social media and data breaches are also acknowledged as "risk factors" for investors in the company's hot-off-the-presses prospectus.

DeFi Exchange 1Inch Expands to Binance Smart Chain Citing ETH Gas Fees

The DEX aggregator is branching out from Ethereum to the bustling BSC.

Mt. Gox Creditors to Vote on Draft Rehabilitation Plan

Creditors will vote on the draft plan proposed by trustee Nobuaki Kobayashi with the aim of resolution by October.

Bitcoin ‘Too Volatile’ to Be Global Medium of Exchange, Says Berkshire’s Charlie Munger

The 97-year-old vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway said buying bitcoin is "the pursuit of the uneatable by the unspeakable."

Benchmark Leads $50M Round for Digital Soccer Collectibles Platform Sorare

Accel Partners and soccer star Rio Ferdinand also joined the Series A investment round.

Mystery Over Why Blockchain Australia Revoked Membership of Crypto Project Qoin

Qoin is unsure why its membership in Austalia's leading blockchain industry group was terminated.

Nvidia Estimates Ethereum Miners Contributed 2%-6% of Q4 Revenue

Nvidia expects $50 million in revenue will come from a new, miner-specific product during its first quarter of sales.

Serbian Man Indicted for Embezzling $7M Through Fraudulent Crypto Schemes

According to the indictment, Kristijan Krstic founded two digital-asset investment platforms that fraudulently induced investors to buy securities in the form of investment contracts.

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Stabilizes Around $49K After Two Extremely Volatile Trading Days

There are signs some of the excessive leverage had been wrung out of the market, implying the potential for a fresh more to the upside, analysts said.

Andreessen Horowitz Leads $25M Round in Ethereum Scaling Solution

The titan of Silicon Valley VC is leading a major round in Optimism.

How Institutions Will Take Crypto Mainstream

If bitcoin is anti-establishment, what happens when the establishment joins the party?

FedWire Is Back Online After Outage That Affected Crypto Exchanges, Others

The outage only lasted a few hours and affected wire transfers that were in the process of being settled or were in the queue.

Gold and Bitcoin Won’t ‘Cannibalize’ Each Other: Goldman Sachs Analysts

The dueling commodities inhabit different ends of the investor spectrum and can coexist in a portfolio, the analysts said.

Bank Analysts Clash on Square Price Targets After Q4 Results

Analysts with Royal Bank of Canada and Goldman Sachs gave divergent estimates for the bitcoin-friendly payments firm.

BitcoinPaperWallet ‘Back Door’ Responsible for Millions in Missing Funds, Research Suggests

At least 124.85 BTC appear to have been swept from wallets generated by the website.

Outage at the Fed Delays Bank Wire Transfers, Affecting Crypto Exchanges

Cryptocurrency exchanges Gemini and Kraken reported delays in automated clearing house and FedWire transactions due to the outage.