Capture the Coin — Blockchain Category Solutions

By Peter Kacherginsky, Mark Nesbitt, Joel Kenny, Don Yu In this post we continue our coverage of solutions for the Capture the Coin competition that we ran during Defcon 2019. We will focus on the five challenges in the Blockchain category covering a variety of topics such as Bitcoin Scripting, cryptocurrency malware, Ethereum smart contracts, and wallet forensics. By Mark Nesbitt When someone says that they “own” a certain number of bitcoins, what that means is that they are capable of signing a valid transaction that sends that number of…

Introducing DAI, the first stablecoin on Coinbase Card

By JD Millwood, Head of Growth Marketing Today, we launched full support for DAI — the first stablecoin available on Coinbase Card. Paying with a stablecoin brings something new to the Coinbase Card experience and using a cryptocurrency with stable purchasing power gives more opportunity and choice to customers. For customers wanting to spend crypto with less volatility, DAI could be the answer. DAI aims to always be worth one US Dollar, which offers more certainty to customers when picking up last-minute Christmas gifts, rounds of mulled wine for the…

Surprise! Millennials Embrace Bitcoin While Boomers, Gen-Xers Hold Traditional Wealth

Charles Schwab has released its Q3 investment indicator report, a quarterly report that breaks down investment allocation across the firm’s brokerage accounts. It corroborates what most of us have known for a while now: Millennials are more attuned to the value of bitcoin than their Gen-X and Boomer counterparts. According to the report, the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) was the fifth most popular equity across Millennial accounts managed by the brokerage firm, representing 1.84 percent of all assets held under management for the age group. Millennials represent 12.9 percent of…

Key Bitcoin Price Indicator Turns Bearish, But It May Not Be Bad News

Disclaimer Read More The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies. CoinDesk is an independent operating subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, which invests in cryptocurrencies and blockchain startups. This article is intended as a news item to inform our readers of various events and developments that affect, or that might in the future affect, the value of the cryptocurrency described above. The information contained herein is not intended to provide, and it…

Microsoft Collaboration Fuels 50% Rally for Enjin’s Cryptocurrency

Enjin coin (ENJ) started to rise sharply from Wednesday afternoon (UTC) as news spread of a rewards scheme from the tech giant that uses Enjin technology and the ethereum blockchain. Known as Azure Heroes, the scheme rewards community members with crypto collectibles (or NFTs) for good deeds, such as mentoring, providing demos, creating content and more. Author: Sebastian Sinclair Source link