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Money Market Protocol Aave Settles $300 Million in Defi Flash Loans
2.9.2020
This weekend the decentralized money market protocol Aave broke records as the community witnessed a massive flash loan of $14 million worth of the stablecoin DAI. So far, the Aave protocol has seen over $300 million in flash loans to-date and this trend doesn’t seem to be abating any time...
Is This the Blockchain Firm That Will Get Enterprise to Finally Embrace Open Networks?
27.8.2020
Concordium, whose CEO is a Volvo board member, is looking to shake up the seemingly glacial world of enterprise blockchain
Zero Collateral: $138 Million in Defi Flash Loans Issued in 24 Hours
30.7.2020
The decentralized finance (defi) realm continues to heat up with concepts like yield farming, but another scheme called defi flash loans has also grown exponential. On Monday, the noncustodial lending protocol Aave issued $138 million in loans with zero collateral. Since the last week of June, defi...
Binance’s Fiat-Gateway Partner Banxa Expanding to US
24.7.2020
Banxa plans to leverage custody and settlement infrastructure from exchange platform Zero Hash
Amir Taaki Knocks Bitcoin Coinjoin Schemes – Calls Methods ‘Absolute Garbage’
21.7.2020
On July 17, the well known Dark Wallet creator and early Bitcoin developer, Amir Taaki, criticized bitcoin privacy methods on Twitter. Taaki claimed that UTXO mixing concepts like Coinjoin were “absolute garbage.” Taaki also knocked other concepts like Mimblewimble and privacy-centric...
Seed CX to Close Exchange, Focus on Settlements in Company Shift
12.6.2020
Crypto derivatives platform Seed CX will be axing its exchange arm to focus solely on settlements, while also teasing additional funding from Bain Capital
Ngrave Releases More Details of 'World's Most Secure Hardware Wallet'
20.5.2020
With less than a week until its launch, Ngrave has unveiled more details of its EAL7-certified hardware wallet, the Zero
Spanish Multinational Bank BBVA to Explore Zero-Knowledge Proofs
4.5.2020
BBVA and a state-backed research center in Spain have launched a partnership to explore advanced cryptography for financial services
Shell-Backed Firm Raises $2.5M for Zero-Knowledge Proof Platform
22.4.2020
Enterprises are increasingly adopting zero-knowledge proofs, with a Shell-backed blockchain firm raising $2.5M
After Pundits Predicted Bitcoin’s Death for 11 Years, Barrels of Crude Oil Trade Below Zero
21.4.2020
Global markets had a historical day on Monday, as the price of oil dropped below zero and closed the day at -$36 per barrel of crude. The oil crash below zero has never happened in anyone’s lifetime and economists worldwide are uncertain about the future of the world’s financial system...
QE4 Begins: Fed Cuts Rates, Buys $700B in Bonds; Bitcoin Rallies 7.7%
15.3.2020
Effectively, this is “QE4,” the fourth major round of quantitative easing by the American central bank since the global financial crisis a little more than a decade ago
DeFi Can Now Choose to Run Trustless Zero-Knowledge Proofs
26.2.2020
Supersonic is a trustless zero-knowledge proof system that provides a new solution for DeFi platforms
Travelbybit to Drop Bitcoin Payments After Viral Double Spend Video
20.12.2019
On December 18, Bitcoinbch.com published a video explaining how easy it is to double spend BTC transactions in the wild. Not long after the film was released, the payment processor Travelbybit announced it would be removing both BTC and BCH payments for over 400 Australian merchants. Unfortunately...
EY Open-Sources Tech It Says Slashes Cost of Private Ethereum Transactions
19.12.2019
Lowering the costs of private transactions in this way makes the public ethereum blockchain more competitive with private chains, EY says
Samsung SDS Beefs Up Privacy on Its Business-Grade Blockchain
14.11.2019
Samsung SDS, the enterprise tech arm of the South Korean behemoth, is enhancing privacy on its Nexledger blockchain with zero-knowledge proofs
ING Bank Devises Privacy Fix for R3’s Corda Blockchain
23.10.2019
ING, the Dutch megabank, has come up with a privacy fix for R3's Corda blockchain
WATCH: ‘Big Four’ Exec Says Privacy is Key to Enterprise Blockchain Adoption
15.10.2019
“Enterprises will not go on to the public mainnet without privacy and security," EY's Paul Brody told Coindesk
Kaleido’s Enterprise Clients Can Now Transfer Tokens In Complete Privacy
15.9.2019
Enterprise blockchain firms using Kaleido's platform will now be able to transact privately with one another
New Storm Concept Could Strengthen Bitcoin Cash Instant Transactions
3.9.2019
Software developer Awemany has published a potential alternative approach to instant transactions on the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network called “delta blocks” or Storm. The idea utilizes weak proof-of-work (PoW) for instant confirmations on Bitcoin Cash. The new Storm concept has piqued...
JPMorgan Adds New Privacy Features to Its Ethereum-Based Quorum Blockchain
28.5.2019
JPMorgan has developed a new privacy feature for ethereum-based blockchains that hides both the sender and the amount in a transaction