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Solana Price Prediction as SOL Blockchain Goes Down – What’s Going On?
6.2.2024
The Solana network is suffering a minor outage with the last transaction halted at 09.52 UTC, according to the block explorer. Engineers and validators are currently investigating the mainnet-beta for the source of the problem. Blockchain company and leading Solana validator Laine tweeted:...
Exclusive: Anza Co-Founder Responds to Solana Centralization Concerns
30.1.2024
The Solana blockchain crew has moved some team members from one of its divisions to a new entity called Anza. Anza co-founder Jeff Washington, a former engineer at Solana Labs, announced this move on Tuesday, revealing the team’s focus on improving the performance of a Solana Labs validator...
Metamask Launches Ethereum Validator Staking Services
22.1.2024
Metamask, the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) wallet, has announced the launch of its validator staking services for Ethereum. The feature will allow users who want to stake their ether to do it simply from the Metamask portfolio interface, without managing hardware equipment, while maintaining...
MetaMask Portfolio extends offering to Validator Staking
22.1.2024
MetaMask Portfolio has extended the list, now offering Validator Staking in addition to Liquid Staking. This empowers participants to stake their ETH tokens and earn rewards without undergoing the complexities of maintaining nodes. Consensys Staking, a network of more than 33,000 stakeholders,...
Google Cloud Joins Flare Network Causing FLR Jump
17.1.2024
Google Cloud enters the blockchain infrastructure industry by joining Flare as a network validator and infrastructure provider, causing Flare’s token FLR to jump in price. Flare Network Welcomes Google Cloud, FLR token surges Google Cloud has joined the Flare network as a network validator...
Fantom Reduces Validator Requirement to 50k FTM, Prioritizes Decentralization
16.1.2024
Source: Adobestock Fantom Network has announced a 90% reduction in validator requirements, taking the assets needed to run a self-staking node to 50,000 FTM from 500,000 FTM. The company wrote on X (formerly Twitter) about the new developments, informing its community of changes, reasons, and...
Fantom Slashes Validator Staking Requirements by 90%, FTM Prices Unchanged
16.1.2024
The move could help improve network security as validators are more widely distributed across the world, developers said
Google Cloud Joins Flare Network as a Validator, FLR Surges 37%
15.1.2024
Courtesy: @FlareNetworks on X Google Cloud will serve as a validator for the Flare blockchain and contributor to the Flare Time Series Oracle (FTSO), the “blockchain for data” organization announced Monday. Google Cloud to serve a dual role “Data access at scale is important...
AI and Blockchain Experts Form ‘Anime Chain’ Preparatory Committee + More Crypto News
15.1.2024
First.Get your daily, bite-sized digest of crypto and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s news. In this edition: AI and Blockchain Experts Form “Anime Chain” Preparatory Committee DigiFT Crypto News: HashKey Capital’s...
Google Cloud Joins Flare Network as Validator, FLR Jumps 5%
15.1.2024
Flare, which calls itself "the blockchain for data," gives developers access to decentralized data via its Oracle system
Distributed Validator Technology More Primed to Overcome the Ethereum Validator Overload Challenge – Alon Muroch
14.1.2024
While the Ethereum network’s migration to a proof of stake (PoS) consensus mechanism has seen the protocol become less energy-intensive, Alon Muroch, the founder of the SSV Network core team, said if the number of validators is not contained this can lead to a network overload. The Promise...
Lido Tests of 'Distributed Validator Technology' Portend 2024 Decentralization Push
20.12.2023
A big selling point of blockchain networks is that they are "decentralized." But just a few validators, including those run by Lido, have gradually amassed a lion's share of the power over the dominant smat-contracts blockchain, Ethereum. One idea is to decentralize the validators themselves
Binance Successfully Completes SOC 2 Type II Compliance Audit
20.12.2023
Source: DALL·E Binance has completed a comprehensive SOC 2 Type II compliance audit, aiming to further enhance cryptocurrency security. The crypto exchange Binance announced in a blog post that it had successfully undergone the System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2 Type II compliance audit. This...
Mantle Launches Non-Custodial Liquid Staking Protocol on Ethereum
4.12.2023
Source: Adobe Ethereum layer-2 project Mantle has announced the launch of its new liquid-staking protocol, Mantle LSP. In a Monday post on X (formerly Twitter), the proejct said Mantle LSP will allow users to deposit ETH and participate in network staking through validator nodes. ???? Interact with...
DWF Labs successfully introduces two validator nodes
4.12.2023
DWF Labs, a leading organization in the digital asset market-making industry, has released two validator nodes in accordance with its commitment to the Telegram Open Network (TON) Blockchain. DWF Labs expresses its strong belief in TON through these authenticator nodes, supporting...
Asset Managers Should Only Engage Staking Platforms With Strong Security — Andrew McFarlane
3.12.2023
Institutional investors seeking to earn rewards from digital asset token staking must be aware of the associated risks and should take steps to protect their clients, Andrew McFarlane, CTO at the Web3 infrastructure company Validation Cloud, has said. According to McFarlane, slashing, which is...
Polygon's Secret Deal: Sending DraftKings Millions to Run Failed Validator
30.11.2023
Polygon quietly gave DraftKings' validator preferential treatment while telling the public it was an "equal" member of the validator community
Animoca Brands Now the Largest Validator on TON Network
29.11.2023
Animoca Brands is now TON blockchain’s largest validator and will henceforth “provide funding, research, and an analytics platform.” The software company said Animoca’s collaboration with TON further reinforces its commitment to the latter’s ecosystem. The Animoca...
Animoca Brands becomes TON Blockchain’s largest validator
29.11.2023
TON Foundation is ecstatic to have received the authentication of The Open Network (TON) Blockchain from Animoca Brands. Animoca Brands is an organization that has been involved in furthering digital rights, targeting the gaming and open metaverse. It also contributes to the progress of third-party...
Animoca Brands Invests in TON Play, Becomes Largest Validator on TON Blockchain
28.11.2023
Source: Pixabay Animoca Brands has become the largest validator on the TON Network after its investment in TON Play. The Hong Kong-based investment firm announced in a press release published Tuesday that it had partnered with the TON Blockchain to provide funding, research, and an analytics...