Ethereum's 'Dencun' Upgrade Goes Live on Second Testnet, With Just One Remaining
Next week, on Feb. 7, Dencun will go live on its final Ethereum testnet, Holesky. After that, developers will ink in a date to activate Dencun on the main blockchain.…
dYdX Foundation Requests $30M Budget, Pledges to Issue Annual Spending Report
Switzerland-based dYdX Foundation provides legal, R&D, marketing and technical support to the crypto trading project, which includes a perpetual futures contract exchange and specialty blockchain in the Cosmos and Ethereum…
DAOs Are Not the Next Home for Online Extremism
When we see largely peace-loving, crypto-nerd, not-racist, “DAOs” use virtually identical communications facilities, we should not also conclude that this makes crypto people extremists, or that this makes DAOs friendly…
Stellar’s Foundation Supports Delay of Smart-Contracts Upgrade After Bug Found
SDF officials “decided that the bug posed little risk given the phased rollout plan,” but after “robust feedback” from the developer community, the foundation is now planning to “disarm” its…
Which Is the Best Self-Custody Lightning Wallet?
Bitcoin educator Anita Posch tested the Blixt, Green, Mutiny, Phoenix and Zeus Lightning wallets while traveling in Zimbabwe. Source link
UK Supreme Court Refuses Craig Wright Appeal Against Bitcoin Podcaster
“We actually only just found out about it but it was at the end of end of last year, [the] Supreme Court refused permission for Craig Wright’s appeal,” said Rupert…
Lido DAO Rebukes LayerZero by Endorsing Rivals Wormhole, Axelar for Crypto Bridge
“By unilaterally deploying a bridge and marketing it in an official-seeming way, it feels like you are trying to pressure the DAO into accepting your proposal to avoid liquidity fragmentation…
An Excerpt From ‘The Everything Token’
Moreover, crypto transactions’ instantaneity and finality have meant that they lack many of the protections people are used to from most other online consumer services. Sending an NFT to someone…
Congresswoman Maxine Waters Questions Meta’s Ongoing Crypto Efforts
“I write to express my concerns regarding Meta Platforms, Inc.’s (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.) filing status of five trademark applications related to various digital assets services and blockchain technology with the…
Protocol Village: Zeeve Integrates 'One-Click' Validator Nodes for Provenance Blockchain
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Jan. 18-24. Source link
He Exposed Harvard President’s Plagiarism, Then Lost Money Betting on the Story
“I’ve never made money on prediction markets. I’m down. It’s a hobby rather than something I actually make money on,” Brunet said in an interview with CoinDesk. “In the past,…
The New York Times Still Doesn’t Get Bitcoin
True, bitcoin is not guaranteed to rise in price and could even drop to $0. And true, as Sommer points out, there are other ways to gain exposure to crypto…
Bitcoin ETF (BTC) AUM Tops Silver, Trails Only Gold Among Commodities
“This was way beyond my short term expectation but is a fantastic validation of bitcoin’s role as a reserve product and of the demand for bitcoin exposure in financial markets,”…
MetaMask’s Secret Weapon and Ethereum’s Dencun Debacle
MOORE IS MORE. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, the de facto high priest of the world’s largest smart-contracts blockchain, tossed out last week on a Reddit “Ask Me Anything” that it…
Crypto Can Be a Coordination Layer for Artificial Intelligence
The mainstreaming of AI means compute power is at a premium. Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks (DePINs) can fill a gap, says Shayon Sengupta, at Multicoin Capital. Source link
Will the Bitcoin Halving Cause Another BTC Price Hype Cycle?
In fact, the current bitcoin mining difficulty is at historic highs, with computing power jumping over 100% in 2023. CoinShares predicts this to fall off after the halving with a…
What Other Crypto Firms Could Go Public This Year
Working against Kraken is a lawsuit brought last year by the SEC, the agency that will have to approve its public listing. It’s worth noting several other exchanges and brokerages,…
SEC Statement on the Hack of Its X Account and the Resulting Fake Bitcoin ETF Approval Announcement
Based on current information, staff understands that, shortly after 4:00 pm ET on Tuesday, January 9, 2024, an unauthorized party gained access to the @SECGov X.com account by obtaining control…
Bitcoin Price Tumbles, Mining Stocks MARA, RIOT Drop 10% Boosting ETF ‘Sell the News’ Calls
Cryptocurrency-adjacent stocks also endured significant pullback, with miners Marathon Digital (MARA) and Hut 8 (HUT) both recording more than 10% declines. Riot Platforms (RIOT), another BTC miner, sank 8%. Coinbase,…
Protocol Village: DePIN and DeWi Come to Sui Through Partnership with Karrier One
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Jan. 11-17. Source link