Are We Really Doing the Bitcoin Hype Cycle Again?
It’s safe to say crypto is experiencing renewed interest since the crash of 2022. Bitcoin just hit its highest price since 2021, the SEC’s approval of spot Bitcoin ETFs has…
Bitcoin Wears a Patagonia Vest Now, but Is It Still Crypto?
Cryptocurrency cleaned up its act this week as spot Bitcoin ETFs made their Wall Street debut in January. The digital tokens are looking almost unrecognizable from what the industry represented…
SEC Approves Bitcoin ETFs (For Real, This Time)
After a hilarious fake out yesterday, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) *officially* approved 11 Bitcoin ETFs, giving the crypto world a bit win to start the new year.…
X Confirms SEC Hack, Says Account Didn’t Have 2FA Turned On
Gary Gensler, chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), speaks during an event at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, US.Photo: Nathan Howard/Bloomberg (Getty Images) The Securities…
The Crypto World Is Losing Its Mind Over the SEC’s X Debacle
The X account belonging to the Securities and Exchange Commission was hacked on Tuesday, allowing a fake announcement to be posted to the web concerning a much-awaited happening in the…
Bitcoin Price Plummets Due to Hacked SEC Tweet
SEC Chairman Gary GenslerPhoto: Nathan Howard/Bloomberg (Getty Images) The Security and Exchange Commission’s X account was hacked on Tuesday afternoon, sending an untrue tweet that the Bitcoin ETF was approved.…
Weekend Tech Roundup January 06, 2024
Google Just Disabled Cookies for 30 Million Chrome Users. Here’s How to Tell If You’re One of Them. But me love cookies!Photo: VIAVAL TOURS / Shutterstock.com (Shutterstock) Mr. Tweet Fumbles…
Wait, Is Bitcoin Going to Die?
The price of Bitcoin crashed nearly 10% on Wednesday, falling from $45,000 to below $41,000 in mere hours, hurting crypto’s best bull run in a year. But what, or who,…
Mt. Gox Victims Report ‘Double Repayments’ From 2014 Bitcoin Hack
Photo: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg (Getty Images) Well, that’s one way to see your investment pay off. In 2014, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world, Mt. Gox, suffered a notorious hack…
Sam Altman’s Weird Eyeball Scanning Crypto Tech Comes to Minecraft
Worldcoin, Sam Altman’s cryptocurrency venture, is now integrating its verification services into popular apps such as Reddit, Discord, Shopify, Mercado Libre, Telegram, and Minecraft. The move is part of Altman’s…