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I started working on Ethereum in 2014. The subsequent 10 years in blockchain have been strange — disappointing in some ways but amazing in others.

Crypto lobby spending in the US has surged 1,386% since 2017, including a huge jump in the last two years.

Buterin says prediction markets are better for settling beef, but Elon Musk says he’s packing historical heat.

August 2024 represented the worst month for Bitcoin mining revenue since September 2023, with $827.56 million in fees generated.

Applications range from digital storage to energy markets, the report said, while pointing to significant use cases for the technology. 

A spokesperson for the Harris campaign confirmed with Cointelegraph that the Future Forward PAC was set up to receive crypto donations to support the Democratic candidate.

Bitcoin fails to halt a low-timeframe BTC price decline for long as traders look to the week’s final US jobs data.

Animoca CEO Robby Yung talks about his firm’s impressive investment portfolio and how he got into the Web3 industry.

The Bitcoin halving has catalyzed a wave of interest in creating DeFi capabilities for Bitcoin, the world’s first blockchain network.

Bybit launches bbSOL, a liquid staking token on Solana, enabling users to earn staking rewards while maintaining liquidity and maximizing returns.

Crypto salaries are becoming more common, especially in countries with prevalent economic incentives like inflation. 

Cardano and Hedera join the Decentralized Recovery Alliance alongside Ripple and Algorand to shape the future of crypto security standards.

Travala is the first crypto-native travel platform to receive a Skyscanner integration, which allows it to access the platform’s 110 million monthly users.

 Law enforcement authorities are proactively seeking out and closing Bitcoin ATMs that are frequently involved in extortion and scams. 

The US, EU and UK have signed the world’s first legally binding international AI treaty, prioritizing human rights and accountability in AI regulation.

The Artificial Superintelligence Alliance urges decentralization in cloud services to mitigate vulnerabilities in AI development to ensure both security and innovation.

Genomes.io CEO Aldo de Pape tells The Agenda podcast that customers should be wary about giving away their DNA data for free, as its true value is astronomical.

Mastercard partners with Mercuryo to launch a euro-denominated crypto debit card, enabling users to spend crypto from self-custodial wallets at over 100 million merchants.

ZachXBT identifies gaps in block explorer quality across several layer-1 blockchains, urging significant improvements.

Bitcoin is well and truly stuck, the analysis concludes, but there are signs that a BTC price breakout from an increasingly “unstable” range is brewing.