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CoinDesk’s Ethereum Validator Enters Final Weeks, Sitting on More Than $30K of Gains
5.4.2023
To better chronicle the Ethereum blockchain's transition to a proof-of-stake network, CoinDesk in 2020 started its own validator – nicknamed Zelda. We plunked down the 32 ETH (roughly $15,000 at the time) and laid the technical groundwork. With staking withdrawals due to start April 12, we take...
US President Joe Biden urges tech firms to address risks of AI
5.4.2023
President Biden urges technology companies to prioritize secure AI products before public release, stressing the need to address potential risks to society, national security and the economy
As Bitcoin Platform Paxful Closes, Co-Founder Youssef Talks Up Alternatives
5.4.2023
A whitepaper for Civilization Kit, a decentralized bitcoin peer-to-peer marketplace that also allows users to build their own decentralized marketplaces, will be published in several weeks. Noones, a new “Bitcoin peer-to-peer super app for the Global South,” is already available in private beta
Fantom Network Adds De.Fi's Security Tools to Bolster dApp Protection
4.4.2023
De.Fi claims to have recorded and analyzed over 12 million issues from 1.15 million contracts in the past two years
Digital Asset Tech Provider Metaco Secures Partnership With Liechtenstein Private Bank
4.4.2023
VP Banks follows Citibank, Societe Generale, DekaBank and DZ Bank in selecting Metaco to assist the development of their digital asset services
Cardano Gets Onchain Gaming Boost as Paima Layer 2 Goes Live
4.4.2023
Users can connect and play any on-chain game using ADA tokens directly from their wallets
Huobi and Gala Games to Give $50M to Victims of pGala Scheme
3.4.2023
The firms will compensate the scheme’s victims while fighting for millions in damages from the cross-chain bridge that covered up the token-printing scheme
Arbitrum Airdrop Shows Interest in DeFi, Researcher Says
3.4.2023
Pedro Herrera says with failures in the banking system and centralized exchanges facing regulatory scrutiny, there is a renewed interest in decentralized finance
PancakeSwap DEX Launches Version 3 on BNB Chain and Ethereum
3.4.2023
V3 brings four different trading fee tiers, 0.01%, 0.05%, 0.25% and 1%, compared with V2's single level of 0.25%
Unbound Finance Will Soon Allow Stablecoin Borrowing Against Uniswap LP Positions on Arbitrum
3.4.2023
With Unbound, Uniswap V3 LPs can borrow Unbound’s stablecoin, UND, interest-free, secured against their concentrated liquidity positions
The Metaverse Faces Uphill Battle as Tech Giants Struggle to Turn Concept into Reality – Can the Industry be Saved?
3.4.2023
While tech giants continue to pour billions into the Metaverse’s development, industry observers caution that it could take years before the concept lives up to its promise. However, they also say that the technology’s nascent stage allows its developers to try to avoid repeating the mistakes that...
DeFi Tokens, Shiba Inu Clones Populate zkSync as Locked Value Climbs to $100M
3.4.2023
Ether and USD Coin dominate locked tokens on the upstart network
A brief history of artificial intelligence
2.4.2023
AI has evolved from the Turing machine to modern deep learning and natural language processing applications
‘AI Tools Will Provide Very Interesting Enhancements for the Metaverse’ — Upland Co-Founder
1.4.2023
According to Dirk Lueth, co-founder of the Upland Metaverse, the colonization of the metaverse by tech giants and the building of so-called “walled garden systems” is not sustainable. Lueth argues that instead of “locking users in,” the metaverse should usher in “a...
El Salvador removes all taxes related to tech innovation for economic growth
1.4.2023
Technology innovations such as software programming, coding, apps and AI development, and computing and communications hardware manufacturing will be exempted from taxes in El Salvador
ZeroSync and Blockstream to Broadcast Bitcoin Zero-Knowledge Proofs From Space
1.4.2023
The two partners say using zero-knowledge proofs will allow Bitcoin nodes to sync quickly from anywhere on earth, “even without Internet.”
Tech Industry Leaders Call for AI Labs to Pause Development for Safety, Coinbase CEO Disagrees
1.4.2023
This week, 2,600 tech industry moguls and entrepreneurs, including Elon Musk, Gary Marcus, and Steve Wozniak, signed an open letter requesting artificial intelligence (AI) labs to pause research and development for six months. The signatories believe that safety programs and regulations need to...
Planners of Bitcoin Conference in Atlanta Move to Open-Source Their Agenda
31.3.2023
The conference has been running since 2018 but topics and speakers for this year's TABConf event will be chosen partly based on proposals from the general public via GitHub
Elon Musk-led petition to halt AI development divides tech community
31.3.2023
Brian Armstrong said that any tech development should not be halted based on the fears of a few
Shiba Inu's Testnet 'Puppynet' Sees Rising Activity Ahead of Shibarium Mainnet
31.3.2023
Over 700,000 transactions have been conducted on the testnet so far, which, however, isn’t extremely large relative to the hype