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Researchers Suggest Quantum Computers Only a Decade From Cracking Bitcoin

Hacker Helps Recover $2M Worth of Crypto from Trezor Wallet
New York-based entrepreneur and crypto enthusiast Dan Reich breathed a sigh of relief after a hardware hacker helped him recover over $2 million sitting in a Trezor One hardware wallet. As rep...
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Andrew AsmakovJan 26, 2022Jan 26, 2022
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Anthony Scaramucci Says ‘Take a Chill Pill’ Amid Bitcoin Crash
Anthony Scaramucci, founder of SkyBridge Capital and the former White House communications director, has told people to “take a chill pill” amid Bitcoin’s price crash, per CNBC. “Take a chill...
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Scott ChipolinaJan 26, 2022Jan 26, 2022
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FTX US Now Valued at $8 Billion After Raising $400 Million Series A
FTX US, the United States-based division of the rising cryptocurrency exchange, announced today that it has raised a $400 million Series A funding round at a valuation of $8 billion. The round...
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Andrew HaywardJan 26, 2022Jan 26, 2022
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Diem Reportedly Trying to Sell Assets—Is This the End of Facebook’s Stablecoin Ambitions?
Diem Association (formerly known as Libra Association), the stablecoin project started by Meta (formerly known as Facebook), may soon be known as "abandoned." The association—led by Facebook a...
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Jeff BensonJan 26, 2022Jan 26, 2022
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YouTube’s Head of Gaming Leaves to Join Polygon Studios as CEO
The head of YouTube Gaming, Ryan Wyatt, will soon be leaving his post at the Google-owned tech company. Starting in March, Wyatt will become the CEO of Polygon Studios, a new venture dedicated...
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Kate IrwinJan 25, 2022Jan 25, 2022
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Bored Ape Yacht Club. Image: Hayley Richardson/Decrypt

What is Bored Ape Yacht Club? The Celebrity NFT of Choice

Bored Ape Yacht Club's disinterested-looking ape NFTs have a rabid following. Here’s why these surging Ethereum NFTs are in such high demand.

The Metaverse. Image: Hayley Richardson/Decrypt

What is the Metaverse? The Immersive, NFT-Powered Future Internet

In the wake of Facebook's rebrand to Meta, everyone’s talking about the metaverse—but what is it? Here’s what you need to know.

What Are Play-to-Earn Games? How Players Are Making a Living With NFTs

NFT-powered play-to-earn games are revolutionizing the gaming world, with many gamers now earning a living playing titles like Axie Infinity.

What is Bored Ape Yacht Club? The Celebrity NFT of Choice

Bored Ape Yacht Club's disinterested-looking ape NFTs have a rabid following. Here’s why these surging Ethereum NFTs are in such high demand.

What is the Metaverse? The Immersive, NFT-Powered Future Internet

In the wake of Facebook's rebrand to Meta, everyone’s talking about the metaverse—but what is it? Here’s what you need to know.

What Are Play-to-Earn Games? How Players Are Making a Living With NFTs

NFT-powered play-to-earn games are revolutionizing the gaming world, with many gamers now earning a living playing titles like Axie Infinity.

NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, are cryptographically unique digital assets. Image: Decrypt

Beginner's Guide to NFTs: What Are Non-Fungible Tokens?

Non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, are digital assets that are provably unique. They can be used to represent both tangible and intangible items.

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All podcasts about Bitcoin, Ethereum, cryptocurrency and the advent of the decentralized web.

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gm! Decrypt EIC Dan Roberts and Exec Editor Jeff Roberts sit down for candid conversations with the biggest names in crypto. Bitcoin, Ethereum, altcoins, multi-chain, NFTs, DeFi, DAOs and the metaverse -- they talk about all of it.

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Stay on top of Bitcoin news with our daily podcast! Join Matthew Diemer he takes you through breaking news and crypto market updates.

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Debbie Bonello's digitized painting forms only part of the ETH in Mellieha NFT. Image: ETH in Mellieha

How One NFT Project Is 'Blurring The Lines' Between Artwork And Assets

ETH in Mellieħa bundles together a digitized painting with the legal right to own a personalized numberplate depicted in the artwork.

Next Earth offers plots of digital land from around the globe as NFTs. Image: Next Earth

Next Earth Brings The Real World Into The Metaverse

Decentralized metaverse platform Next Earth is a digital twin of the globe, where users can buy up plots of virtual land that represent real places.

The dome of the Swiss Federal Palace, with the coats of arms of the cantons. Image: Shutterstock

How Switzerland's Role in Global Finance Is Evolving With The Crypto Era

Swiss traditions of security, neutrality and privacy have made the country a magnet for digital asset holders, Numbrs CEO Fynn Kreuz told Decrypt.

Bitcoin is the crypto market's leading coin. Image: Shutterstock

Bitcoin Mining 'Is a Perfect Battery': Why Foundry Insists Green Activists Are Wrong

Bitcoin miners are pushing back on environmental criticism by saying their industry is actually accelerating a transition to renewables.

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Cardashift Is Building a Cardano-Powered Launchpad For Sustainable Impact

From tokenized factories to aquaculture, Cardashift will support projects in the digital and physical spheres.

The photo at the heart of the "50 ETH Doge" case, submitted by "Ricky." (Believe it or not, this is a cat.)

Blockchain Courts and Cats That Look Like Dogs: How DAOs Wrestle With the Law

The 2018 "case of the 50 ETH doge" was just the beginning. Now DAOs are trying to decentralize legal disputes—but it isn't so easy to cut out humans.

How One NFT Project Is 'Blurring The Lines' Between Artwork And Assets

ETH in Mellieħa bundles together a digitized painting with the legal right to own a personalized numberplate depicted in the artwork.

Next Earth Brings The Real World Into The Metaverse

Decentralized metaverse platform Next Earth is a digital twin of the globe, where users can buy up plots of virtual land that represent real places.

How Switzerland's Role in Global Finance Is Evolving With The Crypto Era

Swiss traditions of security, neutrality and privacy have made the country a magnet for digital asset holders, Numbrs CEO Fynn Kreuz told Decrypt.

Bitcoin Mining 'Is a Perfect Battery': Why Foundry Insists Green Activists Are Wrong

Bitcoin miners are pushing back on environmental criticism by saying their industry is actually accelerating a transition to renewables.

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NFT Revolution

NFTs are provably unique crypto tokens that are quickly becoming increasingly popular among digital artists, gaming companies, and investors. Track the NFT revolution here.

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Facebook's Diem

A wrap up of news covering the progression of Facebook's cryptocurrency, Diem, that used to be called Libra.

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Insights into the day’s biggest news.

Researchers Suggest Quantum Computers Only a Decade From Cracking Bitcoin

Hacker Helps Recover $2M Worth of Crypto from Trezor Wallet

Anthony Scaramucci Says ‘Take a Chill Pill’ Amid Bitcoin Crash

FTX US Now Valued at $8 Billion After Raising $400 Million Series A

Diem Reportedly Trying to Sell Assets—Is This the End of Facebook’s Stablecoin Ambitions?

YouTube’s Head of Gaming Leaves to Join Polygon Studios as CEO

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What is Bored Ape Yacht Club? The Celebrity NFT of Choice

What is the Metaverse? The Immersive, NFT-Powered Future Internet

What Are Play-to-Earn Games? How Players Are Making a Living With NFTs

What is Bored Ape Yacht Club? The Celebrity NFT of Choice

What is the Metaverse? The Immersive, NFT-Powered Future Internet

What Are Play-to-Earn Games? How Players Are Making a Living With NFTs

Beginner's Guide to NFTs: What Are Non-Fungible Tokens?

Podcasts

All podcasts about Bitcoin, Ethereum, cryptocurrency and the advent of the decentralized web.

gm from Decrypt

The Decrypt Daily

Features

Deep dives into Web 3.0

How One NFT Project Is 'Blurring The Lines' Between Artwork And Assets

Next Earth Brings The Real World Into The Metaverse

How Switzerland's Role in Global Finance Is Evolving With The Crypto Era

Bitcoin Mining 'Is a Perfect Battery': Why Foundry Insists Green Activists Are Wrong

Cardashift Is Building a Cardano-Powered Launchpad For Sustainable Impact

Blockchain Courts and Cats That Look Like Dogs: How DAOs Wrestle With the Law

How One NFT Project Is 'Blurring The Lines' Between Artwork And Assets

Next Earth Brings The Real World Into The Metaverse

How Switzerland's Role in Global Finance Is Evolving With The Crypto Era

Bitcoin Mining 'Is a Perfect Battery': Why Foundry Insists Green Activists Are Wrong

Collections

The big ideas and emerging trends Decrypt cares about.

NFT Revolution

Facebook's Diem

Videos

All videos about Bitcoin, Ethereum, cryptocurrency and the advent of the decentralized web.

Reviews

Editorial reviews and ratings for blockchain and cryptocurrency products.

Gift Guide: 7 Best Books About Bitcoin and Blockchain

London's NFT Art Scene Thrives Even As Prestigious Frieze Fair Sits Out

Best Crypto Wallet: Overview of the 7 Best Hardware Wallets (2021)

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