Risk assets seem to be breaking out bullishly, with bitcoin challenging its 100-day simple moving average (SMA) that aborted the August rally. The resistance at $20,882 could be convincingly toppled this time, as prominent traders think the latest market bounce is more long-lasting than the one seen two months ago.

Crypto exchange Huobi Global is cutting ties with its closely linked stablecoin, the troubled asset HUSD. In a notice to users, Huobi, the top trading venue for the $219 million market-cap stablecoin, cited its rules for performing “regular inspection” on listed assets.

After years of anticipation, the cryptocurrency ethereum finally implemented a major network upgrade that completely changes how the blockchain verifies transactions, mints new coins and secures its network. Called proof-of-stake, this system has reduced ethereum’s energy consumption by more than 99%.

Bitcoin (BTC 3.32%) as a payment option could be going mainstream faster than you may think. Speaking at Yahoo Finance’s All Markets Summit, Suresh Kumar, the global chief technology officer of Walmart (WMT -0.05%), discussed some of the ways the giant retailer is planning to make crypto a key part of its future payments strategy

Censorship resistance is fundamental to any functioning cryptocurrency or blockchain project. It’s been a pillar of crypto from the start, one of the biggest reasons the whole movement got started. What it means is this:

FEW THINGS CAN turn around a boring winter afternoon like receiving a billion dollars. The amount is there, in its 10-figure glory, glaring from my phone screen in white characters against a charcoal background: $1,112,172,834.