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Will Bitcoin Futures ETFs Crumble After Spot ETF Approval? Interview With ProShares
2.12.2023
Source: Adobe Stock As Bitcoin (BTC) surged passed $38,000 in November, the ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF (BITO) has tapped a new all-time high for assets under management (AUM). On Tuesday, the fund’s Bitcoin futures contracts reached a record $1.47 billion in value. That’s up from $1.1 billion...
Protocol Village: It's Crypto Spring, as Smart-Contract Platform Index Jumps Most in 10 Months
29.11.2023
Digital-asset markets are heating up, especially for blockchain tokens. In this week's Protocol issue, we highlight November's 19% jump in the CoinDesk Smart Contract Platforms Index (SMT), the biggest gain in 10 months
Blockchain devs expect complications from EU smart contract kill switch
24.11.2023
The EU’s Data Act could introduce “kill switch” requirements for smart contracts, raising questions about how decentralized projects would handle such a scenario
China Debuts Solar Power Industry Digital Yuan Smart Contracts
23.11.2023
Source: jeson/Adobe A Chinese power provider says it has completed the first digital yuan smart contract transaction in the solar power industry. Per the Yangtse Evening Post (via Sohu), the State Grid Suzhou Power Supply Company struck the CBDC contract with the materials and textiles firm Suzhou...
Fantom Foundation awards $1.7M bounty for preventing $170M drain
21.11.2023
In the aftermath of Fantom’s $550,000 hack in October, a security researcher found that the attacker could have stolen as much as $170 million
White Hat Hackers Awarded $300K After Uncovering Critical Chainlink VRF Vulnerability
15.11.2023
White hat hackers earn $300K Chainlink bounty for responsibly disclosing critical VRF vulnerability. Image by ZayNyi, Adobe Stock. Decentralized oracle network Chainlink recently awarded white hat hackers Zach Obront and Or Cyngiser of Trust $300,000 for uncovering a critical vulnerability in...
Is It Too Late to Buy dYdX? ETHDYDX Price Gains 65% as Viral Meme Coin Attracts Global Investors – How to Buy?
15.11.2023
Growing DEX dYdX has undertaken an explosive +65% move amid surging $1.7bn trading volumes, but as DYDX price explodes is it too late to buy dYdX? The top ranked DEX by trading volume dYdX has seen explosive growth driven by its perpetual contracts offerings in recent weeks. With 24-hour volumes...
Coinbase to Launch Futures Support for Solana and Avalanche Altcoins – Here’s the Latest
13.11.2023
Source: Adobe / Rafael Henrique Crypto exchange behemoth Coinbase announced Monday that will list two major altcoins on futures. Coinbase officially announced on X (Twitter) that it “will add support for Solana (SOL) and Avalanche (AVAX) perpetual futures contracts.” The exchange will launch...
Why the service industry needs blockchain, explained
11.11.2023
The service industry needs blockchain for enhanced security, transparency and efficiency in managing transactions, contracts and customer data
EU backs Data Act with clause to shut off smart contracts
10.11.2023
The Act, inclusive of a clause necessitating “kill switches” on smart contracts, only now needs approval from the European Council to pass into law
EU Parliament Approves Data Act With Smart-Contract Kill Switch Provision
9.11.2023
The final version of the bill's text, reviewed by CoinDesk in July, revealed that it contained a smart-contract kill switch clause
UK Web3 Firm Pimlico Secures $4.2M Seed Investment Led by a16z Crypto
8.11.2023
a16z. Source : Twitter/CRYPTOPURITY.COM Pimlico, a UK-based Web3 company, has successfully closed a seed investment round worth $4.2 million, led by the major venture firm Andreessen Horowitz’s crypto arm a16z Crypto. The new funding round comes after a recent pre-seed round, and marks a “crucial...
Smart Contract Platform Llama Raises $6M From Investors Including Polygon, Aave Founders
6.11.2023
Llama aims to make governance of blockchain protocols more effective by enabling protocols to encode roles and permissions to take on-chain actions
Blockchain adoption continues unabated — Bloomberg analyst
4.11.2023
Blockchain adoption has been "unabated" throughout bull and bear markets over the past years, says Bloomberg analyst Jamie Coutts
Developers on Google Cloud to ‘Verify’ Smart Contracts With Space and Time’s ZK-Proof Protocol
3.11.2023
Developers working with the Google Cloud data warehouse known as Bigquery can now verify blockchain smart contracts and other business processes using Space and Time’s zero-knowledge (ZK)-proof protocol. The protocol is said to be useful for enterprises that are looking to connect their respective...
October’s NFT Market Contracts Over 21%, With Ethereum’s Share Shrinking by $35 Million
2.11.2023
October proved to be a beneficial period for the broader crypto asset landscape; however, it cast a shadow on the non-fungible token (NFT) sector, witnessing a 21.64% dip in sales. Ethereum’s NFTs took the lion’s share, amassing $171 million out of the $313 million total, despite...
Coinbase Launches Leveraged Crypto Futures for US Traders With Nano-Sized BTC and ETH Contracts
1.11.2023
Coinbase Financial Markets (CFM) introduced regulated leveraged crypto futures for its U.S. customers Wednesday, now available to Coinbase Advanced users. The trading platform currently offers nano-sized contracts at one-hundredth of a bitcoin and one-tenth of an ethereum. Coinbase Financial...
Coinbase Rolls Out Bitcoin and ETH Futures for US Investors
1.11.2023
Popular cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has announced the launch of its native Bitcoin and Ethereum futures contracts for US retail traders. In a November 1 blog post, the US-based Bitcoin trading hub stated that the service is being rolled out via the Coinbase Advanced platform. Now, retail...
Coinbase launches regulated crypto futures services for US retail traders
1.11.2023
Coinbase Advanced customers in the U.S. can trade nano-sized futures contracts sized at 1/100th of a Bitcoin and 1/10th of an Ether
Multiparty computation (MPC): Its effects on blockchain innovation
1.11.2023
Staying ahead isn't just about embracing current trends; it's about discerning where the next wave of innovation lies