Canary Capital’s recently filed amended S-1 form for its Canary Litecoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) could signal the altcoin may be the next digital asset in the United States to get the crypto ETF treatment, following Bitcoin and Ether in 2024. According to analysts from Bloomberg, the filing from Canary Capital on Jan. 15 seemingly confirmed … Read more
The motivation behind cryptocurrency mining It’s the money, of course. Cryptocurrency mining is the process of validating transactions on a proof-of-work blockchain network, like Bitcoin or Ethereum Classic. Miners play a crucial role in securing the network and, in return, are rewarded with newly minted coins. Mining began in 2009 when Bitcoin’s creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, … Read more
Bitcoin (BTC) has risen above $95,000, indicating that the bulls have maintained the buying pressure. Grayscale head of research Zach Pandl told Cointelegraph that Bitcoin is being “held back by strength in the US dollar,” but he expects the setback to be short-lived as the US presidential inauguration is right around the corner. Pandl sees … Read more
Litecoin’s (LTC) X social media account was briefly hacked on Jan. 11 by a scammer promoting a fraudulent Litecoin token on the Solana network. “LTC is now in Solana,” the hacker wrote in a now-deleted and grammatically incorrect post, which featured a contract address and a Pump.fun link to the scam token. In an update, … Read more