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Zcash Orchard Pool: How to Check Whether Your ZEC Balance Still Needs Migrating
Since the Ironwood upgrade of July 28, 2026, Zcash's old Orchard pool has been sealed, and every shielded balance has to cross into the new pool individually through a turnstile. At the end of August, 470,000 ZEC were still in the old pool. Here is how to check in a few minutes whether your wallet is one of them.
31 minutes ago
Crypto Reporting Rules: What Your Exchange Reports to the Tax Office, and Why the Total Is Not Your Profit
From the 2026 reporting period onwards, crypto providers transmit aggregated gross amounts per crypto-asset to Germany's Federal Central Tax Office, for the first time by 31 July 2027. The data set holds your trading volume, not your profit; that gap is one you have to close with records of your own.
41 minutes ago
Bitcoin Transaction Stuck: How to Free It Again With RBF and CPFP
The Bitcoin network's waiting area is full, yet the recommended fee still sits at the minimum. We evaluated 75,903 waiting transactions and 15 blocks to show when you can simply wait and when you have to step in yourself.
49 minutes ago
Sparkasse Crypto Custody: Why You Get No Key to Your Bitcoin and What to Check First
From October, Sparkasse customers are to be able to buy Bitcoin and Ether inside their own banking app, with DekaBank acting as custodian. What you get is a custody position rather than a private key. What that means in practice and what you should settle before your first purchase.
3 hours ago
Humanity Protocol Unlock on September 23: What H Holders Must Check Before the Kraken Deadline
On September 23, 2026, Humanity Protocol releases 292,857,143 H in one go, and two days later Kraken closes withdrawals for H and HUMANITY. This article recalculates the tranches first-hand and shows what you need to check before September 25.
6 hours ago
Tokenized Assets on Solana: How to Check Whether Your Token Can Be Frozen or Clawed Back
At Dominion Market, SILV holdings were removed from wallets on September 11 after an exploit. Our query of 32 tokenized assets on Solana shows that every single one carries this permission, and how you can read it up yourself.
9 hours ago
Your Volksbank's Crypto Licence: Why You Have to Check Custody Separately
14 of the 16 newest CASP entries in the ESMA register were German cooperative banks, and each one carries order execution only. Our count of the BaFin database shows that not one of the 21 cooperative institutions is registered as a crypto custodian.
12 hours ago
Staking Lock-Up Period: How Long You Wait for Your Coins After Unstaking
Eight days on Ethereum, exactly 21 on Cosmos, not a single hour on Cardano: the lock-up period decides when you reach your coins again after unstaking. We queried the deadlines directly at the chains on September 13, 2026, and show you how to check them yourself before every decision.
12 hours ago
Symbiosis Hack: How to Check Whether Your Bridged Bitcoin Can Still Get Out
An attacker minted billions of unbacked syBTC on the cross-chain bridge Symbiosis and pulled out roughly $336,000. We checked for ourselves on September 12 which routes are still running: the way into the bridge is suspended, the way out is open.
12 hours ago
VeChain Interstellar on September 16: What VET Holders Should Check Before the Hardfork
The VIP-255 hardfork takes effect at block 25,902,540, not at a fixed time of day. cryptoticker.io measured the mainnet's block time and the software versions of 105 nodes itself, and recalculated the activation point from them.
18 hours ago
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