Taiwanese tech minnow HTC has unveiled its latest effort in its mission to subvert the power of established technology giants and return control back to the user. The Exodus 5G Hub, which HTC claims is "the world's most private router", comes with in-built privacy features that means the power of data transfer rests with the user. It…
Coinbase stock soared to value the company at a high of $112bn as it became the first major cryptocurrency company to go public.The company is the largest US crypto exchange and provides a string of financial services based on bitcoin and 50 other cryptocurrencies.Coinbase shares opened at $381 on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on…
A court battle over billions of dollars worth of the Bitcoin is set to begin on 1 November, but for some cryptocurrency fans the case's real draw is the potential answer to a years old question: Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? The case of Kleiman v Wright pits Australian computer scientist Craig Wright – who claims…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has hinted the company may sell – or have already sold – its bitcoin holdings in a Twitter exchange that triggered a sharp fall in the value of the cryptocurrency.After Twitter user @cryptowhale wrote: “Bitcoiners are going to slap themselves next quarter when they find out Tesla dumped the rest of…
Former President Donald Trump called Bitcoin a “scam against the dollar” and urged US regulators to take action to monitor it on Monday.During an interview with Stuart Varney on the Fox Business Network, Trump was asked about his thoughts on cryptocurrency and the US stock market, which the ex-president said he was avoiding currently as…
After this week’s plunge in crypto prices, a number of US celebrities may regret getting paid in digital currencies.NFL star Aaron Rodgers, for example, has chosen to get paid partly in Bitcoin. Another football player, Odell Beckham, said he would receive his entire salary that way. And in politics, New York City’s new mayor, Eric…
In an announcement on Tuesday, Okung, 32, and Strike, a mobile payments company, said that the American Football player will be paid half of his $13m (£9.9m) salary in Bitcoin.The announcement came 19 months after Okung tweeted: “Pay me in Bitcoin.” On Tuesday, he quote tweeted his post and wrote: “Paid in Bitcoin.”Coindesk, which is…
From inside the secrecy of her tent in a sprawling camp in northeast Syria, Sara, a European woman affiliated with Isis, furiously messages people across the world begging them to send her cash. “I just need 15,000 dollars to escape to Turkey, Idlib or wherever,” she writes on an encrypted app in al-Hol, a squalid…
Kosovo has banned the mining of cryptocurrency in a bid to reduce electricity consumption amid a severe energy crisis.The decision, which was announced this week, comes a month after the country’s government announced a 60-day state of emergency, allowing it to spend more on energy imports and to introduce power cuts.Power outages plunged the Balkan…
Melania Trump expressed her support for Bitcoin during the 13th anniversary of its launch, weeks after she launched her own non-fungible token (NFT) endeavour.In a tweet, Ms Trump noted that Bitcoin had surpassed $1 trillion (£742.3bn) in market value.“It is widely reported that Bitcoin’s market cap exceeds USD$1 Trillion. Today marks the 13th anniversary of…