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The infamous EMAX ad post (image: Kim Kardashian / Instagram / edited)

Kim Kardashian banned from peddling crypto and fined US$1.26 million as the SEC cracks down on influencer scams

Kim Kardashian's brief flirt with scammy crypto advertising would cost her a 3-year ban on crypto promotions and US$1.26 million. That's the US$250,000 she received for the post touting an EthereumMax token, plus interest and a US...

Daniel Zlatev, 03 Oct 2022 18:40

A greener Ethereum is on the horizon. (Image Source: Coinpage)

Ethereum completes PoS merge, but GPU-based ETH mining is not dead yet

With the recently completed Ethereum PoS merge, the coin would effectively become unmineable via GPUs some time in 2023. However, an immediate GPU dump is unlikely, as new PoW alternatives including Ethereum Classic or the newly-c...

Bogdan Solca, 15 Sep 2022 15:07

ETH's Merge event may fall on September 15 (image: Ethereum.org)

Ethereum Merge event may land early to cut electricity use 99% as Norway explores ETH-based digital currency

The long-awaited shakeup of crypto's electricity bills in the form of Ethereum's so-called Merge event may happen as soon as Thursday instead of on the 'soft' September 19 deadline. The drastic ETH mining power draw reduction may ...

Daniel Zlatev, 12 Sep 2022 16:23

Solana claims its protocol and cryptography weren't compromised during the hack. (image: Executium/Unsplash)

Hackers drain over US$4 million from thousands of Solana wallets in yet another widespread crypto hack

Thousands of Solana wallets have been drained thanks to a widespread attack on Slope mobile wallets. According to initial investigations, the attack is only limited to software wallets as hardware wallets haven’t been breached.

Fawad Murtaza, 04 Aug 2022 10:49

Craig Wright commenting on the first 'Satoshi trial' verdict (image: TMX/Vimeo)

Satoshi Nakamoto fraud lawsuit earns 'Bitcoin inventor' Craig Wright just £1 in damages on 'false claims'

While a London High Court acknowledged the defamatory nature of social media posts debunking Craig Wright's claims that he is the Bitcoin protocol inventor Satoshi Nakamoto, the judge awarded only nominal damages to Craig. The cou...

Daniel Zlatev, 02 Aug 2022 12:35

A disgruntled Dogecoin investor from the US is taking legal steps against Elon Musk and his companies Tesla and SpaceX (Image: Kanchanara)

Elon Musk and Tesla sued for US$258 billion in alleged Dogecoin pyramid scheme

An upset Dogecoin investor claims that Musk and his companies artificially inflated the price of the well-known cryptocurrency Dogecoin, which consequently caused massive losses when the meme coin shed 93% of its value after skyro...

Enrico Frahn, 19 Jun 2022 02:57

You can now display your NFT collection on a TAG Heuer Connected Calibre E4 smartwatch. (Image source: TAG Heuer)

TAG Heuer Connected Calibre E4 gets NFT watch face feature

TAG Heuer has released a new Lens watch face feature that enables you to showcase your NFTs on a Connected Calibre E4 smartwatch. You can choose from various animated layouts and time displays. Plus, the company has partnered with...

Polly Allcock, 15 Jun 2022 13:21

Coinbase CEO preps for 'extended' crypto recession (image: Coinbase Blog)

Coinbase CEO expects a long crypto winter as the exchange lays off 1100 employees while running an NBA ad to mock pessimists

The plunge in transaction fee revenues is forcing the largest crypto exchange in the US Coinbase to do another round of layoffs, this time of 18% of its staff. 'A recession could lead to another crypto winter and could last for an...

Daniel Zlatev, 15 Jun 2022 12:25

Shiba Inu founder goes dark(er)

Although not much is known about Shiba Inu's creator, Ryoshi, now this mysterious person is back in the dark after he removed all the social media content he ever posted. However, this extreme move has not affected much the popula...

Codrut Nistor, 03 Jun 2022 18:54

Elon Musk has often touted Dogecoin and other crypto (image: Kanchanara/Unsplash)

Dogecoin inventor calls Elon Musk 'grifter' for propping crypto and FSD 'Ponzi' as he predicts a harder price crash

The Australian co-creator of the meme cryptocurrency Dogecoin, Jackson Palmer, has some harsh warnings about the future of crypto and doesn't mince words when it comes to Tesla's CEO Elon Musk. Musk, according to Mr. Palmer, has n...

Daniel Zlatev, 30 May 2022 08:18

Nvidia enables full LHR on RTX 3000 series cards. (Source: Nvidia)

Nvidia's latest Game Ready 512.95 driver restores LHR crypto mining limiter on Ampere cards but it is not foolproof

Nvidia has released its latest Game Ready drivers. The 512.95 drivers enable Light Hash Rate (LHR) fully once again on the RTX 3000 series cards. The drivers also bring DLSS and raytracing support for Hitman 3.

Fawad Murtaza, 27 May 2022 16:35

Robinhood is planning to launch a "web3" crypto wallet. (Source: Robinhood)

Robinhood plans to launch a non-custodial crypto wallet for web3 before 2023

After launching a custodial crypto wallet in April, Robinhood has announced that it is developing a non-custodial crypto wallet, calling it a "web3 wallet that will allow customers to have total control of their crypto." Robinhood...

Fawad Murtaza, 19 May 2022 22:53

The latest version of QuickMiner fully unlocks LHR-limited Ampere cards (Image source: NiceHash)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3000 series LHR mining limit gets fully bypassed: 100 percent hashrate now possible on NiceHash QuickMiner with LHR cards

NiceHash recently announced that its QuickMiner software was now capable of fully unlocking the hashrate on most Ampere LHR cards, barring the RTX 3080 12GB and the RTX 3050. This means that LHR-limited Ampere cards like the GeFor...

Arjun Krishna Lal, 09 May 2022 15:08

NVIDIA has settled a case with the SEC for US$5.5 million. (Image via NVIDIA and U.S. SEC w/ edits)

NVIDIA fined $5.5 million over failure to disclose sales to cryptocurrency miners

NVIDIA has settled charges levied against it by the United States Security and Exchange Commission (SEC). As a part of the settlement, the GPU manufacturer will pay a US$5.5 million penalty. The SEC charged NVIDIA with a failure t...

Sam Medley, 07 May 2022 05:11

NFT sales have dropped by a significant margin after peaking in September of last year (Image: Andrey Metelev)

NFT market crashes as sales figures drop by a massive 92%

The once-hyped digital tokens that are based on the blockchain technology seem to be in much less demand these days as higher interest rates prompt investors to shy away from risky and speculative bets. A full-blown NFT market cra...

Enrico Frahn, 04 May 2022 23:36

The Otherdeeds sale overwheled Ethereum's blockchain (image: Otherside)

The Bored Ape Yacht Club's Otherside NFT deeds sale burned a whopping ETH amount amid failed transactions and apologies

The Ethereum blockchain suffered one of its most challenging cryptocurrency destruction times since the hacking of the DAO forced Buterin to create a fork in the road. The culprit, a Yuga Labs Otherside metaverse land sale showere...

Daniel Zlatev, 03 May 2022 18:59

America's 401(k) retirement plans are allowing a crypto portion (image: Executium/Unsplash)

Labor Department says crypto puts Americans' retirement savings at risk as Fidelity lets Bitcoin in 401(k) pension plans

After a smaller 401(k) provider announced they are letting clients hold up to 5% of retirement savings in crypto, the Fidelity Investment behemoth one-upped the offer by allowing pension plan subscribers to save up to 20% of their...

Daniel Zlatev, 29 Apr 2022 10:01

Biostar iMiner 660MX8D2. (Source: Biostar)

Eight AMD Radeon RX 6600 GPUs in one computer: Biostar unveils the iMiner 660MX8D2

Biostar has launched the iMiner 660MX8D2, a cryptominer with eight RX 6600 GPUs. Per Biostar, the miner will deliver 248 MH/s of ETH mining performance. Biostar is advertising the rig as a "plug & play mining solution."

Fawad Murtaza, 27 Apr 2022 14:20

$SHIB owners get burn rewards via new portal (image: Quantitatives.io/Unsplash)

Shiba Inu burning portal lets holders earn interest on their burntSHIB tokens

A centralized Shibaswap portal for burning Shiba Inu coins has been launched by the meme token community and it aims to entice holders to burn by providing them with passive income from the transactions. After $SHIB owners send th...

Daniel Zlatev, 24 Apr 2022 18:20

The Cardio Health Metabike allows you to earn crypto assets for playing games as you work out. (Image source: Cardio Health)

Cardio Health’s Metabike blends workouts with VR and crypto assets

Cardio Health has revealed the Metabike, a home exercise bike that allows you to play games as you workout. Smart pedals on the fitness device monitor your output and use this to power an avatar in a game, plus there are controlle...

Polly Allcock, 23 Apr 2022 12:53

Super Follows and Ticketed Spaces account holders can now be paid in crypto (image: Twitter)

Twitter pilots crypto payments for content monetization

Select Twitter users in the Ticketed Spaces and Super Follows programs will be able to receive their content monetization payments in USD stablecoin crypto. The move comes in partnership with fintech giant Stripe.

Daniel Zlatev, 22 Apr 2022 17:56

NFT of Jack Dorsey's first tweet put for US$48 million sale, attracts laughable bids

The first ever post by Twitter's co-founder Jack Dorsey was converted to NFT not long ago and was acquired for US$2.9 million by an investor in a charity auction set by Mr. Dorsey himself. Now, its new owner wants to resell it at ...

Daniel Zlatev, 14 Apr 2022 12:57

The new Ledger Nano S Plus crypto hardware wallet offers most Nano X features on the cheap

Ledger has launched a new crypto hardware wallet stick that sits in the sweet price spot between the beginner's Nano S, and the full-featured Ledger Nano X meant for the pros. The Ledger Nano S Plus costs just US$79, yet comes pac...

Daniel Zlatev, 10 Apr 2022 15:23

NIO sysadmin cops to mining Ethereum on the EV maker's servers, 'negatively impacting the company's system security'

An employee of the electric carmaker NIO has admitted to jerry-rigging the company's servers that are used for its self-driving software and other IT applications for mining crypto. NIO's sysadmin started mining Ethereum when its ...

Daniel Zlatev, 09 Apr 2022 20:36

Her Majesty's Treasury to release an NFT soon. (Source: HM Treasury on Twitter)

Sterling out Blockchain in: Royal Mint set to mint an NFT to signal UK's positive attitude towards crypto

The Finance Minister of the UK has instructed the Royal Mint, the entity that produces Britain's coins, to mint an NFT by this summer. The NFT is meant to signify the "forward-looking approach" that the UK is taking towards crypto...

Fawad Murtaza, 07 Apr 2022 00:06

Bitcoin might hit incredible ATH in the coming months (Source: Getty Images)

Sanctions on Russia's central bank might push Bitcoin above the US$1 million mark

Although Bitcoin struggles to hit US$50,000 once again, a recent prediction claims that last year's highs of nearly US$70,000 will become a mere joke compared to the US$1,300,000 ATH expected to arrive in the coming months. "The u...

Codrut Nistor, 05 Apr 2022 16:46

Cryptocurrency miners are now employing workstation-grande hardware for their mining needs (image via @I_Leak_VN on Twitter)

Vietnamese retailer shows off multiple cryptocurrency mining rigs powered by Nvidia's enterprise-grade GeForce RTX A4000

Cryptocurrency miners have now shifted focus from gaming GPUs to enterprise-centred models. A PC parts seller from Vietnam is showing off dozens of mining rigs that use eight Nvidia's RTX A4000 workstation GPUs. Each machine can r...

Anil Ganti, 05 Apr 2022 01:18

Alleged Satoshi Nakamoto Craig Wright says he'd sell 'anti-crypto' Bitcoin that has 'no utility' as he touts his Satoshi Vision project

Craig Wright, the self-proclaimed co-inventor of the Bitcoin protocol collective known as Satoshi Nakamoto, said he is rather disappointed with the current state of the network and might sell his bitcoins that have 'no utility.' H...

Daniel Zlatev, 02 Apr 2022 22:03

ASRock's cryptomining rig. (Image source: Bolha)

Defective PS5 chips allegedly find their way into AsRock's cryptomining rig

A cryptomining computer allegedly running twelve repurposed PS5 chips has been spotted by Twitter user Komachi. The rig looks like it is from ASRock, costs a whopping US$14,800, and has reportedly been designed in collaboration wi...

Fawad Murtaza, 31 Mar 2022 00:08

Opera has a Polygon tie-in. (Source: Opera)

The Opera browser announces support for eight blockchains in a Web3-positive move

Opera now offers access to multiple blockchains, well-known examples such as Solana and Polygon included. Its representatives indicate that they have been integrated into the browser in order to future-proof it against the anticip...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 30 Mar 2022 16:57

Blockchain integration is coming to Storybook Brawl. (Image source: Good Luck Games/Unsplash - edited)

NFT hate leads to Storybook Brawl getting torpedoed on Steam in negative review campaign

The popular card strategy game Storybook Brawl has been subject to mass negative review bombing on Steam. The increase in negative reviews ties in with the news that the game’s developer, Good Luck Games, has been bought out by cr...

Daniel R Deakin, 27 Mar 2022 14:50

Bitcoin of America adds Dogecoin to its crypto ATM machines, sending Doge price way up

Dogecoin has risen way above the crypto market average as it becomes the fourth cryptocurrency to be included as a trading token in the Bitcoin of America's chain of crypto ATMs. Shiba Inu, whose price action usually correlates wi...

Daniel Zlatev, 24 Mar 2022 14:34

Federal Reserve Chairman says crypto has to be 'brought within' existing financial regulation to 'protect consumers'

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said during a panel discussion organized by the Bank of International Settlements that they will be guided by the "same activity, same regulation" principle when it comes to regulating crypto...

Daniel Zlatev, 23 Mar 2022 17:04

NFTs valued at around US$1.7 million have been stolen from the founder of DeFiance Capital. (Image source: Muhannad Ajjan via Unsplash)

NFTs worth US$1.7 million have been stolen from DeFiance Capital founder

Arthur Cheong, the founder of DeFiance Capital, has been hacked. NFTs and other tokens worth an estimated US$1.7 million have been stolen from one of their hot wallets. At the time of writing, several stolen NFTs have already been...

Polly Allcock, 22 Mar 2022 16:46

As Bitcoin mining becomes less profitable, energy companies spot opportunity

Instead of just providing the electricity and services needed or crypto mining data centers, energy companies are increasingly starting to mine for Bitcoins themselves. Thanks to the economies of scale they achieve by eschewing th...

Daniel Zlatev, 21 Mar 2022 17:29

Meta finds itself in new legal trouble. (Source: Meta)

Meta is slapped with a lawsuit alleging scam-ad collusion in the Australian market

Meta (formerly known as Facebook) now faces legal action brought against it by Australia's Competition & Consumer Commission (or ACCC) in relation to a scandal in which the platform allowed misleading ads such as those that misapp...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 20 Mar 2022 13:56

ApeCoin comes from the minds that created the popular Bored Ape NFTs. (Image source: Yuga Labs/ApeCoinDAO/CoinMarketCap - edited)

ApeCoin market cap sliced by US$1.2 billion in one day despite Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT association

ApeCoin has dipped in price from a 24-hour high of US$14.54 to a low of US$11.25, finishing the trading day on US$11.33. The market cap loss from the high to the low price for ApeCoin amounted to an astonishing US$1.2 billion. How...

Daniel R Deakin, 20 Mar 2022 03:37

This "Pepe the Frog" image was apparently worth more than half a million dollars until the creator released identical NFTs for free (Image: PegzDAO)

Buyer of "Pepe the Frog" NFT files US$500,000 lawsuit after creator releases identical NFTs for free

After the "Pepe the Frog" creator released 46 identical NFTs, an apparent case of buyer's remorse has now led to a US$500,000 lawsuit in which the winner of the original NFT auction accuses the creator and his organization of frau...

Enrico Frahn, 17 Mar 2022 23:30

Switching to Bitcoin legal tender could be the next step. (Image Source: thedigital.gov.ua)

Ukrainian President signs crypto legalization law, full virtual asset market launch incoming

The wave of crypto donations received from all over the world hastened the adoption of the cryptocurrency legalization law and Ukraine is now preparing for a full-on virtual asset market launch in the coming months with the aid of...

Bogdan Solca, 17 Mar 2022 16:45

The Bored Apes Yacht Club NFT set adds CryptoPunks in a US$5 billion merger, will transfer the IP rights to owners

Yuga Labs, the company behind the popular Bored Apes Yacht Club NFT series has acquired the distribution rights to the no less popular CryptoPunks and Meebits series for undisclosed amount. The first thing that Yuga announced toge...

Daniel Zlatev, 15 Mar 2022 10:56

Coinbase One platform with no transaction fees offers free crypto trading, US$1 million in exchange account protection

A new Coinbase One subscription tier has launched in beta testing form to offer fee-free crypto trading transactions, and up to a million in account protection, as well as 24/7 support. Coinbase keeps mum on its One platform month...

Daniel Zlatev, 14 Mar 2022 14:58

Judge in 'Satoshi Nakamoto trial' orders Craig Wright to pay US$43 million more in IP damages to the heirs of Bitcoin co-inventor

Miami court judge in the so-called "Satoshi Nakamoto trial" has ordered the defendant Craig Wright to pay US$43 million extra in intellectual property theft damages to the estate of the deceased David Kleiman, the alleged Bitcoin ...

Daniel Zlatev, 13 Mar 2022 17:32

The Bitcoin Antminer S9 was placed in a small box outside the 22ft long Airstream travel trailer (Image: Michael Schmid)

Savvy cryptominer uses an Antminer S9 as a heating system for his Airstream travel trailer

In addition to saving a considerable amount of propane gas in the relatively cold weather in the US state of Colorado, the ingenious heating system built around the Bitmain Antminer S9 also mines a few fractions of a bitcoin every...

Enrico Frahn, 11 Mar 2022 01:57

President Biden's crypto executive order pleases the industry but fails to prop Bitcoin

President Biden signed the rumored far-reaching executive order on cryptocurrency regulation, taxation, and government crypto research. From stablecoins to fraud prevention, the mild-mannered order seems to have pleased everyone i...

Daniel Zlatev, 10 Mar 2022 16:06

Intel is broadening its crypto-related solution portfolio. (Image Source: Intel)

Intel announces Agilex M-Series FPGA SoCs designed for crypto mining workloads

The Agilex M-Series FPGA is the only solution to offer support for HBM2e, DDR5 and Optane memory, with a up to 32 GB DRAM capacity and 820 GBps maximum bandwidth. Intel claims it also offers 60% improved performance over the previ...

Bogdan Solca, 09 Mar 2022 21:37

President Biden to sign an executive order on digital dollar and federal crypto controls

President Biden will be signing a wide-reaching cryptocurrency control executive order that will aim to coordinate the regulation efforts of the various government agencies currently involved in monitoring the crypto market. The d...

Daniel Zlatev, 08 Mar 2022 16:55

NFT regulation probes for money laundering and fractional lending launched by the Treasury and SEC

Non-fungible tokens may have to be treated like stocks with all the regulatory compliance resulting from that fact, claims a Securities and Exchange Commission probe. Meanwhile, a Treasury Department study says NFTs may need more ...

Daniel Zlatev, 03 Mar 2022 14:42

A notorious group of hackers seeks US$1 million in return for its LHR bypass software for Nvidia RTX GPUs (Image: Clint Patterson)

Hacker group demands US$1 million for its LHR cryptomining bypass tool for Nvidia RTX GPUs

The South American hacker collective allegedly put the confidential data that was stolen in a recent cyber attack to good use and has developed a bypass tool for Nvidia's cryptomining hashrate limiter that is integrated in most Ge...

Enrico Frahn, 02 Mar 2022 22:24

Most crypto exchanges reluctant to freeze Russian accounts, say that goes against the whole idea behind crypto

The major digital asset exchanges like Binance, Coinbase, or Kraken, aren't going to institute blanket bans on Russian crypto accounts despite Ukraine's plea to freeze any and all transactions. Such a move would fly in the face of...

Daniel Zlatev, 01 Mar 2022 15:05

Bitcoin has fallen by 10 percent in the last 24 hours, as an effect of Russian attack on Ukraine

Bitcoin drops below US$35,000 as Russian troops enter Ukraine

After a sharp drop that took it down to US$34,338.56, Bitcoin is now back above US$35,000. This dive of the world's most popular cryptocurrency comes as a direct consequence of Russia's military actions in Ukraine and, unfortunate...

Codrut Nistor, 24 Feb 2022 12:51