Coin Prices

BNB

$243.64

3.44%

XRP

$0.687758

6.12%

EOS

$0.829887

8.33%

Bonk

$0.00001272

10.09%

Pepe

$0.00000155

1.11%

NEM

$0.04105257

4.78%

WAX

$0.072484

8.14%

IOST

$0.01030301

5.83%

Kin

$0.00002074

-10.17%

OST

$0.00032921

4.15%
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Will McCurdy

Will McCurdy

Will is a London-based journalist with over five years of technology experience. He has a wide range of specialties including cybersecurity, fintech, DeFi, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, payments, retail technology, and venture capital investment. He has previously written for TechRadar, AltFi, FStech, Retail Systems, and National Technology News. Disclosure: He owns less than 1 BTC.

Stories by Will McCurdy

  • Core wallet. Image: Ava Labs

    How Core Wallet is Making Crypto Self-Custody Simple

    “Not your keys, not your crypto,” is one of the defining catchphrases of crypto—and it’s only become more prominent over the past year, as the risks of keeping crypto on centralized exchanges were thrown into sharp relief by the collapse of FTX. As user deposits on the doomed exchange vanished, Google searches for “self-custody” reached their highest-ever levels. With self-custody, says Akash Gupta, Director of Product Management at Ava Labs, “You own and manage all of your assets and you're not...

  • The White House. Image: Shutterstock

    White House Will ‘Continue Monitoring’ Silvergate Bank Reports: Press Secretary

    White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has said that the White House is “aware of the situation” regarding troubled crypto bank Silvergate, and will “continue monitoring the reports.” "It is obviously only the latest company in the cryptocurrency field to experience significant issues," Jean-Pierre said, while declining to comment specifically on the situation at Silvergate. The Press Secretary pointed to recently-issued guidelines from U.S. banking regulators on how banks can protect t...

    NewsBusiness
    2 min read
    Will McCurdy
  • Developers with blockchain skills are in high demand. Image: Shutterstock.

    Demand for Blockchain Devs Is Soaring—But Not Just in Crypto

    Last year was one of the most chaotic for the broader crypto industry. After FTX’s collapse, thousands of employees were laid off, and many firms, especially those in the mining sector, shut shop entirely. After layoffs and bankruptcies, cryptocurrencies were also hit hard. The industry's market cap plummeted from roughly $2.23 trillion at the start of 2022 to just $832 million at the start of 2023, starting in earnest from June onwards and intensifying following the implosion of FTX, according...

    Deep DivesBuild
    6 min read
    Will McCurdy

  • Move-to-Earn App Stepn to Launch Suite of New Features ‘Soon’: COO

    Stepn, a crypto project that lets users earn crypto for running, plans to launch a suite of new features, including an achievement and badge system, “soon.” The project’s COO Shiti Manghani told Decrypt that if "GMT is at the center of the solar system, we want to add value and capture value back to GMT through all of our products." The exec said these would include “apps on the demand side that onboard consumers from Web2 to Web3,” adding that Stepn will then serve users' needs, be it providin...

    NewsGaming
    2 min read
    Will McCurdy
  • The Sandbox is a crypto-powered metaverse. Image: Decrypt.

    The Metaverse Needs to Be 'Open' Unlike Fortnite, Roblox: The Sandbox COO

    At least one metaverse executive hasn’t tired of insisting the digital realm remain open to all. The Sandbox COO and co-founder Sebastien Borget highlighted how other metaverse firms like Roblox and Fortnite do not allow users to move their digital assets between platforms freely. “That's why we still need to say ‘open metaverse’ in opposition to the closed-walled garden platform,” he told Decrypt at this year’s NFT Paris. Sandbox COO Views the Ethereum Metaverse Game as a ‘Digital Nation’ The...

    NewsGaming
    2 min read
    Will McCurdy
  • Image: Towfiqu Barbhuiya on Unsplash.

    Algorand Wallet MyAlgo Urges Users to Withdraw Funds After $9.2M Exploit

    Algorand-centric wallet MyAlgo told users they “strongly advise” withdrawing any funds from mnemonic wallets that were stored in MyAlgo, following reports of an attack worth just under $9.2 million. MyAlgo did not release the estimated figures involved in the attack, but blockchain sleuth ZachXBT said it is suspected that over $9.2 million was stolen between February 19 and February 21, citing data from blockchain intelligence platform TRM Labs. The service confirmed that it experienced an attac...

    NewsTechnology
    2 min read
    Will McCurdy
  • A startup accelerator offers mentorship and funding for early-stage businesses. Image: Shutterstock.

    Building on Aptos? There's a New Web3 Accelerator for That

    The Aptos Foundation and web3 investor and accelerator Outlier Ventures have partnered to launch a new Web3 accelerator. The Aptos Foundation works to promote the growth of the layer-1 blockchain Aptos, by building its network and developer ecosystem. The in-person program, running out of Palo Alto, California, is set to provide early-stage crypto startups with mentorship, education, and $100,000 in funding. Teams using Aptos’s Move language across use cases for DeFi, NFTs, and infrastructure pr...

    NewsBusiness
    2 min read
    Will McCurdy
  • Large token holders are called whales in crypto. Image: Shutterstock.

    Number of Bitcoin Whales Drops to Lowest Level Since 2019

    The number of Bitcoin (BTC) whales, or wallet addresses holding 1,000 or more BTC, hit its lowest level since August 2019 on Sunday. There were 2,027 whales on Sunday, February 19, according to crypto analytics service Glassnode; the last time their number dropped this low was August 5, 2019, when they numbered 2,023. Owning that much Bitcoin at its current price of around $25,000 represents a sizeable show of faith in the digital currency, with each whale holding almost $25 million in Bitcoin....

    NewsBusiness
    2 min read
    Will McCurdy
  • Cryptocurrencies are popular in Japan. Image: Shutterstock.

    Japan Announces Launch of New CBDC Pilot This April

    The Bank of Japan has announced plans to roll out a new pilot for its central bank digital currency (CBDC) program in April. A CBDC is a digital version of a state’s fiat currency—like the U.S. dollar or the yen—backed by a central bank. CBDCs are digital assets, but are different from the likes of Bitcoin, Ethereum, or Dogecoin, as they are run on a private blockchain controlled by a government. The bank does not expect any actual transactions to take place among participating users, instead on...

    NewsBusiness
    2 min read
    Will McCurdy
  • Coinbase is the leading crypto exchange in the U.S. Image: Decrypt/André Beganski

    Coinbase Says Client Assets Are 'Segregated and Secure' Following Proposed SEC Rule Change

    Coinbase is confident that its Coinbase Custody Trust Co. (CCTC) will remain a qualified custodian even if new rules proposed by the SEC come into play, according the company's chief legal officer Paul Grewal. Coinbase Custody Trust is a New York-based business that provides cold storage for third-party investors' digital assets. The SEC on Wednesday published a rule-change proposal that seeks to enforce much stricter provisions governing where registered investment advisers can custody cryptocu...

    NewsBusiness
    2 min read
    Will McCurdy
  • GQ is rolling out a new NFT initiative. Image: Shutterstock.

    GQ Joins List of Legacy Media Outlets Boarding NFT Bandwagon

    Men’s fashion magazine GQ has launched its first-ever non-fungible token (NFT) collection, featuring 1,661 algorithmically-generated pieces. The collection, dubbed “GQ3 Issue 001: Change Is Good,” will feature artwork from Chuck Anderson, Serwah Attafuah, Kelsey Niziolek, and REO. According to the announcement, each artist created over 100 “traits” which were then combined algorithmically to form the pieces in the collection, before being hand-curated by the artists to form the final collection....

    NewsNFTs
    2 min read
    Will McCurdy
  • Regulatory moves in the crypto industry have ramped in 2023. Image: Shutterstock.

    Regulatory Crackdown Feels ‘Like a Crypto Carpet Bombing’: Blockchain Association CEO

    In a recent interview on CNBC’s Squawk Box, Blockchain Association CEO Kristin Smith said the recent regulatory crackdowns in the industry felt “like a crypto carpet bombing.” The Blockchain Association is a crypto lobbying group made up of nearly 100 members. It is funded by many for-profit crypto companies, including Kraken, the Digital Currency Group (DCG), and the Filecoin Foundation. Last week, the SEC hit crypto exchange Kraken with a $30 million fine for failing to properly register its s...

    NewsBusiness
    3 min read
    Liam J. Kelly, Will McCurdy
  • Kansas legislators are looking to cap how much crypto can be donated to political campaigns. Image: Shutterstock.

    New Kansas Bill Could Cap Political Donations in Crypto at $100

    The Kansas Legislature is mulling a new bill that would enforce a cap of $100 on crypto donations for use in any primary or general election. This cap, should the bill pass, would be based on the “fair market value” at the time the crypto is received by the payments processor. The bill also proposes much stricter rules on how crypto can be used by political campaigns in Kansas. Under the terms of the new rules, any crypto donations received must be converted immediately into U.S. dollars and the...

    NewsBusiness
    2 min read
    Will McCurdy
  • FCA. Image: Shutterstock

    UK Financial Regulator Cracks Down on Illegal Crypto ATMs

    The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is cracking down on unregistered crypto ATMs. The regulator says it recently entered and inspected several sites near the city of Leeds, in the North of England, which was suspected of hosting illegally operated crypto ATMs. The FCA says it collaborated with local police forces, including the West Yorkshire Police’s Digital Intelligence and Investigation Unit, as part of the joint investigations into these sites. “Crypto businesses operating in the UK n...

    NewsBusiness
    3 min read
    Will McCurdy
  • Lady justice. Image: Shutterstock

    Judge Halts SEC, CFTC Cases Against Bankman-Fried Until Criminal Trial Concludes

    Civil proceedings from the SEC and CFTC against disgraced crypto founder Sam Bankman-Fried have been deferred until the former CEO’s criminal case is concluded. On February 7, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams, representing the government’s criminal prosecution, requested that both the SEC and CFTC proceedings be paused until the resolution of the United States v. Samuel Bankman-Fried. Williams argued at that time that the criminal case’s outcome would have a “s...

    NewsBusiness
    2 min read
    Will McCurdy
  • The EU Parliament. Image: Shutterstock

    Draft EU Rules Will Force Banks to Give Cryptocurrencies Highest Risk Rating

    Under new draft EU rules, banks holding cryptocurrencies may soon be forced under law to assign the digital assets the highest possible risk rating. As per the published legal draft, banks would need to give all their crypto asset exposure a proposed risk weight of 1,250% until December 2024, meaning they will be forced to hold an equal amount of capital matching the crypto they hold. These rules are still set for parliamentary approval. Longer term, banks may need to conform to a larger set of...

    NewsBusiness
    3 min read
    Will McCurdy
  • China has launched several blockchain initiatives over the past several years. Image: Shutterstock.

    China Approves Launch of New Blockchain Research Hub in Beijing

    China’s Ministry of Science and Technology has approved the construction of its National Blockchain Technology Innovation Centre. The research hub’s key objectives revolve around researching the technology for industrial applications as well as how it could be applied in the national economy, per state media reported by the South China Morning Post. The new center will also collaborate with domestic universities in China, as well as research institutes and businesses. Chinese Researchers Claim T...

    NewsBusiness
    2 min read
    Will McCurdy
  • Another firm files for bankruptcy. Image: Shutterstock

    Crypto ATM Provider Coin Cloud Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

    Crypto ATM provider Coin Cloud has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy. Coin Cloud was one of the first major movers in the crypto ATM space, having been launched in 2014 by current CEO Chris McAlary. It operates primarily in the U.S. and Brazil. According to third-party estimates, the company was the second-largest ATM provider worldwide, with about 12.6% of the total market, behind Bitcoin Depot and ahead of CoinFlip. As per its filing with the Nevada Bankruptcy court, the company has liabilities...

    NewsBusiness
    2 min read
    Will McCurdy
  • Revolut is a popular challenger bank. Image: Shutterstock.

    Revolut Launches Crypto Staking for Ethereum, Cardano, Polkadot, and Tezos

    Revolut is back with another crypto update. Challenger bank Revolut announced the launch of its crypto staking service for a variety of proof-of-stake (PoS) tokens: Ethereum (ETH), Cardano (ADA), Polkadot (DOT), and Tezos (XTz). Staking is the process by which users can deposit PoS-based tokens to a blockchain in order to help secure the network. Staking on Ethereum, for example, requires users to deposit 32 Ethereum to join. There are also alternative services that let users earn rewards for st...

    NewsBusiness
    2 min read
    Will McCurdy
  • NFTs have grown in popularity over the years. Image: Shutterstock.

    WeTransfer Turns to NFTs in Tie Up With Blockchain Firm Minima

    WeTransfer has taken its first step into the NFT business by partnering with Minima, a Swiss blockchain firm. Minima was founded in 2018 in Zug, Switzerland, a town known for its crypto start-up ecosystem. WeTransfer is one of the largest file transfer companies in the world, posting a revenue of $77 million in 2021. The partnership will see the two companies deploy NFTs on Minima’s network, which is set to go live in March in 180 countries, giving creators rights management for their digital pr...

    NewsCoins
    2 min read
    Will McCurdy
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