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Aurora Joins Force With Covalent for Access to Trustless Data
25.5.2022
On May 24, Aurora released the official statement regarding its integration with Covalent’s indexing protocol. This move will provide developers on the chain with rich blockchain data powered by Covalent’s Unified API. Aurora’s plans for data accessibility will be achieved through...
Watch Mining Hearing Live: Bitcoin Is More Energy-Efficient than Banks, Bitfury CEO Tells US Lawmakers
20.1.2022
Traditional banking requires 2.5 times the amount of power as Bitcoin (BTC) to produce the same amount of value, and only proof-of-work (PoW) provides “a truly trustless system,” according to Brian Brooks, CEO of major blockchain technology firm Bitfury and a former Comptroller of the Currency...
ADALend: A New Perspective On Native Cardano DeFi From the Eyes of ADALend’s CEO
17.1.2022
A scalable, trustless, and decentralized lending protocol called ADALend is being developed to allow users to operate in a self-governed environment. They made a commitment from the beginning to build natively on the Cardano blockchain, which will allow the lending platform to aggregate protocols...
XTRA: The Revolution Staking Platform
28.12.2021
XTRA is a DeFI staking platform that offers over 14,7 to 45,2% APY. It is trustless, capital-backed, secure, powerful, extremely profitable, and easy to use. The best feature of XTRA is its decentralized GUARANTEE FUND that secures up to 90% of your token purchase price. The first listing of XTRA...
XMR Developer Announces Bitcoin to Monero Atomic Swap Capabilities
25.8.2021
For quite some time, trustless, cross-chain trades called atomic swaps have been a holy grail of sorts and a number of blockchain developers have worked on making them a reality. According to the developers from the Monero project, atomic swaps between bitcoin and monero are now accessible via...
Trust is still a must in the trustless world of cryptocurrency
10.7.2021
As transformative an innovation as cryptocurrency is, people remain the primary users, and people require trust
Trustless bridges may be the key to blockchain interoperability
3.7.2021
The arrival of interoperable solutions will be an opportunity for a positive shift in the public’s perception of blockchain
Chainflip: A Decentralised, Trustless Swapping Tool
30.6.2021
Chainflip is a decentralized, trustless protocol facilitating cross-chain swaps between different blockchains. The platform does not require users to have previous crypto knowledge or an intermediary to swap their tokens, as they can perform these functions in a few clicks. This way, Chainflip...
Shield Protocol: Tokenomics for a Trustless and Long-Term Value Decentralized Network
27.5.2021
Like Bitcoin, DeFi’s ambition to build a fully decentralized global network is the fundamental source of its revolutionary characteristics – that of being trustless and enabling disintermediation. It is these two characteristics that build the core value of DeFi and determine...
RSK launches Powpeg, a trustless Bitcoin bridge architecture
8.12.2020
The pegging process no longer relies on functionaries holding custody of bridged funds
Introducing MoonDeFi, a New Part of Decentralized Finance
29.11.2020
PRESS RELEASE. Centralized exchanges have been the backbone of the cryptocurrency market for years. They offer fast settlement times, high trading volume, and continually improving liquidity. However, there’s a parallel world being built in the form of trustless protocols. Decentralized...
Who watches the watchmen? Crypto may not be as trustless as it seems
19.11.2020
Crypto is often seen as trustless and failproof. But as more regulation, venues and developers come aboard, just how trustless is it really?
Researchers question what 'trustless' actually means for blockchain
27.10.2020
Blockchain allegedly eliminates the need for trust — but how far is this notion actually true, or helpful?
A Deep Dive Into Polkadot and How DOT Became a Top Ten Crypto Contender
24.9.2020
Just recently a new project called Polkadot joined the top ten crypto coin list almost immediately after the project officially launched. Today, the Polkadot network is the sixth-largest blockchain in terms of market capitalization. The blockchain is considered an Ethereum competitor by a...
Federated Sidechains: $8M in BTC Stuck in Limbo, Analyst Says Action ‘Violates Liquid’s Security Model’
28.6.2020
Liquid, the sidechain network developed by the company Blockstream, saw 870 bitcoins ($8 million) frozen in moderation queue due to a seizure from a number of the network’s functionaries. The founder of the Summa project, James Prestwich, explained on Twitter that the emergency 2-of-3...
Despite Trust Model Debates, Ethereum Is Bitcoin’s Largest Sidechain by Total Value Locked
26.5.2020
The Ethereum network now has more bitcoin held in reserves than the Lightning Network, according to onchain statistics. At the time of publication, Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) has close to 4,000 BTC ($34.7M) held in reserves, while the Lightning Network has only 925 BTC ($8.3M). Wrapped Bitcoin...
Cointext CTO Reveals a New Protocol That Aims to Bolster a Censorship-Resistant Economy for Bitcoin Cash
9.5.2020
On May 7, the Cointext CTO and cofounder of Countermarkets, Vin Armani revealed a new project he’s been working on called “Signal, Watch, and Pay Protocol” (SWaP). Armani’s published specification and reference code of SWaP indicates that the platform allows “onchain...
Makers of Keep Protocol Raise $7.7M to Bring Trustless BTC to DeFi
2.4.2020
Thesis has closed a $7.7 million deal by selling its KEEP tokens to some of crypto’s top investors. Its TBTC project could get more bitcoin into DeFi
Maker Accepts USDC as a Collateral, Becomes 'Less Trustless' + More News
17.3.2020
Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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As a result of an Executive Vote held today, MKR holders have accepted USD Coin (USDC) as a new collateral asset in...
DeFi Can Now Choose to Run Trustless Zero-Knowledge Proofs
26.2.2020
Supersonic is a trustless zero-knowledge proof system that provides a new solution for DeFi platforms