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Developers Debate Disclosure Protocols After ‘Accidental’ Ethereum Hard Fork
13.11.2020
Ethereum’s largest client Geth hard-forked after a bug was tripped Wednesday. Developers are now weighing the merits of security disclosures methods
From PayPal to Libra: Big Tech Has Forced Central Banks to Wake Up to CBDCs, Says Benoit Coeure
13.11.2020
Libra was the final wake-up call for central banks that prompted serious consideration of digital currency issuances, according to the head of the BIS Innovation Hub
Algorand-Backed Axelar Raises $3.75M in Seed Funding to Help Blockchains Communicate
13.11.2020
Axelar is a decentralized protocol designed by the founding members of Algorand to make it easier for dapps to work across blockchains
DeFi Project Akropolis Token Pool Drained of $2M in DAI
12.11.2020
Decentralized finance platform Akropolis’s yCurve pools have been drained resulting in the loss of $2 million
‘Chainlink Killer’ API3 Closes $3M Funding Round With Placeholder and Pantera
12.11.2020
API3, a firm aiming to provide an alternative to oracle service Chainlink, has raised $3 million in a private funding round led by Placeholder
Brent Crude Oil Futures Now Tradable on DeFi Exchange Synthetix
12.11.2020
One of two global oil benchmarks, Brent Crude Futures are now available through DeFi exchange Synthetix
Israeli Firm Unveils Tech Allowing Users to ‘Undo’ Erroneous Ether Transactions
12.11.2020
Kirobo has repurposed its bitcoin transaction reversal feature to work on Ethereum
Hackers, Scammers Have Stolen $7.6B in Crypto Since 2011
12.11.2020
Billions of dollars have been stolen through exchange hacks and scams, according to a new report from blockchain analytics firm Crystal Blockchain
Ethereum’s ‘Unannounced Hard Fork’ Was Trying to Prevent the Very Disruption It Caused
12.11.2020
A hard fork that split Ethereum’s chain in two was activated on purpose, calling into question Ethereum’s client coordination
MakerDAO’s DAI Stablecoin Breaks $1B Market Cap
11.11.2020
The stablecoin dai (DAI) broke a market capitalization of $1 billion on Wednesday, a major milestone for the DeFi pioneer
Flash Loans Aren’t the Problem, Centralized Price Oracles Are
11.11.2020
Flash loans attacks have received a lot of press attention. But they're not DeFi's biggest vulnerability, says Chainlink's CMO
Number of Bitcoin ATMs Up 85% This Year as Coronavirus Drives Adoption
11.11.2020
The number of bitcoin ATMS across the globe has surged amid a coronavirus-induced shift toward contactless payments
Akoin rolls out to Kenyan tech city in first step towards Akon City
11.11.2020
The launch coincides with an AKN token listing on Bittrex cryptocurrency exchange
Ethereum Service Providers Experiencing Issues After Reported Blockchain Split
11.11.2020
The Ethereum blockchain network looks to be suffering issues Friday morning, with knock-on effects at related service providers
Ethereum 2.0 Deposit Contract Tops $22.5M One Week After Launch
10.11.2020
The deposit contract for Ethereum’s 2.0 upgrade now holds over 50k ETH – 10% of the threshold needed to activate the watershed update
Multisignature Wallets Can Keep Your Coins Safer (If You Use Them Right)
10.11.2020
Multisignature wallets are cryptocurrency wallets which require two or more private keys to sign and send a transaction
Former Microsoft Engineer to Serve 9 Years in Prison in a Case That Involves Use of Bitcoin Mixers
10.11.2020
A U.S. court in Seattle has sentenced a former Microsoft engineer to 9 years in prison after finding him guilty of 18 federal felonies relating to his elaborate scheme to defraud the tech giant $10 million. In passing the judgment, the court blasts Volodymyr Kvashuk, a software engineer and citizen...
Gemini Exchange Building ‘Wrapped Filecoin’ for the Ethereum Network
10.11.2020
Gemini is calling on developers who want to assist the effort to bring the FIL token to Ethereum
Blockchain Grain Trading Platform Sees Commercial Launch to Tap Russia Market
10.11.2020
Agri-trading platform Cerealia will focus on international trading for the world's largest wheat market, Russia
Flaw in Bitcoin SV Multisig Wallet Puts Funds at Risk
9.11.2020
Bitcoin SV scrapped Bitcoin’s multisignature design and created its own. The insecure design is causing problems for some BSV users