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My Data, My Money: Data Dividends and the Digital Economy
17.11.2020
On Nov. 18, CoinDesk’s Ben Powers explores the data dividend: Is it an opportunity to restructure the digital economy on more equitable terms, or merely a redesign of the current data ecosystem?
Uniswap May Re-up Rewards as Sushiswap Angles to Catch Itinerant Yield Farmers
16.11.2020
A new governance vote would continue liquidity mining rewards for certain asset pairs as the original allocation ends
Big Tech Execs and Bitcoin: Skype Cofounder Keeps Personal Wealth in Crypto, Intercom Chairman ‘Firmly Jumps on the Bitcoin Wagon’
16.11.2020
This week two well known tech executives revealed they have been dabbling in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. In a recent interview, Skype cofounder Jaan Tallinn detailed that he held bitcoin and ethereum in his personal finances, while the Intercom cofounder Eoghan McCabe tweeted on Sunday that...
MakerDAO Loans Can Be Gamed to Hold Out Funds From Liquidation, Startup Finds
16.11.2020
A loophole in MakerDAO’s collateralized debt market enables positions to be closed far more leniently than intended due to an oversight in the auction process
Cory Doctorow: The Monopoly Web Is Already Here
16.11.2020
The science fiction writer on how monopolies came to dominate today's economy and why the orthodoxy of tech criticism is wrong
Fidelity’s Crypto Arm Responds to 6 Common Bitcoin Criticisms
16.11.2020
Fidelity Digital Assets has responded to some of bitcoin's most frequent criticisms citing heightened interest in the cryptocurrency
New MIT Paper Roundly Rejects Blockchain Voting as Solution to Election Woes
16.11.2020
Encryption inventor and head of MIT’s Digital Currency Initiative are among authors of a new paper that points out why blockchain and voting are a bad pairing
Akoin Cryptocurrency Launches in Kenya as Pilot for $6 Billion Akon City
14.11.2020
The akoin cryptocurrency, created by famous singer and philanthropist Akon, has started trading on a global crypto exchange. It is also being launched as a means of payment in a tech city in Kenya as a pilot for Akon City, the $6 billion futuristic city that is being built in Senegal. Akoin Crypto...
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