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Bitcoin is about to do something it has not done in years: split. Twice, in the same month. One is a contested soft fork that could accidentally break the chain in two. The other is a planned
Binance Research’s new report titled “Half-year 2026: Macro & Bitcoin” has shed more light on how the cryptocurrency performed in the first half of the year. The report showed that Bitcoin de
As digital asset markets gear up for major liquidity shifts, top crypto coins like Sui and Worldcoin continue to maintain steady presence across institutional and retail radar. Sui has establ
Pi Network suddenly found its way back into the crypto conversation today, and the reason is pretty straightforward. The PI price moved up about 6.12% after the project announced the rollout
For a company that once topped revenue charts among Russian crypto miners, the image of operational reliability is now under court-ordered stress. A Moscow court switched BitRiver founder Igo
Hedge fund Situational Awareness, founded in 2024 by former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner, is reportedly seeking new funding after taking substantial losses during a recent sell-off
BitcoinWorld BitRiver Founder Igor Runets Jailed on $12.5 Million Fraud Charges Ahead of Trial Igor Runets, the founder of Russian cryptocurrency mining firm BitRiver, has been placed in pret
AmericanFortress, a blockchain security company based in Wyoming, has introduced a system designed to protect Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency wallets from potential quantum computing attacks
XRP settles transactions in three to five seconds, while Bitcoin usually takes about ten minutes to confirm one. The gap comes down to one design choice: XRP does not use mining. Its ledger r
The Nakamoto Coefficient is the smallest number of independent entities that would need to collude to compromise a blockchain's consensus. In Proof-of-Work, that means mining pools with enoug
Igor Runets, the founder of BitRiver, Russia’s largest cryptocurrency mining company, faces charges of fraud amounting to $12.5 million. Runets, previously under house arrest, has now been tr
Court Escalates Detention as Fraud Charges Mount A Moscow court has moved BitRiver founder Igor Runets from house arrest to pretrial detention for two months, marking a significant escalation
