“I get asked a lot… is this another dot-com bubble” said Mona El Isa, the chief executive and co-founder of Melonport onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin. “And, um… My response usually… goes something like… so what if it is?” Read More
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People have spent over $1M buying virtual cats on the Ethereum blockchain
Launched a few days ago, CryptoKitties is essentially like an digital version of Pokemon cards but based on the Ethereum blockchain. And like most viral sensations that catch on in the tech world, it’s blowing up fast. Built by Vancouver and San Francisco-based design studio AxiomZen, the game is the latest fad in the world of cryptocurrency and probably soon tech in general. People… Read More
One bitcoin is now worth $10,000
It happened. One bitcoin is now worth $10,000. The milestone was hit on international exchanges earlier in the day (where prices are normally a few percent higher) and was just crossed on U.S exchanges like Coinbase and Gemini a few minutes ago. …
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It’s not only Bitcoin that’s breaking records these days.
Now that the dust around the cancelled Bitcoin fork has settled, several other cryptocurrencies are booming.
Ethereum, a cryptocurrency that’s also a platform for decentralized app…
In Israel, a blockchain and crypto hyper-cluster is just getting started
The lunch took place just after well-known tech investor Moshe Hogeg announced he would invest in every Israeli blockchain that approached him. That investor group, called Alignment, consisted of the Singulariteam Technology Group, together with CoinTree Capital, and BlockchainIL. Held at Alignment’s new blockchain Hub in Tel Aviv, we got to hear from an array of new companies. Dubbed… Read More
Tether, a startup that works with bitcoin exchanges, claims a hacker stole $31M
Bitcoin cruised past $8,000 for the first time this week, but it hasn’t been smooth sailing for all after Tether — a company that helps exchanges convert fiat currency to token — said today that a hacker snatched nearly $31 million. Tether operates USDT, a cryptocurrency asset that it backs via the U.S. dollar. The company said that $30,950,010-worth of USDT was taken… Read More
Bitcoin just passed $8,000
Bitcoin has been on a wild run. Yesterday the price shot past $8,000 for the first time, and per usual when it breaks through a milestone is now trading solidly above it at $8,250. Read More
Square Cash is letting some users buy and sell Bitcoin
Square is testing cryptocurrency support in their Cash app, according to TechCrunch reader Zach Miles on Twitter and confirmed by the company. The trial, which seems to only be available right now to a small number of users, lets you buy and sell…
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