Bitcoin

First Mover: Bitcoin Tumbles, Bithumb Reportedly Raided, Uniswap Challenges Coinbase
Bitcoin is down amid negative news from South Korea, but Uniswap has shot to the top of the DeFi rankings.

Bitcoin Price Drops 4% After Latest Rejection at $12K Resistance
Bitcoin fell by $400 Wednesday morning, having failed once more to move above a long-held resistance level.

Moderator of Darknet Marketplace AlphaBay Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison
The Colorado man mediated disputes on the now-defunct darknet marketplace Alphabay.

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Breaks $12K; Uniswap Crosses $1.5B Locked
Traders are optimistic bitcoin’s price can sustain $12,000 while crypto locked in Uniswap has exploded in the past week.

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.

