Blockchain

Opinion by: Nic Puckrin, founder of CoinBureau  The largest liquidation event in the history of the crypto market, which wiped out at least $19 billion in long positions after US President Donald Trump announced punitive […]

Australia’s corporate regulator has released updated guidance on digital assets, which blockchain executives have welcomed, while airing concerns on the speedy issuance of licenses. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission updated its Info Sheet 225 […]

Ethereum layer-2 network MegaETH’s initial coin offering reportedly “sold out” within minutes and is now oversubscribed by about $400 million, as users scramble to get an allocation of its MEGA token.  The Ethereum layer-2 network […]

Key takeaways Tax authorities like the IRS, HMRC and ATO classify crypto as a capital asset, meaning that sales, trades and even swaps are considered taxable events. Tax authorities worldwide are coordinating through frameworks like […]

Kyrgyzstan has rolled out a new stablecoin pegged 1:1 to the Kyrgyzstani som, while confirming plans to issue a central bank digital currency and explore a digital asset reserve. The KGST stablecoin will run on […]

Ripple has closed its acquisition of non-bank prime broker Hidden Road and rebranded it as Ripple Prime, marking one of the company’s most significant deals to date and substantially expanding its operations beyond the digital […]

The US energy secretary has urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to write new rules enabling big electricity consumers, such as AI data centers and Bitcoin mining operations, to connect directly and quickly to […]

Decentralized exchange Bunni has announced it is shutting down following an $8.4 million exploit in September, and is now the second crypto project team to throw in the towel this week.  In a Thursday X […]

While there have been multiple attempts over the years at building “crypto cities” — special zones that rely on blockchain technology to function —most experiments have failed, and crypto executives think they know why.  One […]

What is Bitcoin mining? Bitcoin mining is the process that keeps the BTC network secure and operational. Bitcoin (BTC) miners collect pending transactions, bundle them into blocks and repeatedly perform hashing attempts (trial and error) […]