Tech Culture The US overtakes China for the first time to become the global crypto mining leader Thanks to China's ban on crypto By Rob Thubron, October 14, 2021, 6:15 AM 27 comments
Hardware Gaming Intel confirms no mining limiter for Arc Alchemist cards, can't guarantee availability It seems Intel prefers AMD's stance over Nvidia's By Rob Thubron, October 12, 2021, 5:15 AM 17 comments
Tech Culture Navy engineer arrested for selling submarine secrets hidden in peanut butter sandwich Exchanging sub secrets for crypto via a tasty snack By Rob Thubron, October 11, 2021, 10:07 AM 16 comments
The Web Tech Culture AMC Theatres now accepts Dogecoin for digital gift card purchases So long as you have a BitPay wallet By Cohen Coberly, October 7, 2021, 3:33 PM 7 comments
The Web Industry US Justice Department assembles cryptocurrency enforcement team NCET will investigate and prosecute criminals that misuse cryptocurrency By Shawn Knight, October 7, 2021, 11:16 AM 9 comments
Tech Culture Industry Bug in Compound DeFi platform caused a giveaway of $162 million worth of COMP tokens Never a dull moment in the world of cryptocurrencies By Adrian Potoroaca, October 4, 2021, 5:41 PM
Tech Culture Industry El Salvador's volcano-powered Bitcoin mining project produces its first currency The Volcanode has mined about $285 worth of BTC By Cohen Coberly, October 4, 2021, 11:31 AM 8 comments
Security The Web 6,000 Coinbase accounts impacted by suspected social engineering attack A flaw in SMS 2FA mechanism also partly to blame By Jimmy Pezzone, October 3, 2021, 9:36 AM 11 comments
The Web Elon Musk says it isn't possible to 'destroy' crypto, only slow it down He advises governments to avoid regulation By Cohen Coberly, September 30, 2021, 2:48 PM 30 comments
Tech Culture US citizen faces almost seven years in jail for helping North Korea get into the crypto business Probably not worth it By Rob Thubron, September 28, 2021, 11:07 AM
Tech Culture Here's how much you'd have today if you'd invested your stimulus checks into cryptocurrency Big risk, big reward By Shawn Knight, September 27, 2021, 12:11 PM 10 comments
Hardware Industry Bitcoin mining company buys Pennsylvania power plant to meet electricity needs Ailing Pennsylvania powerplant becomes a crypto mining stronghold By Jimmy Pezzone, September 26, 2021, 7:41 AM 60 comments
The Web Twitter joins the cryptoverse by allowing users to tip Bitcoin to others Support the ones you follow by giving them some Bitcoin By Joao Silva, September 24, 2021, 11:44 AM
Tech Culture El Salvador "bought the dip," added 150 Bitcoins to its holdings El Salvador now owns 700 Bitcoins By Shawn Knight, September 20, 2021, 11:01 AM 33 comments
Tech Culture AMC theaters will accept cryptocurrencies other than Bitcoin Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum and Litecoin will also be accepted at AMC theaters By Shawn Knight, September 16, 2021, 9:52 AM 14 comments
Hardware AMD denies prioritizing mining graphics cards over gaming Radeon GPUs continue to face supply issues By Daniel Sims, September 15, 2021, 5:47 PM 36 comments
The Web Litecoin spikes 34 percent in 15 minutes on fraudulent Walmart press release Walmart is not accepting Litecoin By Shawn Knight, September 13, 2021, 11:01 AM 9 comments
The Web Tech Culture Panama may soon follow El Salvador in making cryptocurrencies legal tender Besides Bitcoin, Panama's "Crypto Law" would also declare multiple other cryptocurrencies as legal tender By Joao Silva, September 9, 2021, 11:46 AM 10 comments
Tech Culture Bitcoin fell $10,000 on first day as El Salvador's official currency President Bukele bought the dip and purchased 150 more coins By Rob Thubron, September 8, 2021, 6:45 AM 14 comments
Industry It's official: El Salvador is the first country to adopt Bitcoin as an official currency A bold, but dangerous experiment for an impoverished country By Adrian Potoroaca, September 7, 2021, 8:42 AM 13 comments
The Web Hardware Chia miners are trying to sell potentially degraded plotting drives Chia miners sow the seeds of discontent in the used hardware market, list degraded SSDs as "new" By Jimmy Pezzone, September 5, 2021, 6:06 AM 22 comments
Hardware Tech Culture Chinese court returns over 485,000 Radeon GPUs to cloud mining company Bitcoin mining outfit is now looking to rehome half a million RX 470s By Jimmy Pezzone, August 29, 2021, 10:34 AM 19 comments
Industry PayPal rolls out its cryptocurrency service to the UK The UK is the first country outside the US where users can easily buy and sell crypto with their PayPall account By Daniel Sims, August 23, 2021, 4:58 PM
Tech Culture Visa dives into the metaverse with $150K NFT purchase Visa adds a pricey NFT to its commerce memorabilia collection By Shawn Knight, August 23, 2021, 10:00 AM
Tech Culture Bitcoin passes $50,000 after second-largest mortgage lender in the US reveals plans to accept crypto Its highest price since May By Rob Thubron, August 23, 2021, 7:41 AM 14 comments