The United Kingdom neobank Xapo Bank recently added a new financial product to its lineup: Interest-Bearing Bitcoin Accounts (IBBAs). These accounts offer up to 1% annual interest rate on Bitcoin holdings without requiring users to stake, lend, or lock...
Market analyst Markus Thielen of 10x Research has highlighted a significant uptick in stablecoin issuance that could signal the next major Bitcoin rally. In the latest report published by the investment research firm, Thielen pointed out that the two...
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin recently outlined his vision for achieving seamless cross-chain interoperability among Ethereum Layer 2 networks. In a series of posts on X on August 5, Buterin expressed confidence that current interoperability challenges in the Layer 2...
The University of Wyoming is set to launch an institute dedicated to research and producing high-quality peer-reviewed studies on Bitcoin. Associate Professor Bradley Rettler, who will serve as the institute's director, announced the initiative on July 28 via social...
Ethereum is gearing up to launch its first-ever hackathon, dubbed "Attackathon," with a $2 million reward pool. The Ethereum Protocol Security (EPS) research team announced this event in a statement published on July 8, 2024. According to the team,...
Recent data from blockchain analytics firm Arkham Intelligence reveals that a cryptocurrency wallet associated with the German government still holds approximately 38,488 Bitcoin (BTC), valued at about $2.19 billion. This substantial holding comes despite the German government's recent sales...
Japanese investment firm MetaPlanet has significantly increased its Bitcoin (BTC) holdings, purchasing 42.47 BTC for over 400 million yen (approximately $2.8 million USD), according to a press release issued on Monday, July 8, 2024. This acquisition brings the firm's...
The Bitcoin Core developers have unveiled a new policy focused on disclosing "critical bugs" in a move to improve the communication of Bitcoin security vulnerabilities. This announcement came in a message to the Bitcoin Development Mailing List on July...
General Bytes, Prague-based company that manufactures Bitcoin ATMs and has sold 15,000 units in over 149 countries, has shut down its cloud services due to a security vulnerability that allowed a hacker to access customers' hot wallets and steal...
According to a chart released by Crypto ATM Radar, more than 400 Bitcoin ATMs have gone offline in the first two months of 2023. In January, 289 machines stopped operating, and in February, 123 more were taken offline, making...
