Tech

CoinFlash

Gibraltar Minister Appointed Ambassador for International Blockchain Group

The Global Blockchain Business Council aims to develop the emerging blockchain industry through education, advocacy and partnership.

Tech  ·  4 March 2021
CoinFlash

Ripple Pilots Private Ledger for Central Bank Digital Currencies

The CBDC platform will be powered by the same blockchain technology as Ripple's public XRP Ledger.

Tech  ·  4 March 2021
Privacy

Brave Acquires Tailcat to Create Private Search Engine Competitor to Google

The move comes as privacy continues to grow in profile to become a real market advantage.

Tech  ·  3 March 2021
CoinFlash

Bitcoin-Based DeFi Protocol Sovryn Raises $10M, Offers $1.2M Bug Bounty

The London-based DeFi project raised the equivalent of $10 million in bitcoin through the presale of its governance token.

Tech  ·  3 March 2021
Coinbase

Valid Points: What Coinbase’s Public Listing Means for Eth 2.0

Coinbase's IPO introduces a new set of stake holders in Ethereum's governance community.

Tech  ·  3 March 2021
DeFi

Wall Street Veteran Jim Bianco Says DeFi is ‘Recreating’ the Financial System

DeFi could do for finance what ride-sharing did for taxi companies, Bianco said.

Tech  ·  3 March 2021
Ethereum

Amazon Managed Blockchain at Last Supports Ethereum, Ending a Two-Year Tease

There are over 8,000 nodes on the Ethereum network. Amazon’s new management feature should increase that number.

Tech  ·  2 March 2021
Lightning Network

Human Rights Foundation Grants Will Advance Bitcoin DeFi, Education and Activism

The software innovations and educational efforts align with the HRF's mandate to protect human rights.

Tech  ·  2 March 2021
Wasabi Wallet

Wasabi Wallet and Bull Bitcoin Donate $40K in Crypto to Bitcoin Knots Development

The donation will encourage developing and pursuing open-source tech.

Tech  ·  1 March 2021
Blockchain Bites

NFTs Aren’t Art? OK, Boomer

Your grandpa probably didn't like rock. Your dad probably didn't like hip-hop. Dismissing NFT artworks out of hand reads roughly the same.

Tech  ·  1 March 2021
Cardano

Cardano Becomes a Multi-Asset Blockchain With Today’s Hard Fork

Enabling new tokens is a step on the path to full smart-contract functionality.

Tech  ·  1 March 2021
DeFi

DeFi Money Market Compound Embraces Multi-Chain Future With ‘Gateway’ Testnet

“I think it’s inevitable that there is an expansion beyond just Ethereum,” Compound Finance founder Robert Leshner told CoinDesk.

Tech  ·  1 March 2021
Lightning Network

A Guide to Saving on Bitcoin’s High Transaction Fees

The average bitcoin transaction fee is $23. Luckily, there are ways to cut costs.

Tech  ·  26 February 2021
Privacy

Privacy Coin Firo Temporarily Disables Protocol to Investigate ‘Suspicious Transactions’

Core devs have activated their emergency switch to temporarily disable Lelantus.

Tech  ·  26 February 2021
Ethereum

How Hashmasks Are Setting the Standard for Digital Art

Hashmasks sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars. But they also might set the bar for what digital art should look like.

Tech  ·  26 February 2021