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Bitcoin (BTC), the world’s first and biggest decentralized internet currency, has seen a huge wave of success from its humble beginnings.

Despite its recent acceptance as a legitimate investment option, cryptocurrency and the surrounding world of Web3 are still very much a Wild West. Each day, new crypto investors face a steep learning curve filled with beginner mistakes. 

Solana (SOL) was one of the biggest cryptocurrency success stories of 2021. With enhanced smart contract functionality, the project’s native decentralized finance (DeFi) and non-fungible token (NFT) ecosystems flourished as blockchain developers were drawn to the network.

The European Union (EU) has committed to issuing, trading and settling such vehicles over the blockchain over the next five years, making decentralized bonds a significant prospect for the future of finance, even if roadblocks remain. 

Elon Musk, the climate activist, space entrepreneur and maker of electric vehicles, is apparently in a bidding war for Twitter (TWTR). My advice: Walk away.Last month, Musk purchased about 10% of the microblogging company’s free-floating stock, making him the largest shareh

One day in September, while working full-time as an occupational therapist at a hospital in Texas, Sara Baumann was in a patient’s room when her Apple watch started pinging like crazy.“Of course, you can’t scroll through an Apple Watch very quickly to gather inf

We hear from Stephen Ehrlich, CEO of Voyager Digital, on how he sees crypto performing as an asset class in the current environment, and how it is changing the way we build wealth. 

“Scams” has become a synonym for NFTs lately.With marketplaces overwhelmed by fraudulent projects, many collectors of non-fungible tokens have suffered from maybe the most notorious method of all, rug pulls, where the creators of a digital asset ditch the project and

Metaverse, metaverse, metaverse! You hear it everywhere. It’s mainstream, it’s a trendy buzzword, it’s even corporate strategy du jour.But that wasn’t the case in early 2020. And this is when Matthew Ball, a former head of strategy at Amazon Studios, began

Crypto tax compliance is a major topic of conversation this year, but many are still struggling to keep up with regulations as the space evolves.

Now is the time to call the question on staking taxation, and the answer is clear: Block rewards received by stakers should be taxed only upon sale.In 2014, the Internal Revenue Service declared that virtual currency is property. In the very same policy decision (made in guidance

In crypto, being “early” is everything.Investors repeat it like a mantra: “We’re still early,” or, “It’s so early,” the idea being that it’s far from “too late” to get in on the crypto gold rush. You can see it in

When it was released last month, “The Cryptopians” caught some buzz for a handful of juicy revelations about behind-the-scenes conflict during the development and launch of Ethereum. But the book, written by longtime crypto reporter and podcaster Laura Shin, has a lot

EXMO, a London-based cryptocurrency exchange that used to be one of the fiat on-ramps for users in Russia and Eastern Europe, is cutting ties with Russia to avoid the damaging association after the country invaded Ukraine, the company said in a blog post on Monday."After careful

For starters, if you had told me back in 2014 that in eight years’ time I would be worried about bitcoin dropping below $40,000, I would have laughed at you for obvious reasons.

With skyrocketing valuations, cryptocurrencies are becoming more popular. Find out which cryptocurrencies could be the next to explode in value in 2022.

There are plenty of alternatives to Bitcoin and other big-name cryptocurrencies. If you’re ready to invest in some crypto, consider these affordable options.

Cryptocurrency is digital money that isn't managed by a central system, like a government. Instead, it's based on blockchain technology, with bitcoin being the most popular one. As digital money...

Blockstream announced it has partnered with Jack Dorsey's Block (formerly Square) and Elon Musk's Tesla to build an open-source, solar-powered Bitcoin mining facility in Texas. See: The Best and Worst...

Elon Musk is quite vocal about cryptocurrencies during events and especially on Twitter. Since he has invested heavily in crypto and is one of the wealthiest people alive, his views seem to drive the...