Bitcoin uses proof of work; Ethereum switched to proof of stake. The debate is usually framed as one being better or greener. They are really two different answers to the same question: how do strangers agree on a ledger without a boss?
Crypto casino Duelbits went offline after attackers drained about $7 million from hot wallets on four blockchains, in a suspected private-key compromise. Its co-founder says user funds are safe. That reassurance, as ever, is the platform’s own.
Every crypto wallet is either connected to the internet or it is not, and that single fact decides most of your risk. Here is the difference between hot and cold storage, and how to match the wallet to the job.
Bullish, Alpaca, Apex and others formed a coalition to tie tokenized stocks to official shareholder records, days after AMC’s chief executive called some existing stock tokens a “quasi-fake market.” The fight is over what you actually own.
Buying bitcoin takes about five minutes. Doing it safely takes a little longer, and it is the part the apps gloss over. Here is the careful version: where to buy, how to pay, and how to store it so it is actually yours.
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The debate is framed as one mechanism being simply better, or simply greener.
Our read: They make different trade-offs: proof of work spends energy for battle-tested security, proof of stake locks capital for efficiency.
Platforms reassure users that funds are safe the moment a breach is disclosed.
Our read: The reassurance and the amount are the platform’s own account, and a private-key compromise of hot wallets is a recurring, avoidable failure.
Wallet apps market bank-grade security as if every wallet is equally safe.
Our read: Hot, internet-connected wallets are convenient but exposed, as a steady drumbeat of hot-wallet hacks shows, while cold, offline storage trades convenience for real safety.
Tokenized stocks are pitched as owning a real share on-chain, tradable 24/7.
Our read: Many existing tokens are synthetic trackers, not registered shares, which is exactly why a new coalition is trying to tie them to official shareholder records.
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US spot bitcoin funds took in about $2 billion in the week to September 23 and flipped 2026 flows positive, yet bitcoin was rejected at $87,000. The gap between demand and price is the real story.
Every four years or so, the reward for mining a bitcoin block is cut in half. The event gets the attention, but the fixed supply schedule behind it is the more important idea, and it is why bitcoin’s scarcity is a rule rather than a policy.
Crypto casino Duelbits went offline after attackers drained about $7 million from hot wallets on four blockchains, in a suspected private-key compromise. Its co-founder says user funds are safe. That reassurance, as ever, is the platform’s own.
Bullish, Alpaca, Apex and others formed a coalition to tie tokenized stocks to official shareholder records, days after AMC’s chief executive called some existing stock tokens a “quasi-fake market.” The fight is over what you actually own.
Crypto exchange Bitget said roughly $352 million was affected in a hack, which its chief executive attributes to spoofed transfers rather than compromised private keys, and says user funds are safe. As ever with an exchange breach, that is the company’s own account.
Stablecoins are a $300 billion market and now the center of US crypto law. Here is what really backs USDT and USDC, why one collapse erased $60 billion while another recovered in days, and what fully backed does and does not mean.
Bitcoin fell about 55 percent in its latest bear market, tame next to the 70 to 80 percent crashes of past cycles. Analysts say a new, institution-heavy owner base is smoothing the drops, and, less comfortably, the rallies too.
Individual bitcoin holders flipped from sellers to buyers in the third quarter, adding more than 107,000 BTC in what River Financial calls the fastest retail accumulation in years, nearly erasing the 140,000 they sold in the first half.
Daily ETF flow figures have become a headline in their own right. Here is what the number actually measures, why creation and redemption matter more than the total, and how to read it without being sold a story.