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Meta’s new Twitter lookalike, Threads, launched on July 6 to much hype and quickly reached 100 million users in under a week. But whether the app can keep up that momentum is unclear.Threads seemed on track to challenge Twitter, the long-time microblogging incumbent that ju

For the first time in history, Bitcoin and the cryptocurrency community at large could play a pivotal role in a U.S. presidential election. Although November 2024 is over a year away, campaigns are already in full swing and, like it or not, Bitcoin is on the ballot. The fact that

As extreme weather events continue to increase in frequency as a result of rising temperatures, Web3 stands ready to address one of the biggest issues impacting the global fight against climate change: the climate funding gap.In 2009, delegates at the 15th United Nations Climate

Following a very rough 2022 marred by scandals, collapses and losses, the crypto industry is steadily regaining ground in 2023. Find: 8 Best Cryptocurrencies To Invest In for 2023 Learn: 3 Things You...

Binance, by far the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange in trading volume, has integrated Bitcoin’s Lightning Network protoco.

Hong Kong was once a crypto hot spot, home to initial coin offerings and exchanges galore, before regulators began knocking on doors and talking about banning retail investment, which scared most industry participants away to other jurisdictions.Johnny Ng is working to bring them

If you're nearing retirement age, you might be looking to get out of the United States. People have many reasons for leaving the U.S, whether it's personal affordability, politics, economic fears or...

The U.S. Federal Reserve denies that its new instant payments service, FedNow, is in any way tied to the digital asset space.But experts say the new system could lay the groundwork for the infrastructure needed for a potential central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the U.S. And

Stablecoins are among the most revolutionary crypto assets ever created. The idea behind them is quite simple – traditional cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) can be volatile.

This is David Z. Morris, filling in for Michael Casey to talk about so-called artificial intelligence, the threats it poses to the future – and how crypto could help mitigate them.As Michael would surely agree, there are no real days off in crypto. I was reminded myself whe

McDonald’s is celebrating the 40th anniversary of Chicken McNuggets by opening something called McNuggets Land in metaverse platform The Sandbox.It’s not the first time the fast food giant has shown interest in virtual worlds. The company filed a patent application to

Yesterday, Nasdaq, the prominent, tech-forward U.S. stock exchange, announced it is calling off plans to launch a cryptocurrency custody service. The new business line, which would have been regulated as a special purpose trust in New York, was slated to launch in the second quar

How cryptocurrency markets are being regulated around the world

A recent paper on crypto ownership rights from the Law Commission of England and Wales has gained plaudits from politicians and the legal sector – but alone won’t resolve other legal uncertainties like developer liability, as some in the industry are hoping.Proponents

API trading is primarily used by professional traders for its reliability, low latency, and automation capabilities.

A fascinating time capsule came across my desktop this week. Originally published in 1930, this Saturday Evening Post essay by automotive pioneer Alexander Winton recounts his early efforts, beginning in the 1890s, to convince the public that the “horseless carriage”

In the last year, the failures of crypto companies like FTX, Celsius and BlockFi, as well as recent bank collapses, eroded belief in financial systems. A flight to safety has begun as investors of all sizes worldwide seek reliable and secure crypto storage. When investors approac

If you made a list of people whom the crypto community has taken issue with this year, you’d likely find U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler’s name near the top.A quick search for his name via social media will deliver a sense of the senti

With greater than $44 billion in total value locked, there’s no denying decentralized finance (DeFi) has been a big hit among cryptocurrency investors, providing an innovative new way for them to grow their wealth.The reason for DeFi’s success in crypto is it advantag

Ben McKenzie, the former teen heartthrob who starred in “The O.C." and "Gotham,” jokingly refers to his somewhat recent career pivot as going from a “mid-level celebrity” to part-time crypto critic. A few years ago, at a time when many of McKenzie’s