Other Public Protocols

Markets

The Crypto Protocol Trying to Unite Every Exchange Order Book

Imagine the liquidity of every crypto exchange, but in one giant pool. That's what Paradigm aims to build, and investors are on board.

Markets  ·  16 October 2018
Cryptocurrency

How a Left-for-Dead, $0.22 Crypto Asset Became a Lifeline for Activists

A tiny cryptocurrency named faircoin is providing an underground economy across the world.

Tech  ·  15 October 2018
Markets

EOS’ Grand Governance Experiment Has a New Enemy: China’s Great Firewall

English or Mandarin? Telegram or WeChat? EOS is finding governance isn't just about code.

Markets  ·  12 October 2018
Mining

A Solution to Crypto’s 51% Attack? Fine Miners Before It Happens

After losing money during a 51 percent attack earlier this year, crypto project Horizen claims to have a solution to crypto's famed vulnerability.

Tech  ·  10 October 2018
BlockTower Capital

Good Money’s Master Plan: A Stealth Bid to Get Celebrities Promoting Crypto

Can flat abs gurus and mommy bloggers sell the masses on using crypto? Inside the stealth startup that's raising big to do just that.

Tech  ·  8 October 2018
Ethereum

Crypto Prediction Market Augur Is Gearing Up for Its First Major Upgrade

Can a "faster, better, cheaper" Augur attract the user base it needs in order to succeed?

Tech  ·  5 October 2018
Exchanges

Melonport Co-Founder Joins the Decentralized Crypto Exchange Race

Melonport co-founder Reto Trinkler is joining an increasingly crowded field with the launch of Agora Trade, a decentralized crypto exchange.

Policy & regulation  ·  4 October 2018
Governance

Vote Buying Scandal Stokes Fears of EOS Governance Failure

The world's fifth-largest crypto is being rocked by allegations the process by which its transaction history is determined is vulnerable to collusion.

Tech  ·  4 October 2018
Bitcoin

‘Bitcoin Bug’ Exploited on Crypto Fork as Attacker Prints 235 Million Pigeoncoins

Using a major bug found and fixed on bitcoin last month, an attacker was able to print 235 million coins on "pigeoncoin."

Tech  ·  2 October 2018
Ethereum

Two of Blockchain’s Biggest Consortiums Just Joined Forces

The Hyperledger Project and the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA) have agreed to collaborate on bringing common standards to the blockchain space.

Policy & regulation  ·  1 October 2018
Mining

Kill Switch Engage: Sia Cryptocurrency to Block Bitmain and Other Big Miners

After months of debate, Siacoin's founder is announcing a fork. That's good news for his other project, which will have the coin's only working ASICs.

Tech  ·  1 October 2018
Governance

This Meme Marketplace Uses Dummy Tokens to Draw Users in a Bear Market

Even before its protocol is live, District0x's Meme Factory has engaged its community in blockchain governance with a meme contest and fake tokens.

Tech  ·  30 September 2018
Monero

One Musician’s Creative Solution to Drive ASICs Off Monero

Howard Chu, a monero core dev and musician, has created an algorithm that he thinks will keep ASICS at bay on the privacy-oriented cryptocurrency.

Tech  ·  29 September 2018
Mining

Tech Giant GMO Wants to Help You Mine Zcash – For a Cut

Japanese IT giant GMO Internet has made another move into the cryptocurrency space with the launch of a GPU mining client for zcash.

Business  ·  28 September 2018
Exchanges

The Crowd Machine Crypto Token Theft: What We Know So Far

A crypto startup aiming to disrupt AWS has suffered a massive token theft. While few details are available, here's what we know and don't know.

Markets  ·  26 September 2018