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Ethereum Classic Suffers Second 51% Attack In a Week
6.8.2020
Ethereum Classic has suffered a 4,000-block long reorganization, its second such incident in five days. The first attack, which saw more than 3,000 blocks reorged, saw an attacker steal more than 800,000 ETC, worth about $5.6 million
China’s Open Source Development Has Lessons for the US
5.8.2020
While the U.S. complains about TikTok and Chinese IP theft, China is forging a new form of development based on open source networks
DeFi Traders Are Gaming Ethereum for Higher Profits, Researchers Say
5.8.2020
DeFi trading bots create "walls of executions," resulting in higher rewards for Ethereum miners, higher profits for traders and higher fees for everyone
ETH Lite: Reflexer Labs Raises $1.7M to Build a Somewhat-Stable Coin for DeFi
5.8.2020
Reflexer Labs, a new decentralized finance project aimed at softening volatility, has closed a $1.68 million seed round led by Paradigm
Square Crypto, Human Rights Foundation Ramp Up Bitcoin Development Grants
5.8.2020
Square Crypto and the Human Rights Foundation are continuing their support for an open source Bitcoin developer community with new contributor grants
CoinDesk Monthly Review, July 2020
4.8.2020
In the opening weeks of July, it looked like gold would surpass bitcoin for monthly returns, as it reached an all-time high, a frustrating state of affairs for those who believe the current macro situation should be a “perfect storm” for bitcoin’s “gold 2.0” narrative. That was before bitcoin shot...
‘Rat Poison Squared on Steroids’: What’s New in Bitcoin’s Latest Lightning Release
4.8.2020
With a sly poke at Warren Buffet's comment that Bitcoin is "rat poison squared," c-lightning developers' latest release adds some key new Lightning features
Tracing Fishy Risks With Blockchain Tech Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
4.8.2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted challenges in global seafood supply chains, and blockchain tech may help improve them
Russian Voters’ Data on Sale After Blockchain Vote to Keep Putin in Power – Report
4.8.2020
Russians voted electronically, using blockchain tech, to keep Putin in power. Now, hackers may be selling the personal data of over a million of those voters
Ethereum 2.0 Testnet Medalla Goes Live With 20,000 Validators
4.8.2020
Medalla, the final testnet before the anticipated launch of Ethereum 2.0 later this year, is now live, the Ethereum Foundation announced Tuesday
DeFi-Focused Derivatives Platform Hedget Raises $500K in Seed Funding
4.8.2020
The round was led by FBG Capital and NGC Ventures, both Asia-based venture firms
Zephyr Teachout: Take Back the Economy From Economists
3.8.2020
Law professor Zephyr Teachout discusses the recent antitrust hearings, how power impacts privacy and the "parallel governments" that Big Tech has created
Law Decoded: Big Tech, Central Banks and the Hunt for Monopolies, July 24-31
31.7.2020
The leaders in this week’s policy news focus on some case studies in power accumulation that more than anything show why decentralization tech matters
Ethereum 2.0: Closer Than Ever, Still Plenty of Work to Do
31.7.2020
Five years later, Ethereum is still chugging along as a decentralized platform for self-executing code. Eth 2.0 is quite close, but for real this time
Tech's Antitrust Issues Flare Up on Both Sides of the New ‘Cold War,’ Report
31.7.2020
At the request of the People’s Bank of China, Beijing could soon probe its digital payments monopolies, sources claim
Ethereum History in 5 Charts
31.7.2020
Five years ago this week, the first general-purpose blockchain went live on mainnet. Here are five charts for understanding Ethereum's evolution
Cardano Introduces Proof-of-Stake With ‘Shelley’ Hard Fork
30.7.2020
It's alive! Cardano has successfully hard forked to its major upgrade, Shelley, which introduced proof-of-stake to the network
CoinDesk Live Recap: Ethereum’s DeFi Luminaries Discuss What’s Next
30.7.2020
For decentralized finance (DeFi) to make its mark, it must reach beyond the crypto bubble, said MakerDAO founder Rune Christensen. “Compared to where we’re going next, we’ve still just scratched the surface of what this technology will do,” Christensen, whose lending platform recently topped...
To Beat Online Censorship, We Need Anonymous Payments
29.7.2020
Online censorship and surveillance will persist as long as local fiat currencies are the only way to pay for telecommunication services
Bitcoin Scaling Tech Could Have Saved Companies and Users $500M in Fees: Report
29.7.2020
Implementing transaction batching and SegWit could have saved bitcoin companies and users $500 million in fees – if they'd just use the technology