Crypto City: Guide to Dubai
This “Crypto City” guide looks at Dubai’s crypto culture, its most notable projects and people, its financial infrastructure, which retailers accept crypto, and where you...
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New Year’s wishes for the young, ambitious blockchain community
New Year’s Eve is a time not only to reflect on the previous year but also to celebrate the arrival of a new one, full...
Can blockchain solve its oracle problem?
A paradox lies at the heart of smart contract-enabled blockchain networks. They are democratic (distributed), tamper-free (immutable) and transparent, but in order to realize anything...
Introducing the Trivergence: Transformation driven by blockchain, AI and the IoT
I first used a computer in 1970 — just over 50 years ago. For my undergraduate thesis in psychology, I had asked 300 students to...
Top crypto winners and losers of 2021
The year 2021 has undoubtedly been a bull market with Bitcoin (BTC) raising the all-time high price bar several times this year. But not all...
SiennaSwap adds Bitcoin, Monero trading pairs in push for privacy-focused DeFi
Cross-chain DeFi protocol Sienna Network has enabled Bitcoin (BTC) and Monero (XMR) trading pairs on its decentralized exchange, giving users the ability to transact privately...
What is Mimblewimble and how does it work?
What is Mimblewimble? Mimblewimble is a privacy-oriented decentralized protocol that uses a novel way of structuring and storing transactions on the blockchain. It was designed...
Top 5 cryptocurrencies to watch this week: BTC, DOT, UNI, LINK, XMR
Bitcoin (BTC) has continued to trade near the $55,000 level. The sharp rally in Bitcoin has pushed its market dominance from 40.70% on Sep. 12...
Shanghai Man: Looking deeper into China’s biggest ban yet
This weekly roundup of news from Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong attempts to curate the industry’s most important news, including influential projects, changes in...
Shanghai Man: RMB stablecoin in Shanghai, Evergrande FUD, and FTX gains ground
This weekly roundup of news from Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong attempts to curate the industry’s most important news, including influential projects, changes in...
Monero’s former maintainer released from US custody
Riccardo Spagni, the former lead maintainer of the privacy coin Monero, has reported that United States officials have released him after more than a month...
Monero price rises 20% after Atomic Swap implementation
Monero (XMR), the largest privacy-focused cryptocurrency by market capitalization, has posted a 20% price surge following the launch of the Atomic Swap implementation program last...
Monero’s former maintainer arrested in the US for allegations unrelated to cryptocurrency
Riccardo Spagni, the former maintainer of the Monero (XMR) cryptocurrency, was arrested last month in Nashville, Tennessee on fraud charges tied to alleged offenses in...
Top 5 cryptocurrencies to watch this week: BTC, UNI, LINK, SOL, XMR
Bitcoin’s (BTC) 43% rally from $29,482.61 on July 21 to $42,316.71 on July 30 has invigorated the bulls who had been sitting on the sideli....
Newly found Monero bug may impact transaction privacy, developers warn
Developers of privacy-oriented cryptocurrency Monero (XMR) have identified a bug that could potentially impact users’ transaction privacy. On Monday, the official Monero Twitter account warned...
Tory Bryant
Award-winning artist Tory Bryant joins DKleine to chat about her recent entry into the NFT scene following years of experience developing 3D printing technologies used...
Boysterous
Brothers Nicholas and Brendan Overstreet of the luxury fashion and accessories brand, Boysterous, join DKleine to talk about the recent launch of Boysterous NFTs on...
Dearest Haley
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British artist Damien Hirst uses NFTs to blur the boundaries between art and money
“I used to give a lot of art away to people,” reflects Damien Hirst at one of his sprawling west London studios. “And they’d always...
Creaticles
Cointelegraph Magazine is a new publication that goes beyond the daily news and delves much more deeply into the stories, trends, and personalities that inspire...
Chemical Messiah
Cointelegraph Magazine is a new publication that goes beyond the daily news and delves much more deeply into the stories, trends, and personalities that inspire...
Wild Sun Collective
Brothers Shakil and Ehsan Ahmad of Wild Sun Collective join DKleine to discuss their unique efforts to disrupt the literary publishing industry via NFT technology....
Cat Russell
Cointelegraph Magazine is a new publication that goes beyond the daily news and delves much more deeply into the stories, trends, and personalities that inspire...
CryptoArena
Cointelegraph Magazine is a new publication that goes beyond the daily news and delves much more deeply into the stories, trends, and personalities that inspire...
Top 5 cryptocurrencies to watch this week: BTC, ADA, THETA, XMR, AMP
The U.S. Federal Reserve’s plans to advance its timeline for rate hikes to 2023 has led to profit-booking in the U.S. stock market, gold, and...
Top 5 cryptocurrencies to watch this week: BTC, MATIC, EOS, XMR, AAVE
Bitcoin (BTC) is struggling to sustain any price level during the current pullback, indicating a lack of demand at higher levels. Does this mean that...
Privacy coin Monero pumps 31% amid US taxation plans
Coinciding with news that United States President Joe Biden’s proposed tax plan would require tax reporting on business transactions exceeding $10,000, the value of privacy...
Griff Green: Doge-loving hippy hacker steals crypto before bad guys can
The organizer of The Robin Hood Group — which once stole 10% of all circulating ETH from under a black hat hacker’s nose — wants...
Is China softening on Bitcoin? A turn of phrase stirs the crypto world
They were only two seemingly innocuous words: “investment alternatives.” But when applied to Bitcoin — the seminal cryptocurrency — by an official from the People’s...
J. R. Willett launched the first ICO… but still has a day job
ICOs? He held the first one. Stablecoins? He dreamed of them by accident. Vitalik Buterin tried to get him on board to help launch Ethereum,...
Top 5 cryptocurrencies to watch this week: BTC, ETH, BNB, XMR, CAKE
Corrections in a bull phase are usually a bullish sign as they reduce the frothy excitement and allow stronger hands to enter the markets. However,...
Atomic swaps and network upgrades send Monero (XMR) price to a 3-year high
As the 2021 bull market cycle unfolds with decentralized finance and nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, being two of the biggest driving forces for growth, old-school...
You can make money playing in virtual worlds: Gabby Dizon
Gabby Dizon — co-founder of Altitude Games and Yield Guild Games — thinks the science fiction-inspired virtual reality Metaverse is being created all around us...
Top 5 cryptocurrencies to watch this week: BTC, XLM, MIOTA, XMR, XTZ
Bitcoin’s (BTC) hesitation near the all-time high suggests that the bulls and the bears are waiting for a trigger to start the next trending move....
Bitcoin’s comeback, XRP doubles in a week, Coinbase’s big profits: Hodler’s Digest, April 4–10
Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and...
NFTs: Overpriced crap or new art history?
It’s been a heady few weeks for commerce and art. Surely a revolution is afoot and we’re too mired in the hot mess to see...
miss al simpson
Cointelegraph Magazine is a new publication that goes beyond the daily news and delves much more deeply into the stories, trends, and personalities that inspire...
John Constantine
John Constantine joins DKleine to talk about the unique process of using NFC technology in his paintings as a bridge between physical art and digital...
Pussy Riot
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, founding member of Pussy Riot joins DKleine to talk about her foray into NFTs with the series called “PANIC ATTACK” on Foundation that...
KiefMonster
Cointelegraph Magazine is a new publication that goes beyond the daily news and delves much more deeply into the stories, trends, and personalities that inspire...
Rob Prior and Tracy Leparulo
Worlds are colliding as famed artist Rob Prior joins in the NFT craze with the technical savvy of Tracy Leparulo leading the charge. The pair...
Nathan Mccrorey
Cointelegraph Magazine is a new publication that goes beyond the daily news and delves much more deeply into the stories, trends, and personalities that inspire...
Carl Youri
Cointelegraph Magazine is a new publication that goes beyond the daily news and delves much more deeply into the stories, trends, and personalities that inspire...
Gagan Grewal, Mogul Productions
CEO Gagan Grewal visits with DKleine to talk about Mogul Productions, the upcoming launch of the STARS ERC-20 token and the development of the decentralized...
Top 5 cryptocurrencies to watch this week: BTC, ETH, VET, XMR, FTT
Bitcoin (BTC) has risen more than 1,000% since March 2020 and this shows that the digital asset has outperformed traditional asset classes like equities, commodities...
Cyber Shakti
Cyber Shakti chats with host DKleine about the rising tide of the NFT Art market and its life-changing impact on the people who are diving...
NADA Digital
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Sam Bankman-Fried: The crypto whale who wants to give billions away
Like many people in crypto, Sam Bankman-Fried is in it for the money. As the founder of quant trading firm Alameda Research, exchange FTX and...
What are privacy coins and how do they differ from Bitcoin?
Cryptocurrencies are typically pseudonymous, but not necessarily private. Bitcoin (BTC) and other assets run on blockchains, with each transaction posted publicly online. During a transaction...
Privacy coin season? Dash price gains 100% in a week as Monero, Zcash flip bullish
The strength of the cryptocurrency market appears to be spreading to privacy-focused coins. The calm price action of Bitcoin (BTC) often sets up an intense...
Top 5 cryptocurrencies to watch this week: BTC, BCH, EOS, XMR, XTZ
Demand and supply metrics determine the price of an asset and data from Glassnode, an on-chain data firm, shows that Bitcoin’s (BTC) liquid supply has...
Monero community wants Elon Musk to add XMR as Tesla payment option
The Monero community has posted a proposal to add XMR as a payment option on the Tesla website. Shortly after Elon Musk’s Tesla Motors hinted...
Researchers detect new malware targeting Kubernetes clusters to mine Monero
Cybersecurity researchers at Unit 42, the intelligence team at Palo Alto Networks, have published a profile of a new malware campaign that targets Kubernetes clusters...
Grayscale prepares for DeFi future with new cryptocurrency trust filings
The largest Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrency asset manager in the world, Grayscale, could be set to move into the decentralized finance space after documents for...
Regulators dial up the heat: Dash, ZEC and Monero reach boiling point?
On New Year’s Day, the U.S.-based crypto exchange Bittrex announced via Twitter that it was delisting three leading privacy coins: Monero (XMR), Zcash (ZEC) and...
Wrapped Monero launches as exchanges crack down on privacy coins
Crypto custodian BTSE has launched an ERC-20 token that represents Monero (XMR) on the Ethereum blockchain, giving investors new exposure to the privacy-centric coin. Represented...
Heavy hitters of crypto call for users to comment on proposed FinCEN wallet rule
A number of players are encouraging individuals to speak out against FinCEN’s new crypto rules before comments close next week. Crypto exchange Coinbase and the...
Top 5 cryptocurrencies to watch this week: BTC, LTC, BCH, XMR, THETA
The supply and demand equation determines the price of an asset. In the past few months, the uptick in institutional demand for Bitcoin (BTC) has...
Top 5 cryptocurrencies to watch this week: BTC, ETH, XMR, XEM, AAVE
December is proving to be another blockbuster month for Bitcoin as the flow of institutional investors injecting funds into Bitcoin continues to increase. Business intelligence...
19-year-old Ukrainian politician reports crypto holdings of $24M in Monero
A newly appointed official in Ukraine has officially declared his cryptocurrency holdings, including a significant amount of privacy-focused cryptocurrency Monero (XMR). Rostyslav Solod, a 19-year-old...
Bulls eye the $19.5K resistance but low volume keeps Bitcoin price sideways
Today was a relatively uneventful day for Bitcoin (BTC) as the price continues to consolidate into a tighter range. As mentioned by Cointelegraph contributor Rakesh...
Top 5 cryptocurrencies to watch this week: BTC, ETH, XMR, VET, AAVE
Bitcoin’s (BTC) price has been hovering near the $19,000 level for the past few days. Whenever the price consolidates near the all-time high, it is...
Bitcoin theft is likely to surge in meager post-COVID economy: Report
Cryptocurrency-related fraud and theft are likely to grow in the post-COVID-19 world, according to a new report by cybersecurity and antivirus provider Kaspersky Lab. Securelist,...
Cypherpunk Holdings becomes 9th-largest public holder of Bitcoin
Cypherpunk Holdings (CSE:HODL), a privacy-focused Canadian investment company, has upped its stake in Bitcoin (BTC). The company disclosed Thursday that it has added 72.979 BTC...
Privacy coins no more? CipherTrace files patents for tracing Monero transactions
Crypto analytics firm CipherTrace announced on Friday that it had filed two patents for technology capable of tracing transactions for privacy coin Monero (XMR). In...
Top 5 cryptocurrencies to watch this week: BTC, ETH, XRP, XMR, UNI
Bitcoin (BTC) has long been touted as digital gold by crypto enthusiasts. Now as the digital asset faces its first economic crisis since its birth,...
Monero podcaster loses NY congressional race
Douglas Tuman, a crypto enthusiast and host of the Monero Talk podcast, has lost in his bid to represent New York’s 4th District in the...
South Korean financial watchdog will ban privacy coins from exchanges
According to a Nov. 3 announcement from South Korea’s Financial Services Commission, or FSC, virtual asset service providers within the country will no longer be...
Crypto scammers deface Trump campaign website one week from elections
One of United States President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign websites was briefly defaced yesterday, according to an Oct. 28 article on TechCrunch. Hackers managed to...
Amid IRS bounty and competitor progress, Monero developers ship a major update
First announced in September, Monero developers today went live with a network update featuring a new version of its node software, codenamed ‘Oxygen Orion.’ The...
Top 5 cryptocurrencies to watch this week: BTC, XRP, ADA, XMR, ATOM
In the past three years the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has shot down several applications for a Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund. This dashed hopes...
DOJ says use of privacy coins is ‘indicative of possible criminal conduct’
A new report from the U.S. Department of Justice alleges that crypto traders dealing with coins like Monero, Dash, and Zcash are inherently engaging in...
Top 5 cryptocurrencies to watch this week: BTC, ADA, XMR, ATOM, VET
Investors are concerned about the stability of the cryptocurrency market after it was faced with a flurry of adverse news in the past few days....
Dash should not be considered a privacy coin, Dash team says
Once viewed as one of the crypto industry’s top privacy-focused assets, Dash (DASH) no longer operates under that classification, according to the Dash Core Group, the...
Open sesame: Will ‘cracking’ Monero reveal treasure or fool’s gold?
Recently, the United States Internal Revenue Service caused a stir in the crypto community when it put a bounty on the head of anonymity-focused crypto-asset...
Cashless future ahead? Utopian digital dream with dystopian inequality
In Sweden, cash in circulation represents only 1% of the country’s gross domestic product, and some experts predict the nation will go “totally cashless” by...
US Treasury warns crypto firms not to reimburse unknown ransomware victims
Two offices of the U.S. Department of the Treasury have issued advisories on ransomware payouts, which they say pose a threat to national security. The...
Chainalysis and Texas firm win million-dollar IRS contract to crack Monero
On Wednesday, the IRS awarded two $625,000 contracts looking for tracing tools for privacy token Monero and Layer 2 protocols. The winners were blockchain analytics...
Gemini crypto exchange adds shielded withdrawals for privacy coin Zcash
Gemini, a cryptocurrency exchange founded by the Winklevoss twins, aims to improve user privacy with a major privacy token, Zcash (ZEC). Starting Sept. 29, Gemini...
Regulation is coming, Uniswap controversy, how many use crypto worldwide: Hodler’s Digest, Sept. 21–27
Coming every Sunday, Hodler’s Digest tracks every important crypto news story from the previous week. Essential reading for all Hodlers! Top Stories This Week European...
Top 5 cryptocurrencies to watch this week: BTC, NEO, XMR, ADA, LINK
The total crypto market capitalization has recovered from the Sep. 6 lows near $314 billion but it is struggling to sustain above the $350 billion...
Law Decoded: E Pluribus SHA-256
By way of disclaimer, today’s Law Decoded is going to be especially America-centric. Writing to you from the ghastly swamp that is Washington, D.C., I...
XMR workgroup says IRS should study Monero — not try to break it
The United States Internal Revenue Service has better ways to spend taxpayer dollars than offering bounties to break Monero’s (XMR) privacy, a Monero working group...
New US Treasury sanctions on Russian hackers hit Monero address
Per its Wednesday additions to its list of sanctioned individuals, the United States Treasury Department is targeting Monero (XMR) addresses. Russian nationals Dmitriy Karasavidi and Danil Potekhin have...
Privacy coins ‘pose less risk of money laundering than other coins’
Privacy coins including Monero, Dash, Grin, and Zcash pose less of a risk of money laundering than other cryptocurrencies according to a report by a...
Many cloud servers are still at high risk of being hijacked for crypto mining
According to a study published by cybersecurity firm, Aqua Security, cloud servers remain a major target for cryptojacking — a type of attack whose main...
Law Decoded: Governments vs. blockchain privacy, Sept. 4-11
Every Friday, Law Decoded delivers analysis on the week’s critical stories in the realms of policy, regulation and law. Editor’s note One of the most...