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Scammers Raise USD 4.9m in Ethereum in 2 Months + More News
1.4.2020
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A South Korean scam operator has reportedly gathered around USD 4.9 million in ethereum (ETH) as part of a multi-level...
ETH 2.0 Phase 0 Reviewed by Auditers, with Attack Vector Warnings
26.3.2020
Ethereum 2.0 (ETH 2.0) (aka Serenity) has left its auditors satisfied, though critical issues have been pointed out.
Working with the Ethereum 2.0 team, security consultant Least Authority reviewed Ethereum's network update to Proof of Stake (PoS) from Proof of Work (PoW), specifically its upcoming...
Money is a 'Kind of a Fair Game,' says Vitalik Buterin
19.3.2020
Vitalik Buterin. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, Business Insider
Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, finds money to be a type of game, but out of that game, there may be a solution for people to act towards the common good.
In a recent episode of Artificial Intelligence Podcast with...
18 Ethereum Conference Attendees Got Coronavirus, Buterin Not On the List
17.3.2020
An important spreadsheet has been making its way through the Cryptoverse - that of an Ethereum conference attendees who have tested positive for coronavirus - potentially as a warning to others.
Popular Ethereum Community Conference (EthCC) took place from March 3 until March 5 this year in Paris...
Opera Lets US Users Buy Bitcoin, Ethereum with Apple Pay, Debit Cards
17.3.2020
Source: a screenshot, Instagram/opera
American users of the Opera mobile and desktop web browsers will be able to make faster and easier crypto purchases – with United States-based Android users now able to buy using their debit cards, and iOS users able to buy both bitcoin (BTC) and ethereum (ETH)...
Friday 13 Strikes: Crypto Exchange Employee Makes USD 82,000 Fee Gaffe
13.3.2020
Friday 13 proved to be an unlucky day for a South Korean cryptocurrency exchange, and for one staff member in particular – with an employee error at Coinone leading to the platform apparently frittering away some USD 82,000 worth of ethereum (ETH) in fees on a transaction worth a fraction of...
Crypto Startup CEO, Attendee of Ethereum Conferences Diagnosed With Coronavirus
11.3.2020
Zhen Ju Yong (Zen), CEO and Co-Founder of Singapore-based distributed private key management solution, Torus Labs, said he has been diagnosed with Covid-19 virus and is currently staying at an isolated ward in a hospital.
"I fell ill yesterday and have just been diagnosed with" Covid-19...
Ethereum Locked in DeFi Rises, While Flash Loan Holes Are Being Plugged
10.3.2020
Due to a recent crypto market crash, Ethereum (ETH) locked in DeFi (decentralized finance) is on the rise, while industry players are fixing the flash loan manipulation problem and MakerDAO raises the governance delay.
In early February, total value locked (TVL) in DeFi surpassed USD 1 billion....
Non-Custodial Smart Wallet Seeks to Widen Access to Crypto and DeFi
9.3.2020
London-based smart wallet startup Argent has raised $12 million in a Series A led by Sequoia Capital-backed fund, Paradigm
Ethereum Scalability Solution is Coming 'Soon,' says Vitalik Buterin
6.3.2020
Vitalik Buterin. Ethereum (ETH) has a plan to fix its well-known scaling issue, and co-founder Vitalik Buterin says the solutions will start rolling out soon.
In an interview with BLOCKTV this week, he said that scaling, a major Ethereum problem that's been pointed out many times, is something...
Why is New Protocol by EY, ConsenSys, Microsoft Important for Ethereum
5.3.2020
Major professional services firm EY has launched the Baseline protocol, a package of public domain blockchain tools for enterprises, which may contribute to greater enterprise adoption of the Ethereum network.
Announced Wednesday, this new protocol claims to bring significant benefits to...
Ethereum ProgPow Battle Not Over Yet as Opposition Rises
27.2.2020
The Ethereum programmatic proof-of-work (ProgPoW) opposition is not settling down. If anything, it seems to be rising, with an open letter and a Twitter hashtag dedicated to it now.
"NoProgPow," say many developers and ETH supporters, adding: "I do not support the inclusion...
Ethereum ProgPow Set for July Amid Heavy Opposition
25.2.2020
Source: iStock/Photographer, Filmmaker, Designer
Ethereum core developers have announced rather suddenly that the long-discussed programmatic proof-of-work (ProgPoW) will be implemented as a part of the hard fork scheduled to follow the planned Berlin upgrade. This has once again split...
How To Protect Your Tokens From DeFi Attacks
21.2.2020
If you’re a DeFi (decentralized finance) user, do you actually know who can access your tokens? Are you sure that the dapps (decentralized apps) and smart contracts you use can’t access an unlimited amount of your tokens? Most importantly, how can you check that?
Numerous dapps and their smart...
Ethereum and XRP Lagged Behind Bitcoin During Recent Rally
10.2.2020
Following Sunday’s bitcoin (BTC) breakout above USD 10,000, other major cryptoassets are also making moves. However, both ethereum (ETH) and Ripple-affiliated XRP are seeing lackluster performance compared to bitcoin (BTC). However, both coins still outperform the most popular cryptocurrency in...
Ethereum 2.0 Phase 0 'Certainly' Coming This Year, Deadline Unknown
6.2.2020
Ethereum 2.0 developers are sure that the Phase 0 of the network’s upgrade will be launched this year.
Ethereum's major network upgrade, Ethereum 2.0 (a.k.a. Serenity), should be rolled out in phases, the first of which is Phase 0. The upgrade will bring, among other things, sharding...
Ethereum and Ethereum Classic Meet In the Top 10 Club Again
30.1.2020
Ethereum Classic (ETC), continues to surge in price after already seeing strong gains this year. Thursday morning, ETC once again got a spot among the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, surpassing cardano (ADA), which has also been on fire as of late, but dropped by more than...
Over Million USD Bets Placed on Ethereum Reaching USD 600 by March
29.1.2020
Significant financial bets in the form of ethereum (ETH) call options have been seemingly placed by a trader or group of traders who are going in big in the hopes that ETH will exceed USD 600 before the end of March, just two months from now.
As of pixel time (12:21 PM UTC), ETH is trading at about...
Ethereum Was The ‘Most Relevant Benchmark’ for Crypto in 2019
23.1.2020
Ethereum (ETH), the second-most valuable digital asset by market capitalization, has become the “most relevant benchmark of the crypto market” in 2019, a new research from Binance Research claims.
According to them, ETH displayed the “highest median correlation” with other digital assets over...
Ethereum Officially Starts the One Million Developer Challenge
21.1.2020
After three months since the initial announcement, the challenge to get one million developer to build on Ethereum (ETH) is now officially on.
Last October, as reported, at the Devcon 5 conference held by the Ethereum Foundation, Joseph Lubin, co-founder of Ethereum and founder of blockchain...