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Crypto and blockchain education becomes priority at top universities
24.2.2023
As crypto adoption rises, more universities are offering crypto courses
South Korean Regulator Is Probing Crypto Staking Services
24.2.2023
A top South Korean financial regulator has launched a probe into domestic crypto staking services. And crypto exchanges are concerned this means new staking-related regulations could be incoming.
The media outlet News1 reported that the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) has “recently requested”...
Coinbase Launches Layer 2 Blockchain Base to Offer Fast, Low-Cost and Secure Transactions – Here's What You Need to Know
24.2.2023
The major US-based crypto exchange Coinbase has announced the launch of its own layer 2 blockchain for Ethereum (ETH) called Base.
Base brands itself as a “secure, low-cost, developer-friendly” way to build decentralized applications (dapps), and will serve as a home both for Coinbase’s...
VC blockchain and crypto funding drops off in Q4 2022: Report
24.2.2023
2022 saw an overall decline in the amount of venture capital funding going into the blockchain and cryptocurrency space
Ankr partners with Tencent to provide the readymade blockchain to Web3 companies
24.2.2023
Ankr recently announced entering a partnership with Tencent Cloud. The technology provider released an official tweet and post to inform users about the partnership. According to Ankr, the collaboration will see both parties creating a complete suite of blockchain API solutions. These services will...
Google Cloud to Become Tezos Validator and Offer Validation Services
24.2.2023
Google Cloud, the remote services division of the software giant, has announced a partnership with blockchain company Tezos to become a block validator (“baker”) in its network. As part of this partnership, Google Cloud will also offer Tezos validation services through its platform...
Switchboard is now on Core Mainnet Alpha
24.2.2023
In the first quarter of the year 2023, the Core blockchain happens to have been formally launched to mainnet. In this very scenario, Switchboard will be backing all of the connected developers in Core’s ecosystem with the help of the oracle framework. Oracles happen to be an extremely significant...
Coinbase new blockchain seen as 'massive confidence vote' for Ethereum
24.2.2023
One Ethereum bull hopes the launch will help onboard a host of other crypto companies and financial institutions onto Ethereum
Crypto Exchange Coinbase Launches Ethereum L2 Scaling Network Called Base
24.2.2023
The cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has announced the deployment of Base, an Ethereum layer two (L2) scaling network, after developers launched the Base testnet on Thursday. The company said it is incubating Base within Coinbase and that the L2 chain will progressively decentralize over time....
Coinbase's New Layer 2 Blockchain, Base, Has Rocky Rollout
24.2.2023
The much-anticipated protocol struggled to process user transactions, then became the target of some Twitter shade for changing some terms of a contribution pledge on the fly
Developers Propose Cross-Chain Bridge for XRPL Network to Enhance Blockchain Interoperability
23.2.2023
Software engineers and members of the development lab Ripplex want to create a cross-chain bridge for the XRPL network to bolster cross-chain transfers between different blockchain networks. According to a recent Github draft, the proposal outlines how the cross-chain bridge could function...
FTC Launches Investigation into Voyager's Alleged Deceptive Crypto Marketing Tactics – Here's the Latest
23.2.2023
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced that it is investigating the bankrupt crypto lender Voyager Digital for “deceptive and unfair marketing of cryptocurrency to the public.”
The announcement of the investigation came in a filing with the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District...
Former Cohasset High School Employee Accused of Stealing Thousands in Electricity to Mine Bitcoin in School Campus Crawlspace
23.2.2023
A former school assistant facilities director in Cohasset, Massachusetts, has been accused of operating a cryptocurrency mining operation inside a crawlspace at Cohasset High School. The Cohasset Police Department alleges that Nadeam Nahas stole nearly $18,000 in electricity to power the crypto...
Journalist Unravels Wild Tale of Vitalik Buterin's $1 Billion Crypto Donation to Indian Covid Relief Fund
23.2.2023
Back in 2021, amid the best of the bull run and the worst of the Covid-19 Pandemic, Vitalik Buterin made a now legendary donation of $1bn in SHIB to support Covid-19 efforts in India.
Now almost two years later, an investigation by top crypto journalist Isabel Hunter (DL News) has revealed that...
Blockchain DEXs Onchain and Camelot part ways over IFO spat
23.2.2023
"We urge @CamelotDEX delete any information related to @OnchainTrade from all of your platforms as soon as possible," wrote OnChain developers
Arbitrum’s Daily Transaction Count Surpasses Ethereum for the First Time Ever
23.2.2023
According to statistics recorded this week on Tuesday and Wednesday, the layer two scaling project Arbitrum’s transaction count has surpassed Ethereum’s. On Wednesday, Arbitrum processed 1,090,510 transactions, compared to Ethereum’s 1,080,839 transfer count. L2 Scaling...
Today in Crypto: Coinbase's New Blockchain Testnet, Spotify's Token-Enabled Playlists, 3AC's NFT Sale, Metaco's Partnership with DZ BANK AG
23.2.2023
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.__________...
Read More: Today in Crypto: Coinbase's New Blockchain Testnet, Spotify's Token-Enabled Playlists, 3AC's NFT Sale, Metaco's Partnership...
Regulation stole the show at Barcelona’s European Blockchain Convention
23.2.2023
Across numerous panels, fireside chats and on stage discussions the word regulation rang out at Barcelona's 4th European Blockchain Convention
Coinbase Launches Layer 2 Blockchain Base to Provide Onramp for Ethereum, Solana, and Others
23.2.2023
Base is built on Optimism and Coinbase has no plans to issue a new network token
Sharp Rise in Dating App-based Crypto Mining Scams in South Korea
23.2.2023
There has been a rise in scams that use dating apps to lure victims onto bogus crypto mining platforms, a South Korean security provider has claimed.
Per EDaily, the claims were made by the regulation technology developer and security provider Uppsala Security. The firm said that scammers are...