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Ledger Adds Bitcoin Bounty and New Data Security After Hack
13.1.2021
Ledger was also targeted by hackers in Shopify's data breach
US Navy Commissions $1.5M Blockchain System for Tracking Critical Weaponry
13.1.2021
Blockchain firm SIMBA Chain won a contract to build a system to anticipate demand for "critical" military weaponry parts
Valid Points: Price Dips, 60K Validators and Eth 2.0’s ‘Graffiti’ Messages
13.1.2021
The price of ether dove hard last weekend, but the number of validators joining the Eth 2.0 network continues to grow, regardless of price movements
Crypto leaders worry over threat from ‘big tech’ censorship
13.1.2021
Social media users are leaving traditional providers in droves in favor of more independent platforms over fears of unwarranted data collection, censorship, and refusal of service
Kim Dotcom Discusses the Swelling Crypto Economy and His Plans to ‘Accelerate P2P Electronic Cash’
13.1.2021
This week, news.Bitcoin.com chatted with Kim Dotcom, the founder of the now-defunct file hosting service Megaupload and the creator of the content monetization application called K.im. The Internet entrepreneur Dotcom is a big believer when it comes to the crypto economy and during...
Nintendo Is Making Copyright Claims on Videos of Game & Watch Hacking
12.1.2021
Despite its retro charms, for $50 the Nintendo Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. handheld felt like it could benefit from a few more games: an upgrade some talented hackers made possible before the device was even released. But Nintendo doesn’t like consumers messing with its hardware, and today...
HashKey Capital Invests $5M in Decentralized Storage Project Filestar
12.1.2021
The $5 million grant will go towards funding the day-to-day operations of Filestar's foundation
Pirated Academic Database Sci-Hub Is Now On the ‘Uncensorable Web’
12.1.2021
Sci-Hub, a pirate database of academic papers using bitcoin for funding, has joined the distributed domain names network Handshake
Flash’s Web Tech Legacy
11.1.2021
Tiffany B. Brown on how Flash paved the way for some things we might think of as fairly modern web technologies:
Flash wasn’t just good for playing multimedia. It was also good for manipulating it. Using ActionScript, you could pan
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Aragon One CEO Jorge Izquierdo Resigns Over ‘Governance’ Decisions
11.1.2021
Aragon One CEO Jorge Izquierdo has resigned, becoming the highest-profile departure in a recent flurry of resignations
Binance, Blockchain Firm Orbs to Sponsor New Accelerator for DeFi Innovation
11.1.2021
The two firms have become core sponsors of the DeFi.org accelerator, which will provide grants for innovative startups working in decentralized finance
Aragon Acquires Voting Project Vocdoni to Flesh Out Decentralized Governance Stack
11.1.2021
The Aragon Association has acquired Vocdoni, a decentralized voting project born out of the Catalan independence movement
Chinese Bank Trials Digital Yuan Services at ATMs: Report
11.1.2021
Trials of China's central bank digital currency continue, with ATMs now starting to be used in Shenzhen
Scaling Solution Hermez Network Adds Tether Token to Tackle High Ethereum Fees
11.1.2021
Hermez Network sets out to provide faster and cheaper transactions on Ethereum
Parler Forced Offline After Amazon Pulls Hosting Services
11.1.2021
Parler has gone offline after Amazon made good on its promise to drop the controversial social media site from its AWS web hosting services. Amazon pulled the plug at 11:59 p.m. Pacific time, saying that Parler wasn’t properly moderating its content and the violence being called for on the site...
Crypto Advocates Think Joe Biden’s $3 Trillion Stimulus Plan Will Bolster Bitcoin
11.1.2021
According to various reports, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is planning to create another $3 trillion for Covid-19 relief and infrastructure. The massive stimulus plan and the backers behind the Biden administration have made crypto proponents believe that bitcoin will prosper greatly. Biden...
Big Tech’s Freedom of Speech Purge Pushes People to Censorship-Resistant Blockchain Social Media
9.1.2021
During the last few days, the world has watched the Big Tech and social media crackdown after the incident that took place at Capitol Hill a few days ago. During the last 48 hours, U.S. President Donald Trump, a great number of right-wing supporters, and literally anyone who speaks out against...
Major South Korean Bank Shinhan Is Set to Offer Crypto Custody-Related Services
9.1.2021
A major commercial bank in South Korea is entering the crypto business by allocating an equity investment in the Korea Digital Asset Trust (KDAC). Shinhan Bank is looking to offer digital asset custody services. Bank Expects to Offer Tech Capabilities to Face Defi-Related Hacking Risks According...
The Smart Way to Talk About DeFi’s $22B
8.1.2021
"TVL isn't the best indicator when ETH and all other crypto is green for weeks," one observer said of DeFi's recent growth
Square Crypto Funds Bitcoin Developer to Improve Mining Pool Software
8.1.2021
Square Crypto’s latest grant will fund a developer’s work on software that could improve how mining collectives pool hash power