How the Ethereum Merge Ends the Environmental Debate About NFTs
In brief NFTs have been widely criticized for their environmental impact, given the energy requirements of top NFT network Ethereum....
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Terra Falls Back Down to Earth: LUNA Sinks 38% From Recent High
In brief The price of Terra’s LUNA has fallen 38% since last Friday’s sudden surge. LUNA Classic (LUNC) has also...
The Ethereum Merge Matters for Everyone in Crypto
After years and years of delays, the Ethereum merge is upon us. The event formerly known as Ethereum 2.0, when...
Why DeFi Speculators Are Borrowing Ethereum as Merge Looms
Decrypting DeFi is Decrypt's DeFi email newsletter. (art: Grant Kempster) With Ethereum’s merge event just days away, the entire industry...
Terra Comeback? LUNA Surges 166% After LUNA Classic’s Own Rise
In brief Terra’s LUNA has climbed 166% in value today, as of this writing, following a sizable rise for LUNC...
Queen Elizabeth II Ethereum NFT Tribute Project Holds Final Auction
In brief QueenE, an Ethereum-based NFT project, is holding its final Gen1 artwork auction following the death of England’s Queen...
Tether’s Lead Over USDC Hits $16B as Binance Moves to Limit Stablecoin Competitors
For a while there, it looked like Circle’s USDC stablecoin was within range to overtake Tether, its biggest competitor. Starting...
Ethereum Devs Dismiss Early Hiccups as Bellatrix Kicks Off the Merge
Ethereum core developers kicked off the network’s long-awaited merge early Tuesday morning by initiating one last major upgrade before the...
Trezor and Wasabi Join Forces To Make Bitcoin More Private
Trezor, the company behind one of the most popular crypto wallets, has teamed up with privacy project Wasabi to bring...
KlimaDAO Engages Tusk Strategies to Push Congress to Write DAOs Into Law
The KlimaDAO announced Friday that it is collaborating with politicians to provide a legal framework for DAOs in the Lummis-Gillibrand...
Saylor gets sued, FBI warns about DeFi exploits, and Crypto.com drops $495M sponsorship: Hodler’s Digest, Aug. 28
Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best...
Cardano Vasil Hard Fork Gets a Hard Date
Developers at Input Output and the Cardano Foundation today announced that Cardano’s Vasil hard fork will occur on September 22,...
Celsius Asks to Return Some Customer Funds in Court Filing
Bankrupt crypto lender Celsius today said in a court filing that it would seek to return some—but not all—of its...
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Spikes as Profitability Drops for Mining Companies
Bitcoin is becoming harder to mine. The mining difficulty for the world’s biggest cryptocurrency’s jumped by 9.26% over the last...
Crypto.com Sues Woman After Sending Her $10 Million by Mistake: Report
A woman received $10.5 million in an accidental transaction from popular cryptocurrency platform Crypto.com—and then allegedly spent it on a...
DeGods Have Ascended: Solana NFT Project Soars Ahead of Buzzy y00ts Launch
In brief Solana project DeGods has topped the overall NFT market over the past day while setting a new all-time...
This Week on Crypto Twitter: Did Israeli Regulators Know How Insolvent Celsius Was? And Did Bitboy Really Let Atozy Off the Hook?
Illustration by Mitchell Preffer for Decrypt It was an underwhelming week; the prices of all leading cryptocurrencies went down over...
From Silk Road to Buying ETH: How Musician Tycho Went Crypto
From Silk Road to Buying ETH: How Musician Tycho Went CryptoScott Hansen aka Tycho, the musician, producer, and songwriter, tells...
Coinbase Will Consider Listing Ethereum Forks Following Merge
With Ethereum’s long-anticipated merge just around the corner, crypto exchanges are now having to decide whether to support a controversial...
Snoop Dogg and Eminem to Bring Bored Ape NFTs to VMAs In ‘Otherside’ Metaverse Performance
Snoop Dogg and Eminem will bring their Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) NFTs to the VMAs this Sunday, performing from...
BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, SOL, DOGE, DOT, SHIB, MATIC
Bitcoin (BTC) and several major cryptocurrencies have been trading sideways as traders avoid taking large bets before the United States...
Crypto Exchange Celsius Countersues KeyFi for ‘Gross Mismanagement’
Troubled crypto lending platform Celsius filed a countersuit in United States Bankruptcy Court on Tuesday against Jason Stone and his company...