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Bitcoin Academy in Brooklyn Backed by Jay-Z and Jack Dorsey Airdrops BTC to Class Participants
11.9.2022
Rap star Jay-Z, otherwise known as Shawn Carter, and Block CEO Jack Dorsey, recently airdropped bitcoin to members of the Bitcoin Academy in Brooklyn. Jay-Z’s mother, Gloria Carter explained in a statement that a myriad of residents from Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant participated,...
Uniglo (GLO) Added To Top Safe Projects Alongside Uniswap (UNI), And Apecoin (APE) After Audit From Paladin
9.9.2022
Security is always a paramount concern for users of decentralized finance, and with good reason. A DeFi project has no centralized entity like a traditional exchange to hold user information or funds. This means that a hacker could theoretically steal all of the user’s assets if they were to gain...
NFT Projects Keep Getting Their Discord Servers Hacked - Here’s Why
8.9.2022
In an unexpected development, non-fungible token (NFT) fraud watchdog Rug Pull Finder (RPF) has been successfully targeted by a smart contract exploit that allowed two persons to seize more than 450 NFTs, as per the entity. RPF offers its customers assistance which includes services related...
EtherMail Offers a Lifeline to Web3 Projects Stranded by MailChimp
6.9.2022
PRESS RELEASE. MailChimp’s recent decision to suspend newsletter services for crypto businesses expresses the widening chasm between web2 and web3 and the pronounced importance of a robust communications bridge between both realms. In recent weeks, many crypto and NFT projects were abruptly...
Nigeria and Binance Build a Blockchain Hub City for Blockchain Projects
6.9.2022
NEPZA, the Nigerian government agency in charge of export processing zones, announced on Saturday that it is in talks with cryptocurrency exchange Binance to establish a "virtual free zone" dedicated to blockchain technology and the digital economy.
The National Economic and Production Zones...
Ripple to Participate in the Digital Dollar Project’s CBDC Sandbox Program
2.9.2022
The non-profit organization promoting the creation of the digital dollar, the Digital Dollar Project, has announced the launch of a sandbox program to kickstart the probe of the technical implementations of the envisaged digital currency. The fintech firm Ripple is among the four participants that...
Crypto Farms Mining at Russian Oil Fields Reach 85 MW of Capacity, Analysts Say
31.8.2022
Farms mining cryptocurrency at oil wells in Russia account for 85 megawatts (MW) of energy capacity, experts have estimated. Investors are considering projects for another 200 MW despite constraints stemming from Western sanctions, a report reveals. Annual Income From Crypto Mining With Associated...
Can Privacy-Focused Bitcoin Projects Avoid OFAC Sanctions?
30.8.2022
Bitcoin that’s been sent through privacy-preserving mixers could be vulnerable to censorship. But there are some workarounds in progress
Fintech Makes Moves Into the Auto and Home Repair Industries With FixxFi
29.8.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Dublin, Ireland, 8/29/2022 – One of the arguments against cryptocurrencies has been, “What’s the point of having a currency if you can’t use it?” While many projects are trying to establish utility for their tokens outside the world of blockchain...
Most NFT Projects ‘Convey No Actual Ownership’: Galaxy Digital Research
25.8.2022
NFTs giving token holders total ownership rights is an ambitious idea, but “a long way off,” Alex Thorn, head of research at Galaxy Digital, said on CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover.”
Solana-based Projects Team Up to Make Cross-Chain Messaging Standard
23.8.2022
Notifi Network, Bonfida and Only1 are among the 19 projects behind the "Open Chat Alliance" that's pushing for streamlined messaging standards in crypto
Hackers Used Deepfake of Binance CCO to Perform Exchange Listing Scams
22.8.2022
A set of hackers managed to impersonate Binance chief communications officer (CCO) Patrick Hillmann in a series of video calls with several representatives of cryptocurrency projects. The attackers used what Hillman described as an AI Hologram, a deepfake of his image for this objective,...
Samsung Next exec argues Web3 projects must face the challenge of utility
15.8.2022
Raymond Liao believes 2022 is a good time for product builders and investors to focus on the Web3 space
Why Real-World Utility Tokens Are Taking the Meme Coin Community According to Chronoly
11.8.2022
PRESS RELEASE. The recent cryptocurrency market crash has shaken the trust of investors in several crypto projects. Investors are prompted to rethink and reevaluate the fundamental aim of digital currencies they have invested in. In fact, the crash has proved to be more severe for cryptocurrency...
FTX Pay Integrates With Reddit’s Arbitrum Nova-Powered Community Points System
9.8.2022
FTX has announced that FTX Pay’s infrastructure has integrated with the social media and news aggregation forum Reddit’s Community Points system. The integration has been rolled out in the U.S., EU, Australia, and other countries worldwide. FTX Pay will also join Infura, P2P, Google...
Report Shows Crypto Startups Raised $30.3 Billion in H1 2022, Exceeding Total Raised in 2021
7.8.2022
While cryptocurrency markets have seen poor performances during the first two quarters of 2022, a recently published fundraising report authored by Messari researchers notes that $30.3 billion was raised by crypto projects and startups during the first half of 2022. The $30.3 billion raised across...
LBank Goes on a Worldwide Grassroot Educational Campaign in July
5.8.2022
Top cryptocurrency exchange, LBank, gave its various communities across the world a July to remember. With a lineup of activities, the trading platform kept it interesting, interactional and most importantly, educational for its users. In addition, the exchange supported several philanthropic...
GitHub faces widespread malware attacks affecting projects, including crypto
3.8.2022
The developer who found the vulnerability requested developers to sign their revisions with the GPG key to ensure all their revisions on the project can be verified
StreamCoin’s 1st Anniversary: Partners, Projects, & Pillars of Success
2.8.2022
It was August 1, 2021, when StreamCoin entered the blockchain world. Today, with its first-anniversary celebration, the team shares their achievements on their first trip around the sun and milestones they seek to achieve in the future. From Baby Steps to Record-Breaking Success Founded by a team...
The Power of Loyalty Points and the Importance of Getting Them Right – Dennis Jarvis, CEO of Bitcoin.com
1.8.2022
Prominent DeFi projects such as Uniswap, Curve, Aave, and MakerDAO declined in ETH terms since at least Q1 2021. Some see this as a fundamental failing of DeFi protocols to capture value and an inability to create moats. There are questions whether the composable and open nature of crypto prevents...