Collectors known as “sat hunters” are collecting satoshis from rare Bitcoin — and those fragments may eventually be worth more than regular Bitcoin. Since January, there have been over 10 million inscriptions on the largest blockchain in the world, and this number continues to grow exponentially. To provide some context, the Ordinals Protocol allows for…
Ron DeSantis understands the ethos of cryptocurrency. For single-issue crypto holders, that puts him ahead of the pack in the 2024 presidential race. Crypto Twitter discussions about law and policy are informed chaos, a specialized cacophony. Despite the drama involved with Gov. Ron DeSantis’ announcement on Twitter that he was running for president in 2024,…
Making the European Central Bank accessible to payment companies other than traditional banks would allow users to redeem their stablecoins directly for cash. Within 11 days in March, four banks in the United States and one in Switzerland collapsed. First Republic Bank followed in May. Three of the four largest-ever U.S. bank failures occurred in those two…
Sam Altman, the former president of Y Combinator, is working on a new cryptocurrency project. The token called Worldcoin will be distributed to everyone on Earth in exchange for their eye scans. The futuristic idea already has attracted many backers in Silicon Valley, including VC investment firms Andreessen Horowitz, Day One Ventures, and LinkedIn co-founder…