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Fidelity, Vanguard, Schwab Funds Have Been Loading Up on Crypto Mining Stocks
5.10.2020
Stock of three major cryptocurrency mining firms are appearing in Fidelity, Vanguard and Charles Schwab mutual funds
No single blockchain can carry all of DeFi right now, MyEtherWallet founder says
5.10.2020
Scaling solutions sometimes come at the cost of decentralization
Crypto for Congress: Bitcoin Sent to All Congress Members’ Campaigns
5.10.2020
The Crypto for Congress initiative has launched. All members of Congress will be given bitcoin as campaign contributions to help them learn about cryptocurrency. The initiative is supported by Congressional Blockchain Caucus members, including pro-crypto Representatives Darren Soto and Tom Emmer....
US: New bill would legally recognize digital signatures on a blockchain
5.10.2020
Congressman and Blockchain Caucus Co-Chair David Schweikert has advanced a bill to make good on the crypto adage, "code is law."
Estonia’s Central Bank to Research if Blockchain Can Support a Digital Euro
5.10.2020
Eesti Pank said the initiative will gauge the suitability of the KSI Blockchain, already used within the country's e-government system, in supporting a central bank digital currency
Thai central bank issues $1.6B in government bonds on IBM blockchain
5.10.2020
The Bank of Thailand has issued the world’s first blockchain-based government savings bond platform
The SEC, CFTC, OCC, and Thousands More Flock Online to LA Blockchain Summit October 6 & 7 For Largest Gathering of Disrupters in Blockchain
5.10.2020
LA Blockchain Summit kicks off next week with a lineup of over 250 globally recognized industry thought leaders to propel mainstream cryptocurrency and blockchain adoption. Los Angeles, CA—October 2, 2020—The internet is welcoming the largest global gathering of blockchain and cryptocurrency...
Officials voiced privacy concerns over China’s blockchain-powered hospital
4.10.2020
Despite pushing for greater blockchain implementation, privacy was a sticking point for some officials
ETH Volumes Top $119.5 Billion in Q3: High-Risk Dapps Dominate Tron Network
4.10.2020
A recent report says total Dapps transaction volumes reached $125 Billion in Q3 2020, a figure which is $113 billion higher than in Q2 2020. From these volumes, the Ethereum blockchain accounts for 96% or $119.5 billion of the total created value with the majority of this being attributed to...
Kucoin CEO Says Exchange Hack Suspects ‘Found,’ $204 Million Recovered
4.10.2020
According to the Kucoin exchange CEO Johnny Lyu, the trading platform has recovered $204 million in crypto assets since October 1. The exchange executive says the hacking suspects have been “found” and the “police are officially involved” in order to take action....
Estonian central bank to conduct digital currency research
4.10.2020
They’re following other central banks, including the European Central Bank, into studying virtual currencies
DeFi tokens are oversold but revenue and TVL show traders expect a bounce
3.10.2020
The pullback in the value of Yearn.finance and Aave signals that the DeFi market may be oversold but increasing revenues of the top projects suggests otherwise
Security, regulation, and knowledge gaps: Bad crypto news of the week
3.10.2020
Check out this week’s Bad Crypto podcast
KuCoin CEO claims hacking suspects identified
3.10.2020
They’ve already gotten the police involved
XRP Ledger blockchain energizes decarbonization, but tokenization a challenge
3.10.2020
A new blockchain platform aims to get decentralized networks to decarbonize, but challenges remain, due to uncertainty around tokenization
Russia’s Football Association Uses Blockchain Voting at Virtual Summit
2.10.2020
Blockchain has found a new role in the world of sport – and football in particular – with the Russian Football Union (RFU) adopting blockchain voting, allowing the governing body to do away with paper ballots and hold virtual summits.
The RFU, headquartered in Moscow, is the official governing body...
Blockchain Bites: BitMEX Investigation, Trump’s Diagnosis, Babel’s Leaked Audio
2.10.2020
Elsewhere, another European central banker has called for a "digital euro," Atari's cryptocurrency has a sale date and Venezuela built a national stock exchange on Ethereum
Kucoin Hack: $17M Laundered Via Decentralized Exchanges, Blockchain Analysis Firm Claims This Can Still be Traced
2.10.2020
Elliptic says the Kucoin hacker has sold $17.1 million worth of tokens via decentralized exchanges (dex) platforms like Uniswap, Kyber Network, Tokenlon. The shift to dex applications comes after centralized projects came to the aid of the beleaguered exchange by blocking any cashing out of...
Smart Contract Protocol RSK Attempts to Bring Defi to the Bitcoin Network
2.10.2020
During the last year, Ethereum has dominated the decentralized finance (defi) ecosystem but a number of other blockchain projects plan to join the fray. The second layer, smart contract protocol RSK aims to bring the defi demand to the Bitcoin blockchain and there’s already a few RSK-based...
A Model for the Next Generation DEX, TitanSwap Will Be a Dex With Better User Experience
2.10.2020
TitanSwap is using the renBTC protocol to implement cross-chain operations. Compared with the currently more common custodial cross-chain solutions wBTC and tBTC, the renBTC smart contract is a non-custodial access mechanism. Its core is the RenVM virtual machine, a decentralized network mainly...