A 90-year-old great grandmother, Joyce DeFauw, has graduated from the Northern Illinois University on Sunday. DeFauw received her Bachelor’s degree in General Studies. According to ABC Eyewitness News, she started college in 1951 but dropped out to get married and have children. The grandmother of 17 and great-grandmother of 24 said it was her family

Bitcoin was beyond the control of Sam Bankman-Fried, Wood says, while Michael Saylor says the former FTX CEO “undermined” the BTC network. Bitcoin BTC $16,931 is too “decentralized and transparent” for former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, says Cathie Wood. In a tweet on Dec. 10, the chief executive of investment giant ARK Invest delivered a

Telegram has increased its security features by enabling support from anonymous blockchain-based numbers that go for around $16. Messaging app Telegram has rolled out a new update enabling users to create accounts using blockchain-based anonymous numbers, as opposed to cell phone numbers. Telegram already hides people’s private phone numbers from non-added users on the app.

Twitter CEO Elon Musk has announced that the microblogging site will delete 1.5 billion inactive accounts. Mr Musk made the announcement on Friday. “Twitter will soon start freeing the name space of 1.5 billion accounts,” he tweeted. The Twitter boss also explained that the deletion of accounts would be for profiles that have been inactive

Several stakeholders in the crypto community have questioned Coinbase’s motive, with some describing the move as “desperate.” According to the US-based exchange, recent events have shown that customers needed stability and trust in fiat-backed stablecoins in times of volatility. Because of this, it revealed that it was waiving its fees for the conversion. Coinbase said

The American Banking Banking Association highlighted that a CBDC issued by the U.S. Federal Reserve lacks “compelling use cases.” While some countries like Nigeria are aggressively pushing the use of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), a new report summarized why a number of private stakeholders are against the idea of a CBDC. The report dubbed

According to a Tuesday report published by Reuters, Goldman Sachs, one of the biggest American banks, plans to spend a significant amount of money on struggling crypto companies, potentially capitalizing on the crypt crash. As the cryptocurrency faces a major crisis of confidence following the FTX downfall, legacy financial players see an opportunity, Mathew McDermott,

“New and disturbing allegations about the [Silvergate’s] business practices have continued to surface,” read the letter from the Massachusetts Democrat and two Republican colleagues. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), John Kennedy (R-La.) and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), in a letter late Monday evening, asked crypto-friendly bank Silvergate (SI) for answers over its supposed role in facilitating transfers

Texas combines plentiful energy at relatively low prices with free enterprise, according to the lawmaker. United States Senator Ted Cruz wants to make the American state of Texas an oasis for Bitcoin BTC $17,317 and other cryptocurrencies. Speaking at the Texas Blockchain Summit 2022 in late November, the politician empathized how the crypto industry can

Casa, one of the oldest and most reliable services for Bitcoin (BTC) self-custody, will start supporting Ethereum (ETH) as well. Major announcements are expected in 2023. Casa welcomes Ethereum, Jameson Lopp says Bitcoin (BTC) evangelist Jameson Lopp took to Twitter to announce that his wallet Casa is going to add support for Ethereum (ETH), the

Bitcoin BTC tickers down $16,962 continued to hold key support on Dec. 2 as United States stocks fell on the Wall Street open. Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView followed BTC/USD as bulls bought time between $16,800 and $17,000. Analysts had earmarked the former as a key level to retain, this nonetheless in question

One of the most popular sayings in the crypto space – ‘not your keys, not your coins’ – has become prevalent due to issues surrounding the collapse of FTX. What this saying is reemphasising is the need for a self-custody wallet rather than storing digital assets on centralised exchanges. What the implosion of FTX and

British-American businessman John McAfee talks about his crypto story and how he discovered BTC. From the Cointelegraph archives, John McAfee tells his crypto story and takes a look back at his very fascinating life. Early in his life, the computer programmer landed a job at the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration, also known

The company took note of “low usage” as its reason for no longer supporting those tokens. Coinbase will delist the native tokens associated with Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Ethereum Classic (ETC), Ripple’s XRP Ledger (XRP) and Stellar (XLM) from its wallet service, according to an update on the company’s website. The assets will no longer be

Founder of Gokhshtein Media, crypto entrepreneur and enthusiast David Gokhshtein has taken to Twitter to share his thoughts on the future of the Bitcoin price and to comment on the recent manifold articles in the crypto media he has been seeing. It seems that Gokhshtein does not believe that Bitcoin will reach the whopping $1,000,000

According to data shared by Glassnode, Bitcoin “shrimps,” a cohort of addresses that hold less than 1 BTC, have added 96,200 coins since the collapse of the FTX exchange. This marks an all-time high balance increase, according to the prominent analytics firm. The smallest Bitcoin holders now control about 6.3% of the cryptocurrency’s total circulating

Bitcoin (BTC) may follow stocks on a “massive bull run” as the weekly chart delivers a unique sign of strength. The latest analysis from several well-known crypto names suggests it is time to give up the bear market narrative. Despite everyone talking about a new macro BTC price low, possibly at $12,000, new perspectives demand

The popular browser wallet has over 21 million monthly active users. According to a revised privacy policy agreement published by ConsenSys on Nov. 23, MetaMask will begin collecting users’ IP addresses and Ethereum wallet addresses during on-chain transactions. However, ConsenSys, the wallet’s creator, explains that the collection of users’ data will only apply if they

A massive Bitcoin whale who held 10,000 BTC since 2015 up until this moment surprised investors, considering the nature of the coins acquired by this type of holder: each and every BTC in the wallet was acquired with the help of illicit activities. Back in 2014, a large portion of Bitcoin’s volume was provided by

Initial investigations revealed that all crypto exchanges performed lawful operations across South Korea. However, Flata Exchange is suspected of listing its in-house token, FLAT, in January 2020. Native cryptocurrencies turned out to be the biggest factor contributing to the demise of numerous exchanges and ecosystems this year, most recently during the FTX collapse. Korea’s financial

Circle attributed its miscalculated financial projections to Binance implementing USDC to BUSD auto-conversions and the recent collapse of FTX. Circle, the company behind the issuance of USDC Coin (USDC), said recent events have caused it to miscalculate its financial projections — referring to the collapse of FTX and a decision by rival exchange Binance. In

Draper continues to stand by his prediction in spite of the sharp market downturn. “It will take a moment when you can buy your food, your clothing, and your shelter all in Bitcoin.” He went on to mention that women control a whopping 80% of retail spending. Draper is convinced that they will finally be

The collapse of FTX crypto exchange has nothing to do with the success of Bitcoin because BTC is decentralized and FTX was not, Tim Draper said. Billionaire venture capitalist and serial blockchain investor Tim Draper is not giving up on his near-term Bitcoin BTC $16,521 prediction despite the recent issues in the cryptocurrency industry. Draper