What is a 51% attack?

What is a 51% attack?
In crypto, a malicious event known as a 51% attack, or a majority attack, could happen at any time. But how big of a deal is it really? Altcoins are much more susceptible to these attacks than big cryptocurrencies. But who and why can take advantage of the blockchain?

Bitstamp and ZEBEDEE connect crypto users and Bitcoin gamers

Bitstamp and ZEBEDEE connect crypto users and Bitcoin gamers
Pwning some n00b in your favorite FPS while yelling “All your BTC are belong to us!” has finally become a reality. Seamless flow of BTC from our exchange to the online games and vice versa has materialized in our partnership with ZEBEDEE.

Weekly News Roundup – 11 Oct 2021

Weekly News Roundup – 11 Oct 2021
Nothing but good news for bitcoin: its market cap is back above $1 trillion, bitcoin hashrate steadily rising, U.S. Bank partners with NYDIG to offer bitcoin custody services, and more crypto news this week.

Our U.S. listing is expanding, you can now trade MATIC and CRV!

Our U.S. listing is expanding, you can now trade MATIC and CRV!
For our U.S. customers we’re introducing MATIC, the token behind Polygon, an easy-to-use platform for Ethereum scaling and infrastructure development, and CRV, the lifeblood of Curve, a decentralized exchange for stablecoin trading and earning liquidity fees.

What is an ICO (Initial Coin Offering)?

What is an ICO (Initial Coin Offering)?
Many clever ideas never materialize on the market. The people behind them don’t have the sufficient funds to develop the technology on their own or can’t find an investor who would support them. In the world of crypto, ICOs enable the founders to gather the necessary funding.

Weekly News Roundup – 4 Oct 2021

Weekly News Roundup – 4 Oct 2021
Bitcoin's Lightning Network capacity reached an all-time high; DeFi whales turned Central, Northern and Western Europe into the world’s biggest crypto economy; El Salvador has officially started using volcanos to mine bitcoin & more

What are blockchain consensus rules?

What are blockchain consensus rules?
Consensus rules are crucial to the validation process on the distributed blockchain network. They help achieve synchronization and agreement between the thousands of nodes on a blockchain. But who writes the consensus rules? Can they be changed? Should you as an average user worry about it?