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CoinDesk’s Ethereum Validator Enters Final Weeks, Sitting on More Than $30K of Gains
5.4.2023
To better chronicle the Ethereum blockchain's transition to a proof-of-stake network, CoinDesk in 2020 started its own validator – nicknamed Zelda. We plunked down the 32 ETH (roughly $15,000 at the time) and laid the technical groundwork. With staking withdrawals due to start April 12, we take...
As Bitcoin Platform Paxful Closes, Co-Founder Youssef Talks Up Alternatives
5.4.2023
A whitepaper for Civilization Kit, a decentralized bitcoin peer-to-peer marketplace that also allows users to build their own decentralized marketplaces, will be published in several weeks. Noones, a new “Bitcoin peer-to-peer super app for the Global South,” is already available in private beta
OpenSea launches advanced NFT marketplace aggregator
4.4.2023
The launch of OpenSea Pro is the result of OpenSea's acquisition of NFT aggregator Gem in April 2022
Celo Foundation and Google Cloud partner to support sustainable Web3 startups
4.4.2023
The collaboration is set to allow founders building on Celo to access credits for Google Cloud and Google’s mobile development platform, Firebase
Fantom Network Adds De.Fi's Security Tools to Bolster dApp Protection
4.4.2023
De.Fi claims to have recorded and analyzed over 12 million issues from 1.15 million contracts in the past two years
Midjourney AI users find workaround amid ban on Chinese President’s images
4.4.2023
Midjourney AI bans the creation of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s images, but users find ways to create deepfakes
Cardano Gets Onchain Gaming Boost as Paima Layer 2 Goes Live
4.4.2023
Users can connect and play any on-chain game using ADA tokens directly from their wallets
Regulators Should Heed Crypto Risks When Innovating Regulation, Says Chinese Central Bank Official
4.4.2023
A senior People’s Bank of China (PBOC) official has urged regulators to consider cryptocurrency risks and fraud that could lead to bank failures when innovating regulation. The Chinese official highlighted the recent collapse of U.S. banks that provided services to crypto customers as...
Huobi and Gala Games to Give $50M to Victims of pGala Scheme
3.4.2023
The firms will compensate the scheme’s victims while fighting for millions in damages from the cross-chain bridge that covered up the token-printing scheme
KuCoin Wallet spins off from KuCoin exchange, renames as Halo Wallet
3.4.2023
The newly branded Halo Wallet seeks to broaden its efforts from Web3 to social finance, also known as SocialFi
Dfinity Foundation Launches Chain-Key Bitcoin, a Native Internet Computer BTC Derivative Token
3.4.2023
On April 3, 2023, the Dfinity Foundation, a development team behind the Internet Computer (ICP) network, announced the launch of a native ICP token called “chain-key bitcoin” or “ckBTC.” The bitcoin derivative is backed 1:1 with the leading cryptocurrency asset....
Arbitrum Airdrop Shows Interest in DeFi, Researcher Says
3.4.2023
Pedro Herrera says with failures in the banking system and centralized exchanges facing regulatory scrutiny, there is a renewed interest in decentralized finance
WonderFi merges with Coinsquare and CoinSmart to form regulated crypto asset platform
3.4.2023
The newly merged cryptocurrency trading platform has a total of 1.65 million registered users
PancakeSwap DEX Launches Version 3 on BNB Chain and Ethereum
3.4.2023
V3 brings four different trading fee tiers, 0.01%, 0.05%, 0.25% and 1%, compared with V2's single level of 0.25%
Unbound Finance Will Soon Allow Stablecoin Borrowing Against Uniswap LP Positions on Arbitrum
3.4.2023
With Unbound, Uniswap V3 LPs can borrow Unbound’s stablecoin, UND, interest-free, secured against their concentrated liquidity positions
DeFi Tokens, Shiba Inu Clones Populate zkSync as Locked Value Climbs to $100M
3.4.2023
Ether and USD Coin dominate locked tokens on the upstart network
BLUR Token Plummets Over 28% in March, Despite Blur’s Dominance in NFT Sales Market
3.4.2023
While the non-fungible token marketplace Blur has captured a significant amount of the market share in terms of NFT sales, the market’s native token, BLUR, lost more than 28% in value last month. At present, BLUR tokens are down more than 88% since the crypto asset’s all-time high...
March Bitcoin Mining Stats Show Climbing Revenue and Hashrate Highs
1.4.2023
According to statistics, 4,498 blocks have been mined in the last 30 days, creating 28,112 new bitcoins over the past month. Bitcoin’s network hashrate has been around 341 exahash per second (EH/s) during the last 2,016 blocks or the last two weeks. This month, the mining pools Foundry...
ZeroSync and Blockstream to Broadcast Bitcoin Zero-Knowledge Proofs From Space
1.4.2023
The two partners say using zero-knowledge proofs will allow Bitcoin nodes to sync quickly from anywhere on earth, “even without Internet.”
Crypto exchange Bittrex to wind down operations in the US
31.3.2023
The exchange shared that all customer funds are safe but advised its U.S. customers to withdraw their funds by April 30, 2023