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Stablecoins and Crosschain Loans: 2 Projects Attempt to Bring Defi Solutions to Bitcoin
22.4.2020
While decentralized finance (defi) solutions have grown popular on the Ethereum blockchain, developers have recently created similar systems by leveraging BTC’s network. A project called Atomic Loans claims to offer a noncustodial bitcoin-backed stablecoin solution, while Money on chain a...
Bitcoin Halving Searches Surge – Phrase Touches Google Trends All-Time High
21.4.2020
The notorious bitcoin halving is expected to happen in 20 days either on or around May 12, 2020. The anticipation leading up to the event is at an all-time high, as last week worldwide queries for the phrase “bitcoin halving” using Google peaked with a top score of 100. On Tuesday...
Multi-Chain DeFi Protocol Raises $750K in Token Sale With Framework Ventures
21.4.2020
DeFi fund Framework Ventures has purchased roughly 5 percent of Kava Labs' outstanding token supply ahead of the CDP platform's launch next month
ConsenSys Developer on How Baseline Protocol Can Improve Contact Tracing
20.4.2020
ConsenSys developerJohn Wolpert asserts that Baseline Protocol can be used to deliver a contact tracing system with stronger privacy & security than Apple and Google
Weekend Attack Drains Decentralized Protocol dForce of $25M in Crypto
19.4.2020
dForce appears to have lost control of $25 million in bitcoin and ether held in its decentralized lending protocol
Decentralized Protocol Removed From EU Contact Tracing Website Without Notice
16.4.2020
EU researchers are concerned after their proposal for a decentralized contact tracing system was rejected without explanation
Ready Layer One: Base Layer Protocols Team Up for Virtual Developer Event
7.4.2020
A virtual conference is being organized by a bevy of base-layer protocols – the Web3 Foundation, Near, Cosmos, Tezos, Protocol Labs and Polkadot
P2P Protocol Aims to Simplify Crypto Wallet Transactions With Domain Names
7.4.2020
The FIO Protocol, which recently launched its mainnet chain, is providing crypto users with domain names instead of complex alphanumeric wallet addresses
Bison Trails Provides Support for NuCypher Protocol
3.4.2020
Bison Trails will enable users to run nodes through the NuCypher network
Anyhedge to Launch Blockchain-Enforced Synthetic Derivatives for Bitcoin Cash
2.4.2020
Developers from the organization General Protocols have announced the launch of a synthetic derivatives platform built on Bitcoin Cash. The project Anyhedge aims to be the first decentralized finance (defi) protocol on any branch of Bitcoin and the platform will launch in cooperation with...
Makers of Keep Protocol Raise $7.7M to Bring Trustless BTC to DeFi
2.4.2020
Thesis has closed a $7.7 million deal by selling its KEEP tokens to some of crypto’s top investors. Its TBTC project could get more bitcoin into DeFi
Bitcoin’s Lightning Becomes Latest Protocol to Court Publishers With Micropayments
31.3.2020
With paywall systems for a whole bevy of assets, crypto payments could revolutionize the media industry – if demand actually matched supply
Free from Tron: Steemit’s Blockchain Fork Hive Outperforms Steem Token Value
29.3.2020
For weeks now, the cryptocurrency community has been fervently discussing the recent acquisition of the Steemit blockchain. Skeptics believe that the Tron takeover has shown significant vulnerabilities with delegated-proof-of-stake (DPoS) projects. Following the takeover, the community still...
Bison Trails Announces Support For Solana Protocol
27.3.2020
Solana’s support of Bison Trails platform will allow customers to earn participatory rewards
The Mysterious Founder of Cross-Chain Protocol Reveals His Identity
26.3.2020
The mysterious founder of the cross-chain protocol reveals his identity to Cointelegraph
ETH 2.0 Audit Highlights Risks to Block Proposers and P2P Protocol
26.3.2020
While noting that the code is “very well thought out,” Least Authority identified risks to block proposers and concerns regarding ETH 2.0’s P2P networking protocol
Crypto Mining Crunch Time – Bitcoin Halving Less Than 50 Days Away While Global Economy Shudders
24.3.2020
On or around May 13, the BTC network will see a block reward reduction as miners will go from getting 12.5 coins per block to 6.25 coins following the halving. The last time the protocol’s block reward halved was on July 9, 2016, and the global economy looked a whole lot different back then....
Emin Gun Sirer’s AVA Labs Seeks Wall Street Business After Open-Sourcing ‘Avalanche’ Protocol
24.3.2020
AVA Labs is looking to build financial infrastructure for Wall Street businesses after open sourcing its novel “Avalanche” protocol
Countdown to Block Reward Reduction – 18 Days Until Bitcoin Cash Halving
20.3.2020
In 18 days, the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network will see its next halving as the block reward will decrease from 12.5 to 6.25 coins on or around April 8, 2020. BCH will be the first blockchain out of the top three SHA256 networks to halve as BSV will see a reward reduction two days after […]
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Tether Stablecoin Launches on Its Seventh Blockchain
20.3.2020
The world's largest stablecoin by market value is now live on the Bitcoin Cash network via the Simple Ledger Protocol