Best Long-Term Cryptocurrencies to Buy for 2022 With more than 8,000 different coins and tokens in the market, investor interest is growing rapidly.But picking the right crypto mix to maximize your long-term return can be overwhelming. If you’re wondering the best long-term cryptocurrencies to buy this year, keep reading to find out. 5 Best Long-Term…
Explained | What are hard forks and soft forks in blockchain?
To the layman, hard forks and soft forks may seem like some strange cutlery.However, in cryptocurrency parlance, forks refer to splits in a blockchain.Network developers often undertake voluntary software or protocol updates on their blockchains for various reasons.These updates can be of two kinds – hard fork and soft fork. Soft forks are minor changes…
Bitcoin price news – live: BTC recovers amid $200k prediction for 2022
The price of bitcoin surged by more than 30 per cent between 24 January and 8 February, 2022 (Getty Images/iStockphoto) Bitcoin has staged a remarkable recovery at the start of February, rising in price by nearly $10,000 since the beginning of the month. The latest gains have taken the cryptocurrency back above $44,000 and appears…
Crypto news: BTC hits $45K, but can the rally continue?
Bitcoin (BTC) has broken through to hit $45,000 (£33,300) in valuation for the first time in over a month in early morning trade in London.The oldest cryptocurrency added 18% in just the past four days, marking the longest rally since September. Meanwhile, trader sentiment appears to be impriving after taking a beating during January, as…
Assange supporters spend $72 million on digital art to help fund his legal defence
Crypto art auction raises more than $72 million for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s legal fund An online auction of digital art has raised more than $US52 million ($72 million) worth of cryptocurrency to help fund WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s legal defence, the winning bid coming from a group of supporters who had pooled their money.…
Review: Spoon,’s Lucifer in the Sofa – Rolling Stone
Spoon are the most reliable great American rock band of the past 25 years.That might say more about American rock than it does about Spoon, but facts don’t lie.They’ve been at it since the mid-Nineties, and they’ve never made a dull record, thanks to leader Britt Daniel’s brilliant songwriting and a knack for nuancing their…
Internet guru Tim O’Reilly on Web3: “Get ready for the crash”
With Web3 touted as the next evolutionary stage of the internet, businesses and investors are eagerly hopping on the bandwagon.Tech giants including Alphabet, Facebook-owner Meta and Microsoft are staking their claim in the emerging blockchain-based economy , some non-fungible token companies are already valued in the billions, and cryptocurrency trading platforms are experiencing hockey stick-like…
Wikileaks DAO NFT fetches millions
By Elizabeth Howcroft February 10, 2022 — 5.24am Advertisement London: An online auction of digital art raised more than $US52 million ($72 million) worth of cryptocurrency to help fund WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s legal defence on Thursday AEDT, the winning bid coming from a group of supporters who had pooled their money. Assange collaborated with…
The Justice Department announced Tuesday its large
The Justice Department announced Tuesday its largest-ever financial seizure — more than $3.6 billion US — and the arrest of a New York couple accused of conspiring to launder billions of dollars in cryptocurrency stolen from the 2016 hack of a virtual currency exchange. Federal law enforcement officials said the recovered sum was linked to…
New York hipster couple charged in billion-dollar bitcoin heist were ‘serial entrepreneurs’ who used startups to launder money, prosecutors say
They described themselves as “serial entrepreneurs” focused on bitcoin technology and the B2B space, but prosecutors say the only business they seemed to be doing was laundering stolen money.On the surface, Ilya Lichtenstein, 34, and Heather Morgan , 31, seemed like an enthusiastic hipster couple trying to make it big in tech.But federal prosecutors say…