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Vulnerability Strikes Lightning Network
9.10.2020
A vulnerability in LND versions 0.10.x and below has been found and disclosed to the Lightning Labs, the developer of the Lightning Network.
The Lightning Network team, which is working on scaling and speeding up Bitcoin (BTC) transactions, has been warned of a vulnerability in their Lightning...
Lightning network vulnerability discovered, upgrade immediately
9.10.2020
The lightning vulnerability was made public on Oct 9
Lightning Vulnerability Discovered; Ind Node Operators Urged to Upgrade ASAP
9.10.2020
An undisclosed vulnerability in LND versions 0.10.x and below was revealed Thursday with developers urging node operators to update to the newest version
JPMorgan’s Blockchain Lead Is Now in Charge of Ethereum-Based Interbank Information Network
8.10.2020
JPMorgan Blockchain Lead Christine Moy has been promoted to lead the bank’s Ethereum-based Interbank Information Network (INN)
Report: Bitcoin Surges With Rising Real Interest Rates and Economic Stimulus While Gold Performs Better With Rising Inflation
8.10.2020
A new report by Bitstamp and Bytetree says bitcoin responds better to the rising money supply, rising real interest rates and a strong economy. This is in contrast to gold which appears to perform better when real interest rates are falling while inflation is rising. To support these findings,...
GM and Honda publish specs for decentralized electric car charging network
8.10.2020
A Honda and GM-led working group has unveiled a global standard for using distributed ledger technology to create decentralized electric vehicle charging networks
CoinLinked seeks to raise $5m in regulated Security Token offering
8.10.2020
CoinLinked, the social network platform launched by Wall St. veteran Jenny Q Ta, hopes to raise $5 million in a regulated security token offering
P2PLoan Finance Is All Set To Offer Higher Returns With Its Newly Launched Decentralized Protocols
7.10.2020
LONDON, United Kingdom, — P2PLoan Finance – Has successfully launched its decentralized protocols (Lend, Borrow) which also includes its very own Dapp on the Ethereum Network. P2PLoan Finance has officially made its fully functional website public, making it easier to avail Loans, they...
Stablecoin Growth Knocks Silvergate Exchange Network Volume Over $100B
6.10.2020
All-time transaction volume on the Silvergate Exchange Network (SEN), a fiat pathway into bitcoin markets, has reached $100 billion
A Solution To the Blockchain Scalability Problem – Meet Jax.Network
6.10.2020
Being the next step in the evolution of human civilization, blockchain technology still hasn’t been mass-adopted. The biggest obstacle here is a limited transaction processing capacity. Existing blockchains like Bitcoin and Ethereum are only able to do about 7-10 transactions per second. This...
Visual Interpretation of Bitcoin’s Supply Shows the Digital Asset’s Unique Scarcity
6.10.2020
The Bitcoin network has recently crossed over the 18.5 million mark, as far as the number of bitcoins currently minted into circulation. However, even though over 18 million coins have been minted to-date there’s a number of different elements that affect the distribution of all the coins...
ETH Volumes Top $119.5 Billion in Q3: High-Risk Dapps Dominate Tron Network
4.10.2020
A recent report says total Dapps transaction volumes reached $125 Billion in Q3 2020, a figure which is $113 billion higher than in Q2 2020. From these volumes, the Ethereum blockchain accounts for 96% or $119.5 billion of the total created value with the majority of this being attributed to...
Stacking Satoshis: Leveraging Defi Applications to Earn More Bitcoin
2.10.2020
As decentralized finance (defi) has become more popular, digital currency proponents are making money off of more than 140 yield-bearing cryptocurrencies. While most of the defi ecosystem revolves around the Ethereum network, a number of people leverage these defi applications in order to earn more...
Chainalysis and Integra Win $1.25 Million IRS Contract to Break Monero
2.10.2020
Crypto intelligence firm Chainalysis and data forensics company Integra Fec have won a combined $1.25 million contract to provide tools that break the privacy-focused coin, monero, for the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Floated early September, the one-year contract specifically covers...
Kucoin Hack: $17M Laundered Via Decentralized Exchanges, Blockchain Analysis Firm Claims This Can Still be Traced
2.10.2020
Elliptic says the Kucoin hacker has sold $17.1 million worth of tokens via decentralized exchanges (dex) platforms like Uniswap, Kyber Network, Tokenlon. The shift to dex applications comes after centralized projects came to the aid of the beleaguered exchange by blocking any cashing out of...
Smart Contract Protocol RSK Attempts to Bring Defi to the Bitcoin Network
2.10.2020
During the last year, Ethereum has dominated the decentralized finance (defi) ecosystem but a number of other blockchain projects plan to join the fray. The second layer, smart contract protocol RSK aims to bring the defi demand to the Bitcoin blockchain and there’s already a few RSK-based...
A Model for the Next Generation DEX, TitanSwap Will Be a Dex With Better User Experience
2.10.2020
TitanSwap is using the renBTC protocol to implement cross-chain operations. Compared with the currently more common custodial cross-chain solutions wBTC and tBTC, the renBTC smart contract is a non-custodial access mechanism. Its core is the RenVM virtual machine, a decentralized network mainly...
Bitcoin Posts a 66-Day Consecutive Streak Above the $10K Price Range
1.10.2020
The Bitcoin network has achieved a few new milestones during the last week, as the price has remained above the $10k range for a record 66 consecutive days. Meanwhile, the network has surpassed 18.5 million bitcoin issued, as the global hashrate coasts along at an all-time high of 140 exahash...
DeFi Has a Front-Running Problem. Sparkpool’s Potential Fix Is Launching This Month
1.10.2020
Ethereum mining pool Sparkpool will launch its new mining network, Taichi Network, complete with a “private transaction” feature this month
LINE Corporation & Theta Network to Launch Video App for Asia Expansion
1.10.2020
Highly-acclaimed subsidiary brand of South Korea’s NAVER Corporation, LINE Corporation of Japan has announced the launch of an innovative video application named ‘THETA.tv for LINE’ in collaboration with Theta Network. The mobile-friendly service will be fueled by Theta’s protocol architecture...