Cryptocurrency mining has a reputation as being bad for the environment. Traditional crypto mining, which was once a niche activity, has grown into an energy-intensive global industry, often powered ...

If cryptocurrencies are going to become anything more than a speculative tool for playing money musical chairs, their adoption trajectory will have to change. Bitcoin transactions are still slow, ...

NEW ORLEANS — A woman named Louise, from Thibodaux, is featured in a recent social media post by the Lafourche Parish sheriff’s office warning people about the latest fraud sweeping Southeast ...

Users on the popular cryptocurrency trading platform, Lighter, are reportedly unable to withdraw funds currently, Wu Blockchain reported on Dec. 30. The development took place on a day when Lighter's ...

‘Token bloat’ is back in the news with Ethereum taking heat for letting its Layer-2 networks issue tokens without regard for transaction volumes. There’s a name for it when you top-up a money supply ...

On July 17, the U.S. Congress passed the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (GENIUS Act), a piece of legislation that could have a significant impact on the ...

Stablecoins help reduce crypto trading risk by protecting funds from sudden price swings.Using stablecoins makes trading Bitcoin and Ethereum easier ...

Aave lost half a billion dollars in market value, and the charts show blood in the water. While DeFi veterans scramble to ...

The US Genius Act brings issuers under US regulatory oversight. It guarantees that US dollar-denominated stablecoins will be ...

On Monday, social media influencer Ali Martinez, known popularly on X as Ali, drew the attention of the crypto community to an important resistance level for Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE). Ali underscored ...

Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer ...

It’s a world of big promises, big personalities and, lately, big failures that can seem inscrutable and often ridiculous. But cryptocurrency has moved into finance, tech, even sports arenas. And ...