The Story of Spankchain (2019)

We visit the “Spankhouse” to document Spankchain’s terrifying, sexy rise—and its plans for global domination. Here is its endless, unexpurgated and deeply explicit story. | Continue reading


@decrypt.co | 2 years ago

Steve Wozniak: Bitcoin Is ‘Mathematical Miracle’

Bitcoin is often referred to as digital gold, and now the flagship cryptocurrency has another high profile cheerleader. | Continue reading


@decrypt.co | 2 years ago

USD Coin Backer Circle Set to Go Public with $4.5B SPAC Deal

USD Coin stablecoin backer Circle has announced it is set to go public via a deal with a special purpose acquisition corporation. | Continue reading


@decrypt.co | 2 years ago

America’s First Legal DAO Approved in Wyoming

Decentralized autonomous organizations, or DAOs, are recognized as a new form of company in the crypto-friendly state. | Continue reading


@decrypt.co | 2 years ago

Robinhood vs. Coinbase: The Coming Clash

Robinhood's crypto ambitions means it's poised to be Coinbase's biggest rival yet. | Continue reading


@decrypt.co | 2 years ago

What Is EIP-1559 and Why Are Markets So Excited About It

Ethereum developers have put forward a proposal to help solve the network's high gas fees. While markets are excited, miners are not. | Continue reading


@decrypt.co | 2 years ago

Bitcoin consumption went from 141TWh to 68TWh since China’s mining crackdown

Bitcoin has been consuming less and less energy ever since China cracked down on the Bitcoin mining industry. | Continue reading


@decrypt.co | 2 years ago

A Boy Who Could DeFi: Meet the 13-Yr-Old Who Built a $7M Money Manager on ETH

Gajesh Naik is the developer behind a DeFi protocol that's managed nearly $7 million in cryptocurrency—he's also 13. | Continue reading


@decrypt.co | 2 years ago

El Salvador President Submits Bill to Recognize Bitcoin as Legal Tender

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele aims to make his country the first to recognize Bitcoin as legal tender. | Continue reading


@decrypt.co | 2 years ago

DeFi Can 'Transform Global Finance': Wharton

DeFi earns high marks for its potential to revolutionize finance, said Wharton in a recent report. Still, major obstacles remain. | Continue reading


@decrypt.co | 2 years ago

Polkadot Is Close to Launching an 'Internet of Interoperable Blockchains'

Polkadot’s experimental network Kusama has seen its first parachain rolled out, marking the next milestone on the project’s roadmap.  | Continue reading


@decrypt.co | 3 years ago

Dogecoin Developers Say They've Been Working with Elon Musk Since 2019

Dogecoin devs are working with Elon Musk to make the cryptocurrency a cheaper, greener alternative to Bitcoin. | Continue reading


@decrypt.co | 3 years ago

Tor Sells NFT of First .onion URL for $2M in ETH to PleasrDAO

Tor has sold an NFT artwork of the first .onion URL for $2 million. The buyer is PleasrDAO, which also bought Snowden's NFT last month. | Continue reading


@decrypt.co | 3 years ago

Square Says It Has No Plans to Change Bitcoin Buying Strategy

The Jack Dorsey-led digital payments company Square says it has no plans to change its Bitcoin investment strategy, despite earlier reports. | Continue reading


@decrypt.co | 3 years ago

Man Used Coinbase to Pay Hitman in Bitcoin for Wife's Murder, FBI Says

An FBI agent explains how a Coinbase account let the agency to the suspect. | Continue reading


@decrypt.co | 3 years ago

Vitalik Buterin Now Owns More Than $1B in Ethereum

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is now holding over $1 billion in a single ETH wallet. | Continue reading


@decrypt.co | 3 years ago

Hasbro CEO: NFTs 'A Real Opportunity' for Magic: The Gathering

Brian Goldner, Hasbro CEO, has said the company is working on NFT technology and it may be incorporated into the company’s collectibles. | Continue reading


@decrypt.co | 3 years ago

The whole proposition of NFTs is digital ownership. Now celebs and brands are adding physical perks. Does that defeat the point? | Continue reading


@decrypt.co | 3 years ago

Billion Dollar Turkish Crypto Exchange Goes Dark

Turkish cryptocurrency exchange Thodex abruptly halted trading this morning without prior notice, locking up the funds of its 391,000 active traders. | Continue reading


@decrypt.co | 3 years ago

Edward Snowden NFT Sells for $5.4M in Ethereum

The "Stay Free" NFT portrays NSA whistleblower and exiled American Edward Snowden with hand on chin like a modern Rodin statue. | Continue reading


@decrypt.co | 3 years ago

Coinbase to go public on 4/14

Coinbase will go public on April 14, and will share its Q1 earnings results before then. The results will help inform the price of its shares. | Continue reading


@decrypt.co | 3 years ago

FinCEN Rule Would Expose All Your Bitcoin Transactions: EFF

A proposed FinCEN rule requiring crypto exchanges to collect KYC on wallets would expose users' transaction histories, said digital privacy nonprofit the Electronic Frontier Foundation. | Continue reading


@decrypt.co | 3 years ago

'Satoshi' cruise ship for Bitcoin nomads sold to new owners

The Satoshi, a cruise vessel that was meant to become a home for Bitcoin digital nomads, has reportedly been sold to a new company. | Continue reading


@decrypt.co | 3 years ago

New York Launches a Blockchain-Powered Covid-19 Passport

In partnership with IBM, New York has launched its version of the COVID-19 passport on the blockchain, Excelsior Pass. | Continue reading


@decrypt.co | 3 years ago

BitClout, the Dystopian Social Network with Big Backers and Vocal Critics

BitClout has an ambitious plan for a decentralized social network. But its rocky rollout has prompted criticism and annoyed some of its own investors. | Continue reading


@decrypt.co | 3 years ago

Quantum computers could crack Bitcoin by 2022

Even the most powerful supercomputer would take thousands of years to crack Bitcoin’s code. Quantum computers could do so in a matter of seconds. | Continue reading


@decrypt.co | 3 years ago

BitClout Has Reaped $160M for Tokens Pegged to Celebs. Is It All a Scam?

If BitClout is indeed a swindle, it would underscore how a new generation of crypto technology—this time NFTs—has given rise to new breeds of scammers. | Continue reading


@decrypt.co | 3 years ago

Monty Python’s John Cleese Sells the Brooklyn Bridge as an NFT

The British comic legend calls the world "terminally insane" for NFTs while announcing the auction of his own NFT art. | Continue reading


@decrypt.co | 3 years ago

Binance Smart Chain Hit by $2.4M TurtleDex Exit Scam

Days after its pre-sale launch raised $2.4 million in BNB tokens, TurtleDex has vanished, taking the funds and its online presence with it. | Continue reading


@decrypt.co | 3 years ago

Bitcoin Hits $60k

Bitcoin just set another all-time high. | Continue reading


@decrypt.co | 3 years ago

The Father of the Father of Ethereum

Like his son, Vitalik, Dmitry Buterin is a savvy entrepreneur with an eye to righting the wrongs of the world. | Continue reading


@decrypt.co | 3 years ago

A Third Bitcoin ETF in Canada Is Set to Launch

Canadian regulators have approved a third Bitcoin ETF set to launch tomorrow, after more than $500 million invested in competing products | Continue reading


@decrypt.co | 3 years ago

An Upgrade to Reduce the Supply of Ethereum Gets a Launch Date

EIP-1559 will go live this July. Some think it’ll increase the price of ETH, but many miners aren’t happy about it. | Continue reading


@decrypt.co | 3 years ago

Someone Sent $243K in Bitcoin to an 'Elon Musk' Scam Wallet Address

A Bitcoin address sent 5 BTC (worth $243,000) to a verified scam address associated with a fake Elon Musk website. | Continue reading


@decrypt.co | 3 years ago

India's Bitcoin Exchanges Breathe Sigh of Relief as Gov Reconsiders Crypto Ban

As the Indian finance minister tones down the government's previous position that fuelled fears of a total crypto ban, India's crypto industry welcome the remarks as a sign that a regulatory framework is in the making. | Continue reading


@decrypt.co | 3 years ago

An Original Banksy Has Been Burned and Turned into an NFT

The $70,000 artwork, called Morons, was destroyed in a secret New York location today—and made into a non-fungible token.  | Continue reading


@decrypt.co | 3 years ago

Mark Cuban: Ethereum Will 'Disrupt the F–- Out of' Big Software Companies

Billionaire 'Shark Tank' shark Mark Cuban sees more potential in Ethereum than Bitcoin, and says it will change software, banking, and healthcare. | Continue reading


@decrypt.co | 3 years ago

Coinbase Is the Next Facebook

Coinbase is a rare profitable unicorn, and will offer public investors a chance to buy into the crypto craze without having to buy Bitcoin. | Continue reading


@decrypt.co | 3 years ago

Coinbase Reveals $322M in Profit for 2020 Ahead of Landmark Public Debut

Crypto exchange Coinbase posted its S-1 filing on Thursday morning, revealing key financial details ahead of its direct listing. | Continue reading


@decrypt.co | 3 years ago

Tether, Bitfinex Must Stop Trading in New York and Pay $18.5M Fine

The NYAG is requiring that Bitfinex and Tether stop operating in New York, according to a statement. | Continue reading


@decrypt.co | 3 years ago

Hashmasks: Ethereum’s Greatest Art Sale

Hashmasks took the Ethereum world by storm when they raised $16 million in a weekend. Here’s how it all started. | Continue reading


@decrypt.co | 3 years ago

Is Bitcoin Halal?

Whether or not Bitcoin is halal has been a point of contention for many Muslims. But the answer depends mostly on its intended use. | Continue reading


@decrypt.co | 3 years ago

Bitcoin Market Cap Hits $1T

The surging price of Bitcoin has pushed its market cap to break the $1 trillion mark for the first time ever. | Continue reading


@decrypt.co | 3 years ago

Rick and Morty Creator Sells Ethereum Art for $1.65M

Justin Roiland’s debut crypto art collection has been sold for just over 1,300 ETH—worth around $1.65 million in total. | Continue reading


@decrypt.co | 3 years ago

As Tesla Bets on Bitcoin, Former Goldman Exec Ditches Stock

Former Goldman Sachs exec Gary Black said he’s out on Tesla in the wake of its Bitcoin buy, citing “risky capital allocation.” | Continue reading


@decrypt.co | 3 years ago

Apple Should Buy Bitcoin, Turn Wallet App into Crypto Exchange, Says RBC

Will the tech giant follow Tesla and MicroStrategy and buy BTC? A major investment bank believes they should—and transform their Wallet app into an exchange, too. | Continue reading


@decrypt.co | 3 years ago

Coin Metrics Is Now Tracking the ‘Real’ Supply of Bitcoin

A new methodology by Coin Metrics suggests that the current Bitcoin supply is only 14.5 million BTC. Here’s why. | Continue reading


@decrypt.co | 3 years ago

PayPal CEO: “volume of crypto traded on PayPal greatly exceeded our expectation”

In its Q4 2020 earnings call today, PayPal reported that cryptocurrency purchases helped keep its users on the platform. | Continue reading


@decrypt.co | 3 years ago