The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania has received a $5 million cryptocurrency gift from an anonymous donor, according to its May 20 press release. It was processed by NYDIG, a cryptocurrency subsidiary of Stone Ridge Asset Management. Penn President Amy Gutmann says that she is “deeply grateful” for the atypical donation, highlighting the evolving nature of philanthropy in her statement: As […]
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Alex Dovbnya (aka AlexMorris) is a cryptocurrency expert, trader and journalist with extensive experience of covering everything related to the burgeoning industry — from price analysis to Blockchain disruption. Alex authored more than 1,000 stories for U.Today, CryptoComes and other fintech media outlets. He’s particularly interested in regulatory trends around the globe that are shaping […]
Alex Dovbnya (aka AlexMorris) is a cryptocurrency expert, trader and journalist with extensive experience of covering everything related to the burgeoning industry — from price analysis to Blockchain disruption. Alex authored more than 1,000 stories for U.Today, CryptoComes and other fintech media outlets. He’s particularly interested in regulatory trends around the globe that are shaping […]
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin told CNN Thursday that there is “a big risk” of Bitcoin being left behind if its technology does not evolve from where it is today: If Bitcoin sticks with its technology exactly as it is today, there’s a big risk it will get left behind. In addition, he predicted that there is […]
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin told CNN Thursday that there is “a big risk” of Bitcoin being left behind if its technology does not evolve from where it is today: If Bitcoin sticks with its technology exactly as it is today, there’s a big risk it will get left behind. In addition, he predicted that there is […]
The United States Department of the Treasury is calling for cryptocurrency transfers that exceed $10,000 to be reported by businesses to the Internal Revenue Service starting from 2023, Bloomberg reports: As with cash transactions, businesses that receive cryptoassets with a fair-market value of more than $10,000 would also be reported on. The new initiative is […]
The United States Department of the Treasury is calling for cryptocurrency transfers that exceed $10,000 to be reported by businesses to the Internal Revenue Service starting from 2023, Bloomberg reports: As with cash transactions, businesses that receive cryptoassets with a fair-market value of more than $10,000 would also be reported on. The new initiative is […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is diving deeper into the Bitcoin scaling debate in his latest tweet. The centibillionaire claims that a single layer will be able to handle all future transactions because of rapidly rising bandwidth and computing power but concedes that Lightning, a Layer 2 protocol, is still needed for now: Layer count […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is diving deeper into the Bitcoin scaling debate in his latest tweet. The centibillionaire claims that a single layer will be able to handle all future transactions because of rapidly rising bandwidth and computing power but concedes that Lightning, a Layer 2 protocol, is still needed for now: Layer count […]
In his latest op-ed for the New York Times, prominent American economist Paul Krugman is once again taking aim at crypto, describing it as “a long-running Ponzi scheme.” The Nobel laureate argues that Ponzis can survive for that long and mentions Bernie Madoff’s infamous investment scam as an example: But could a Ponzi scheme really […]