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08.06 / 18:11

Blockchain cryptocurrency CRYPTONEWS How to Alleviate the Environmental Impact Of Gold Mining

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08.06 / 17:51

business Blockchain Adoption MasterCard Edge announces confidential no-KYC digital currency Mastercard

On Wednesday, self-custody crypto exchange Edge announced a no-Know Your Customer (KYC) debit Mastercard that can be funded with Bitcoin and other digital currencies.

08.06 / 17:33

Blockchain Provident Platform Santiment Chainlink [LINK]: With an update set to hit this chain, here is what you should know

As the competition becomes even more cutthroat amongst blockchain platform providers, it has become a game of which platform has more benefits and utility to offer its users.

08.06 / 16:57

business Government Blockchain US central bank digital currency commenters divided on benefits, unified in confusion

In January, the United States Federal Reserve Board of Governors released a discussion paper on a potential U.S. central bank digital currency (CBDC) titled “Money and Payments: The U.S. Dollar in the Age of Digital Transformation.” The comment period for the paper ended May 20, with the Fed receiving over 2,000 pages of comments from individuals alongside responses from leading stakeholders.

08.06 / 16:33

Blockchain Digital AXY Platform Solana bids $100M On DeFi, GameFi in South Korea

Solana is in the news today after it unveiled a new $100 million fund for South Korean web3 entrepreneurs. The funds were raised equally by Solana Ventures and the Solana Foundation, a Swiss organization that promotes the network’s growth.

08.06 / 14:33

Blockchain Binance Action Parke Polkadot: Before parking money in DOT for 2022, read this

Let’s assume someone presents DOT’s daily price chart but only from mid-May to now. You would be mistaken to think that it is a stablecoin if you didn’t know better. This scenario highlights just how relatively inactive DOT has been for almost four weeks.

08.06 / 14:21

Blockchain Ethereum Proof-of-stake Testnet Ethereum's Ropsten Testnet Set to 'Merge' Today

The Ropsten public testnet, Ethereum (ETH)'s longest-lived proof-of-work (PoW) testnet that allows for blockchain development testing before deployment on the mainnet, is expected to go through The Merge in a matter of hours.

08.06 / 13:39

Blockchain Gaming Asia Japanese VC Firm Mistletoe Strengthens Crypto Focus, Says Web3 Will Spread to All Industries

The Japanese venture capital firm Mistletoe is strengthening its focus on the crypto industry amidst the market downturn, arguing that Web3 will “spread to all industry segments” in the future, just like the Internet has done.

08.06 / 12:25

Blockchain Adoption proof-of-work Bitcoin IMF recommends eco-friendly CBDCs and non-PoW mechanisms for payments

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) study on energy consumption revealed the importance of design choices within the crypto ecosystem to build an environmentally friendly mainstream payment system.

08.06 / 11:47

Blockchain Ethereum Twitter Telegram Don't click links: Crypto community responds to alleged Telegram ‘exposé’

This week the crypto community’s attention was captured by an anonymous person who claimed that they will expose the misdeeds of prominent crypto influencers and top projects within the crypto space.

08.06 / 11:09

Blockchain Adoption Bitcoin Swyftx Crypto-stock trade pairs in the cards as Swyftx inks $1.5B merger with Superhero

Australian crypto exchange Swyftx wants to eventually offer seamless trading between traditional and crypto-asset classes, with its first step being the completion of its $1.5 billion merger deal with online investing platform Superhero.

08.06 / 10:17

Blockchain NFT defi solana Solana Ventures sets up $100M fund for GameFi and DeFi in South Korea

Solana Ventures and the Solana Foundation have formed a $100 million fund to help support the growth of nonfungible token (NFT), blockchain gaming and decentralized finance (DeFi) projects in South Korea.

08.06 / 09:15

Blockchain cryptocurrency Digital cryptocurrency news Crypto Technology To Be A Priority For Britain's Market Activities

Britain will begin testing of crypto blockchain technology for traditional market activities next year

08.06 / 06:15

Blockchain NFT defi Gaming Metaverse tokens up 400% year on year despite altcoin bloodbath

Metaverse tokens are vastly outperforming every other crypto category in the current bearish condition, up by nearly 400% year-on-year.

08.06 / 04:41

Government Blockchain proof-of-work New York Governor yet to commit to signing Bitcoin mining ban into law

New York overnor Kathy Hochul is yet to publicly commit to signing the controversial Proof-of-Work (PoW) crypto mining ban bill, instead noting that her team will be looking “very closely” at the proposal over the next few months.

08.06 / 01:39

Blockchain UPS Action place Is Solana on the verge of losing its place in top 10 cryptocurrencies

Solana [SOL]’s downfall has been surprising to investors all around the world since the blockchain was hyped to the point where it ended up becoming the fifth-largest cryptocurrency in the world at a given time.

07.06 / 22:41

Blockchain UPS Platform WOO Has SushiSwap’s $14 million Kava partnership failed to woo investors

The Decentralized Finance (DeFi) world is ever-growing thanks to the expansion of the topmost DeFi protocols and platforms. Various avenues are opening up for users to make the most of their investments. Taking that thought further, SushiSwap is a facilitator of the same, at least given its most recent developments.

07.06 / 22:39

business Blockchain Adoption PayPal PayPal enables transfer of digital currencies to external wallets

After rolling out the ability to buy and sell crypto on its platform in October 2020, PayPal is finally allowing users the ability to natively transfer, send, and receive digital assets between PayPal and other wallets and exchanges. As of today, the feature is available to select U.S. users, with the feature expanding to all eligible U.S. users in the coming weeks. The first batch of supported coins consists of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, and Litecoin.

07.06 / 20:31

Blockchain Ethereum defi security BUG Bug Bounty Aurora pays $6M bug bounty to ethical security hacker through Immunefi

On Tuesday, Ethereum (ETH) bridging and scaling solution Aurora announced it had paid out a $6 million bounty to ethical security hacker pwning.eth, who discovered a critical vulnerability in the Aurora Engine. The exploit allegedly placed over $200 million worth of capital at risk. The sum was paid in collaboration with Immunefi, a leading platform for Web 3.0 bug bounties, with $145+ million bounties available and $45+ million bounties paid out.

07.06 / 20:27

Blockchain Ethereum community These Are Some Topics Ethereum Developers Disagree With Vitalik Buterin On

Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin has recently asked the crypto Twitter community to share what they disagree with him on. Some prominent Ethereum developers were quick to use the opportunity and express their thoughts on various subjects.

07.06 / 20:05

business Blockchain Binance regulation Binance fires back at Reuters’ money laundering allegations

Crypto exchange Binance published a lengthy response to an article published by Reuters that claims that the exchange has been a “hub for hackers, fraudsters and drug traffickers,” saying that there’s at least “$2.35 billion in illicit funds” laundered within the exchange.

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