Big breath as Beacon Chain stops finalizing … and then recovers
An unidentified issue on Ethereum’s Beacon Chain led to an issue with transaction finality for nearly half an hour on...
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IRS claiming $44B from FTX bankruptcy: Report
The single biggest claim involves unpaid partnership and income taxes of $20.4 billion assessed against Alameda Research. Source link
Experts Say Nigeria’s Blockchain Adoption Strategy Likely to Add Clarity and Legitimacy to Ecosystem – Blockchain Bitcoin News
The recent approval of a blockchain adoption strategy by the Nigerian government has been described as a milestone that will...
Ordinals inscriptions approach 4.8M, nearly doubling in just over a week
The number of Ordinals inscriptions on the Bitcoin (BTC) network has witnessed another meteoric rise, almost doubling from 2.5 million...
Bitcoin’s BRC20 Token Economy Skyrockets 192% to $279 Million in Just Four Days – Blockchain Bitcoin News
Four days ago, the market capitalization of all the BRC20 tokens built on top of the Bitcoin network was a...
Deloitte integrates blockchain for digital credentials
Big Four accounting firm Deloitte has integrated blockchain technology to allow customers to store their verification credentials in a single...
Cryptoys Unveils Star Wars Digital Toys in New Line of Collectibles – Blockchain Bitcoin News
The crypto platform Cryptoys, backed by Andreessen Horowitz, has announced the launch of Star Wars collectible digital toys featuring iconic...
Justin Sun’s SUI-farming sins, PEPE’s wild run, 3AC’s oyster philosophy: Asia Express
CZ calls out Justin Sun for farming SUI at the expense of the little guys, “useless” PEPE up 20x, new...
$22M of Curve Finance algo stablecoin minted since mainnet launch
Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Curve Finance has launched its native algorithmic United States dollar-pegged stablecoin on Ethereum mainnet — minting...
Darknet hackers are selling crypto accounts for as low as $30 a pop
Cybercriminals from the darkest parts of the internet are reportedly selling hacked, verified crypto accounts on the darknet for as...
Jack Dorsey’s nano Bitcoin mining chip heads to prototype
Block, the financial services and technology company owned by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, has announced it has completed the...
UK Treasury seeks input on taxing DeFi staking and lending: Finance Redefined
Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you...
Mastercard launches Web3 user verification solution to curb bad actors
Global financial services giant Mastercard has launched a new Web3 solution aimed at enhancing user verification standards and “reducing the...
Decentralized file-storage pricing differentials persist despite market growth: Report
According to a new report published by Singaporean venture capital firm Foresight Ventures, the cost of decentralized file storage on...
Bitcoin Mempool Overwhelmed With 134,000 Unconfirmed Transactions Amid Price Volatility – Blockchain Bitcoin News
Amidst the buzz surrounding bitcoin’s latest price surge, a significant number of transactions are currently clogging up the mempool. As...
Solana Labs’ ChatGPT plugin allows AI to fetch blockchain data
Solana (SOL) users will soon be able to interact with the network through an open-source plugin enabled on OpenAI’s artificial...
‘Crypto is dead in America’: Tech billionaire Chamath Palihapitiya
Regulators in the United States have choked out the cryptocurrency sector to the point of death, according to Bitcoin (BTC)...
Solana launches emissions dashboard to spur blockchain carbon footprint transparency
The Solana Foundation, in collaboration with data platform Trycarbonara, announced the launch of a real-time tracking dashboard to measure carbon...
Toy Manufacturer Mattel to Launch P2P Marketplace for Virtual Collectibles on NFT Platform – Blockchain Bitcoin News
On April 20, the American toy manufacturing company Mattel announced an update to its virtual collectibles platform, which will go...
NFT.NYC: Games and tokenization are driving NFT industry maturation
At NFT.NYC 2023, Cointelegraph’s team learned firsthand how nonfungible tokens are shaping the digital world of tomorrow. Source link
African Blockchain Business Funding Rose 429% in 2022 — Report – Blockchain Bitcoin News
In 2022, African blockchain businesses raised a total of $474 million, a 429% increase from what was raised in the...
UK may have crypto regulation within a year, says senior minister
The United Kingdom could lay out digital asset regulation within 12 months, a British lawmaker claimed, saying the country wants...
