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In what seems like a parody but isn't, Economist, gold proponent and avid crypto skeptic Peter Schiff has unveiled a collaborative nonfungible token (NFT) art collection on Bitcoin that will soon go up for auction. The reaction from the crypto community has been mixed, with people generally baffled, amused, welcoming — especially Ordinals…

The token ARPA Network (ARPA) is seeing massive gains this week as the crypto community awaits the launch of its first application. The decentralized secure computation network recently announced that it will introduce a random number generator (RNG) called Randcast. A random number generator is a mathematical…

BitcoinBTC and ethereum—the two largest cryptocurrencies—have exploded back into the limelight this year amid fears the U.S. is waging a secret war on crypto. Subscribe now to Forbes' CryptoAsset & Blockchain Advisor and successfully navigate the bitcoin and crypto market rollercoaster The bitcoin price has bounced back from late 2022…

U.S. Bitcoin Corp. (USBTC) is looking to be one of the largest miners in the U.S. by increasing its computing power by 12.2 exahash/second (EH/s), following a deal to buy mining assets from bankrupt lender Celsius, according to a press release.The miner is part of a consortium, named Fahrenheit, that won a bankruptcy auction for the Celsius…

Welcome back to Distributed Ledger. This is Frances Yue, reporter at MarketWatch.Fears are brewing in financial markets that the U.S. lawmakers won’t be able to reach an agreement to raise the country’s debt limit by X date, or the date that the U.S. government is unable to meet its debt obligations.   Analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co.…

Pixelated pictures of ‘Pepe the Frog’ comics riding spaceships were the latest allure for digital art collectors in the Web3 world.The so-called Bitcoin-based “Space Pepes” collection became the most traded non-fungible tokens (NFTs) over a seven-day period, data from Cryptoslam shows, with over $7.3 million worth of the collection traded.Each…

The latest contender for the leadership of the Republican Party said he is an advocate for crypto.“The current regime, clearly, has it out for Bitcoin,” Ron DeSantis said during a Twitter space with Elon Musk and venture capitalist David Sacks in which he officially announced his bid for U.S. president. “And if it continues for another four…

Introduction Prominent on-chain analyst William Clemente III, Co-Founder of Reflexivity Research, has shed light on the growing adoption of Bitcoin, revealing remarkable statistics about the number of addresses holding varying amounts of the digital currency. Utilizing data from the blockchain analytics…

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Chinese businesses selling the chemicals used to make Fentanyl are accepting payment in Bitcoin and Tether, according to an investigative research report published Tuesday by Elliptic. The blockchain analytics firm specializes in risk management and regulatory compliance. It said an overwhelming majority of pharmaceutical chemical companies it…