Human Rights Foundation CSO argues that Bitcoin represents free speech, property rights and open capital markets — stifling the power of tyrannical governments. Bitcoin fixes broken democracies and fights government corruption by limiting its power to control its people, argues Bitcoin advocate and chief strategy officer of the Human Rights Foundation, Alex Gladstein. In a…
A group of pseudonymous developers from DarkFi spoke with Cointelegraph about how crypto is evolving amid privacy challenges, bad actors and government oversight. Pierre-Joseph Proudhon introduced one of the first critiques of centralized authority in 1848, a few years after publishing his now-classic book What is Property? and calling for the abolition of property and the state….
While the collapse of FTX shaved $100 billion off of BTC’s market cap in just four days last year, BTC has managed to fully recover and stack on another $65 billion. A 48% Bitcoin price surge since the start of the year has pushed BTC’s market cap past that of payment processing giant Visa once again….
Gemini co-founder Cameron Winklevoss believes the next crypto bull run will come from Asia, while America has two options — embrace crypto or be left behind. Crypto’s next bull run will start in Asia, according to Cameron Winklevoss, an American investor and co-founder of crypto exchange Gemini. His comments have come amid an increase in…
Trustless bridges enable cross-chain transfers without needing a centralized custodian, potentially making it a safer option for interoperability. Blockchain bridges allow decentralized finance (DeFi) users to use the same tokens across multiple blockchains. For example, a trader can use USD Coin on the Ethereum or Solana blockchains to interact with the decentralized applications (DApps) on those…
Explore the economics of cryptocurrency mining and the challenges and opportunities that exist in this rapidly evolving industry. Mining refers to the process of verifying and adding new transactions to a blockchain network, such as in the case of Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies. The economics of mining refers to the economic incentives and costs associated with…