Steven Stradbrooke

Steven Stradbrooke is a ‘self-taught’ writer who learned his craft from every book, newspaper, magazine, newsletter, snarky blog post and bathroom wall poem he ever read. Formerly the senior writer for 11 years at the CalvinAyre.com gambling industry news site, Steven wrote his first Bitcoin-focused article in 2011 and began contributing to CoinGeek in 2017. He joined CoinGeek full-time in 2021.

Latest Articles by Steven Stradbrooke

Coinbase hopes AI will reduce frequency of exchange’s outages
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29 August, 2024

Coinbase hopes AI will reduce frequency of exchange’s outages

The new AI model anticipates traffic spikes and scales up resources, and Coinbase claims this new system "served us well"...
Telegram founder’s arrest slammed by darknet market fans
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28 August, 2024

Telegram founder’s arrest slammed by darknet market fans

Telegram Founder/CEO Pavel Durov was detained as part of a probe opened on July 8 against a “person unnamed” for...
Kraken loses bid to dismiss SEC suit, loses fight with Aussie securities regulator
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27 August, 2024

Kraken loses bid to dismiss SEC suit, loses fight with Aussie securities regulator

The next step in this long-running process between Kraken and the U.S. SEC is a case management conference on October...
‘Big Crypto’ lobbying furiously as 2024 US election heads into home stretch
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23 August, 2024

‘Big Crypto’ lobbying furiously as 2024 US election heads into home stretch

Public Citizen consumer advocacy group released a report titled ‘Big Crypto, Big Spending’ that showed ‘crypto corporations’ poured $119 million...
BTC miners raising capital, buying rivals, fearing Kamala and burning the planet
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21 August, 2024

BTC miners raising capital, buying rivals, fearing Kamala and burning the planet

Bernstein analysts claimed miners shouldn't sell any of the BTC they've recently mined at a loss; based on their projections,...
Fugitive Christen Ager-Hanssen bankrupted by UK court order
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20 August, 2024

Fugitive Christen Ager-Hanssen bankrupted by UK court order

A U.K. court has reportedly dismissed Christen Ager-Hanssen’s attempt to bargain for more time to pay the roughly £95,000 debt...