Bitcoin
First Mover: Rookie YFI Token Jumped 8-Fold in August as DeFi Dominated
Yearn.finance's YFI token, which looked like another inside DeFi joke when it launched in July, dominated the August return rankings.
Bitcoin Nears $12K as Dollar Declines to 29-Month Low
Sell-off in the U.S. dollar and ether's price rally power gains in bitcoin.
How the Bitcoin Blockchain Is Being Used to Safeguard Nuclear Power Stations
Buenos Aires-based Nuclearis is using the Bitcoin-powered RSK blockchain as an immutable anchor for keeping tabs on critical documents.
Protection Over Profit: What Early Mining Patterns Suggest About Bitcoin’s Inventor
Researchers believe Bitcoin’s creator probably used specialized mining software in the coin’s early days to protect the new network – not to profit from it.
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Over $11.7K; Uniswap Passes $500M in Daily Volume
Bitcoin’s price jumped to $11,784 while the top decentralized exchange crossed a half-billion dollars in daily trading volume.
Huobi Futures to Launch Options Trading This Week, Joining Throng Challenging Deribit
Huobi Futures will offer bitcoin options starting Tuesday, aiming to meet demand from traders for ways to hedge against risks in crypto markets.
First Mover: Huobi Takes On OKEx in Futures, Opening New Front in ‘Chinese’ Rivalry
Huobi is taking on OKEx in the business of bitcoin futures trading, opening a new front in the ongoing rivalry between the two Chinese-led exchanges.
US Stocks Closing on Bigger August Gain Than Bitcoin
While bitcoin is eyeing an August gain for the first time in three years, the cryptocurrency is still lagging U.S. stocks over the month.
Someone Just Lost $16M in Bitcoin by Using a Malicious Install of the Electrum Wallet
An Electrum wallet user claims to have lost a fortune in bitcoin after installing an older version of the software from a malicious source.
The Case for $500,000 Bitcoin
The Winklevoss brothers make an argument that, in the long run, bitcoin is the only good safe haven.
