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Privacy-preserving computation on blockchains could prevent breaches
10.7.2021
Business is a resource game, and blockchain offers a means to win it, enabling interoperability with privacy-preserving computation
JPMorgan report: Eth2 could kick-start $40B staking industry by 2025
2.7.2021
CEO Jamie Dimon may not support crypto, but two JPMorgan analysts say proof-of-stake coin yields are attractive investments in this zero-rate environment
Centre to Expand USDC to Ten More Blockchains; Launches on Tron
1.7.2021
Centre, the consortium behind the issuance of USD Coin (USDC), announced it will launch the popular asset on 10 more blockchains. This would expand the reach of USDC to other environments and could make it more popular as a commercial and staking currency. While Centre made the announcement only...
Myriad Proof-of-Work Blockchains See Significant Hashrate Losses
29.6.2021
While there’s been a lot of concentration on bitcoin mining crackdowns in China and Bitcoin’s recent hashrate loss on Monday, many other digital assets have seen hashrates drop significantly as well. Some of the largest digital currencies, in terms of market valuation, lost considerable...
Why On-Chain Governance Is Critical for Blockchain Growth and Longevity
3.6.2021
The decentralized properties that make blockchain architecture unique can also be its Achilles heel, demonstrating the importance of bringing network governance on-chain to promote a more inclusive and democratized consensus on network upgrades. Governance Transformation Is the Key To Unlocking...
ABEYCHAIN 2.0: Driving the Next Generation Blockchain Ecosystem
26.5.2021
Scalability is one of the problems facing public blockchains like Bitcoin and Ethereum. This is because their architecture is not sufficient to handle the increased number of users. Ethereum, in particular, has been plagued with slow confirmation times and high transaction fees leading many...
Sekuritance Is Here to Boost Public Confidence in Blockchain Transactions
23.5.2021
Crypto’s anarchic nature, with the emphasis on decentralization, lacks any regulatory bodies so far. But sooner or later it will have to adopt standards of some kind because when money moves in and out from the blockchains to and from the traditional financial system, some kind of compliance...
B2BinPay Launches Version 2.0: Major Product Upgrade Includes New Blockchains, Tokens and Pricing
20.5.2021
PRESS RELEASE. B2BinPay, one of the industry’s leading crypto processing providers, has announced the launch of version 2 of its award-winning payments solution. The new version is a highly-anticipated upgrade to the current offering and includes a series of feature enhancements and...
There’s Close to 300,000 Bitcoin-Pegged Tokens Hosted on ETH and BSC, Value Exceeds $12 Billion
19.5.2021
For quite some time now cryptocurrency traders have been leveraging bitcoin-based assets tethered to alternative blockchains. Mid-May statistics show there’s more than 299,000 bitcoin, worth over $12.8 billion today, tied to wrapped or synthetic bitcoin projects hosted on Ethereum or...
Funding Roundup: Fresh Capital Aims to Advance Blockchain Product and Service Capabilities
13.5.2021
Beyond expanding the reach of blockchains’ functionality, projects are striving to improve upon existing technologies with their capital injections to build a more safe, secure, and seamless user experience that will drive the next generation of products and services. Moma Protocol Receives...
pNetwork and Algorand Officially Partner up to Build New Cross-Chain Connections
28.4.2021
pNetwork, a cross-chain composability system that allows assets and Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) to move freely between blockchains, has officially partnered up with Algorand, the pure proof-of-stake blockchain focused on the convergence between decentralized and traditional finance, to launch...
Oracle Service API3 Partners With the Open Banking Project, Plans to Connect 400 Banking APIs to Blockchain
20.4.2021
On Monday, the oracle provider API3 announced a ten-year partnership with the Open Bank Project in order to connect more than 400 banking APIs to blockchain smart contracts using API3’s Airnode. The collaboration between API3 and the Open Bank Project aims to bridge conventional banking with...
Life beyond Ethereum: What layer-one blockchains are bringing to DeFi
14.4.2021
Ethereum is the dominant force in DeFi, and layer-two solutions are a promising alternative, but the layer-one blockchains are not done just yet
Poker Prospers in Blockchain’s Promising Landscape
13.4.2021
Gambling may be no stranger to the blockchain, but poker’s appeal amongst players has only expanded further as poker sites embrace bitcoin and Covid-19 moves gameplay increasingly online. Famed Game Puts Spotlight on Varied Blockchain Use Cases Although online betting and gaming were already...
The NFT Bubble Might Be Bursting, But Streamers And Esports Orgs Are Still Getting In On It
9.4.2021
As of last month, the age of NFTs was officially upon us. As of this month, it might be on its way out. Average prices have declined by as much as 70% since a peak in February, according to Bloomberg. That, however, has not stopped big-name streaming and esports figures from announcing their...
Carbon Offsets for NFTs Don't Address the Deeper Problem
25.3.2021
The NFT space has a ballooning carbon problem. But rather than address emissions head-on, platforms may be turning to at best, self-deception and at worst, greenwashing by relying on carbon offsets.Read more
Welcome to the Juungle: A Bitcoin Cash NFT Market That Allows Anyone Buy and Sell Unique SLP Collectibles
24.3.2021
Non-fungible token (NFT) collectibles have been seeing relentless demand and publicity these days. While the Ethereum network has been the dominant force in this space, a great number of alternative blockchains have been introducing NFT support. In recent weeks, Bitcoin Cash proponents have been...
Shifting Blockchains, Moving Privacy, Funds & Trusts and 20 Crypto Jokes
20.3.2021
This past week in crypto, Pantera CEO said that bitcoin is “ahead of” his firm’s forecast schedule to hit USD 115,000, analysts blamed misinfo for bitcoin’s correction, SushiSwap announced its expansion to Avalanche, and Charles Hoskinson claimed that “more than 100 companies” will shift from...
BTCS Generating Revenue By Securing Smart Contract-Based Proof-Of-Stake Blockchains
17.3.2021
Disclaimer: The text below is a press release that was not written by Cryptonews.com.
In 2021, companies are enhancing their treasury management strategies to realize improved returns by allocating liquid funds to cryptocurrencies. This shift marks a significant advance in the institutionalization...
Too little, too late? Ethereum losing DeFi ground to rival blockchains
11.3.2021
Decentralized exchanges explore alternatives as Ethereum continues to be overloaded. Is this the beginning of the end for the blockchain?