Do Kwon dismisses Slack chat records as irrelevant evidence
Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon has contested the significance of exposed Slack messages presented as evidence. The chat involved a...
Blockchain News
PayPal applies for NFT marketplace patent for on- or off-chain asset trading
PayPal made major progress toward creating its own blockchain ecosystem by filing a patent application for a nonfungible token (NFT)...
IBM, Microsoft, others form post-quantum cryptography coalition
IBM Quantum and Microsoft have formed a coalition to tackle post-quantum cryptography alongside not-for-profit research tank MITRE, United Kingdom-based cryptography...
Circle launches native euro stablecoin on Stellar
Stablecoin issuer Circle has launched a Stellar-based version of its euro-backed stablecoin, EURC, according to a Sept. 26 announcement. EURC...
NASA plans to prove its next Moon landing is real using blockchain
The United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and its partners Lonestar, a computing startup based in Florida, and...
Pay-to-use blockchains will never achieve mass adoption
Pay-to-use blockchains are done.Not for us, of course — the nerdy crypto crowd. We’re perfectly happy to open wallets, engrave...
DeFi activity on the decline, but investment rolls in: Finance Redefined
Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you...
Base surges past Solana as total value locked nears $400M
The total value locked (TVL) on Coinbase’s layer 2 network Base has surged to $397.32 million in roughly a month...
‘End of an era’ — Consensys sunsets Truffle, Ganache amid shift to Metamask Snaps
Ethereum developers are gathering to salute the teams behind Ganache and Truffle, two toolkits that were once vital in the...
Bitcoin pioneer Hal Finney talks zk proofs in 25-year-old unearthed footage
Early Bitcoin (BTC) pioneer Hal Finney shared his vision for zero-knowledge proofs more than 25 years ago, a full decade before...
Coinbase crypto lobbying campaign to focus on four swing states
Crypto exchange Coinbase says it will focus its "Stand with Crypto" campaign on nine states in the U.S., including four...
Citi Token Services will provide payments, liquidity to institutional customers
Citigroup has introduced Citi Token Services, a private, permissioned blockchain that offers cross-border payments, liquidity and automated trade finance solutions...
Hong Kong central bank warns against crypto firms using banking terms
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has issued a warning to users that crypto businesses presenting themselves as banks and...
Mark Cuban’s loses $870K in hot wallet hack
Nearly $900,000 worth of crypto was reportedly drained from one of the hot wallets belonging to billionaire investor and Dallas...
Ethereum Merge anniversary — 99% energy drop but centralization fears linger
One year after its historic transition to proof of stake, Ethereum has seen a massive reduction in energy use and...
Web3 game Gods Unchained releases ‘Sealed Mode’ to mimic paper card games
Web3 game Gods Unchained released a new gameplay format that allows players to compete with semi-random cards they receive at...
Bitget announces further $100M fund for ecosystem development
Crypto derivatives platform Bitget has announced a new fund focusing on growing its ecosystem and investing in regional exchanges, analytics...
Avalanche’s HyperSDK blockchain upgrade hits 143K TPS on testnet
Smart contract layer-1 blockchain network Avalanche's testnet has reportedly hit over 140,000 transactions per second during testing of its HyperSDK...
G20 moves forward with international crypto framework
Leaders of the 20 biggest economies in the world — collectively known as G20 — are pushing for a speedy...
Brinc joins forces with Cointelegraph Accelerator
Web3 startups often face challenges unique to the nascent ecosystem — complex regulatory landscapes and scaling with decentralization are just...
Enterprise blockchain, Bitcoin staking and Web3 pique investors’ interest
The sharp increase in global interest rates may have limited investors’ appetite for crypto ventures, but new projects are still...
AI-coded smart contracts may be flawed, could ‘fail miserably’ when attacked: CertiK
Artificial intelligence tools such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT will create more problems, bugs and attack vectors if used to write smart...
