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04.02 / 22:35

Blockchain Digital Winter Olympics Reserve Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and MIT report on Project Hamilton’s first phase

As China’s digital yuan sees its debut on the first day of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, another country has shown signs of stepping into the CBDC development arena. This was none other than the USA.

04.02 / 21:29

Blockchain Ethereum Adoption Digital Currency A "unifying Web3 platform" will onboard 1 billion users by 2026, says Harmony COO

Li Jiang, chief operating officer at Harmony, believes that a bridge connecting all existing blockchains is key to onboard the first 1 billion users on Web 3.

04.02 / 21:07

Blockchain UPS Binance Dreams TOP4 Cryptos to Look at After the Correction of January

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04.02 / 20:01

Blockchain Ethereum cryptocurrency Money Second-biggest crypto hack attacks Wormhole bridge. Can we trust DeFi blockchain technology?

The second-largest decentralised finance (DeFi) hack occurred this week in an attack that swiped $320 million (€279 million), or 120,000 Ether, highlighting the growing trend of attacks on cryptocurrency platforms and concerns over security.

04.02 / 18:11

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Last year was impressive for blockchain startups, as research from CB Insights found that venture capital funding reached new heights during every quarter of 2021. According to CB Insights’ “State Of Blockchain 2021” report, $25.2 billion worth of venture capital funding went to global blockchain startups last year, demonstrating a 713% increase from $3.1 billion in 2020.

04.02 / 17:23

Blockchain BLOCK Digital Progressive Boston Fed makes digital dollar code progress

The researchers investigated two possible code bases, both of which exceeded speed and throughput requirements.The first, DLT-based, architecture processed transactions through an ordering server which organises fully validated transactions into batches, or blocks, and materialises an ordered transaction history. It completed over 99% of transactions in under two seconds but the ordering server resulted in a bottleneck which led to peak throughput of approximately 170,000 transactions per second.

04.02 / 17:21

Blockchain Binance coinbase Bitcoin Bitcoin SegWit adoption lags among major exchanges: Glassnode

SegWit has come a long way since its first appearance during the 2015-2017 blocksize war. However, despite its relative success as a Bitcoin upgrade, crypto exchanges including Binance and Gemini are still not committed to using SegWit addresses for sending Bitcoin (BTC).

04.02 / 15:02

Blockchain Provident Target Maxim MetaShooter Unleases the FIRST of its kind Decentralized Blockchain-Based Hunting Metaverse on Cardano

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04.02 / 13:08

Blockchain Digital Software Bitcoin Alberta crypto sector Canada's Alberta Sees Growth in Crypto Sector

Alberta, Canada’s most oil-rich province, is seeing growth in the crypto industry to diversify its economy.

04.02 / 10:59

Blockchain Ethereum Platform GameStop Australian GameStop plans NFT marketplace with Australian blockchain startup

GameStop said it would launch a marketplace for nonfungible tokens later this year in partnership with an Australian blockchain startup, stepping into a trendy but unproven area of tech as the videogame retailer tries to turn around its struggling business.

04.02 / 06:41

Blockchain Banks Research MIT Fed and MIT's CBDC research: Distributed Ledger tech has ‘downsides’

Theoretical research into a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) in the U.S. has found that distributed ledger architecture has “downsides.”

04.02 / 02:51

Blockchain Ethereum Platform Pool ROCKETPAD’s Public Sale Goes Live, Brings Revolutionary Tier System

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04.02 / 01:19

Blockchain COST Ethereum ETH Crypto Worth Over $320 Million Taken in Wormhole Hack

Wormhole, one of the most popular bridges that link the Ethereum and Solana blockchains, has suffered a theft of cryptocurrencies worth over $320 million in an apparent hack that took place on Feb. 2, 2022. These two blockchains are popular in the worlds of decentralized finance (DeFi), where programmable contracts can replace lawyers and bankers in some transactions, and non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

04.02 / 00:31

Blockchain Technology Ethereum Hackers Jump Crypto replenishes funds from $320M Wormhole hack in largest-ever DeFi 'bailout'

On Thursday, Jump Crypto, a crypto venture capital firm that owns Certus One, the developer of the Wormhole token bridge, announced it had deposited 120 thousand Ether (ETH) into a Solana-Ethereum bridge that suffered a devastating exploit. The day prior, hackers fraudulently minted 120 thousand wrapped Ether (wETH) worth $321 million on the Solana (SOL) platform, then redeemed 93,750 wETH for ETH on the Ethereum network while swapping the rest for other altcoins on the Solana network.

03.02 / 21:01

Blockchain cryptocurrency Nature WWF decision to sell NFTs labelled ‘astonishingly stupid’ by environmentalists

WWF has announced that it is planning to sell non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to raise funds for its conservation work.

03.02 / 20:48

Blockchain Provident Telegram Platform Ratio Finance to Launch on Republic

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03.02 / 20:25

Blockchain Ethereum Twitter Digital safe These rules by this NFT creator could keep digital artworks safe from hackers

One of many sectors that boomed exponentially within the cryptocurrency sector last year was that of non-fungible tokens (NFT). Its growth in sales volume from just around $94 million in 2020 to $24.9 billion in 2021 is a clear indication of the same. However, emerging financial markets are always at the risk of falling prey to criminal elements, and NFTs have been no exception.

03.02 / 19:59

Blockchain UPS coinbase surges Solana (SOL) Surges 17%, and HUH Tokens (HUH) Social Media Pushes over 50%

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03.02 / 19:37

business Blockchain regulation asset manager Russian central bank registers nation’s first digital asset manager

The Bank of Russia has registered tokenization service Atomyze as the country’s first digital asset management company, the central bank officially announced Thursday.

03.02 / 19:23

Blockchain Progressive LinkedIn Pool Arsenal Eight Teams Join Arsenal Innovation Lab Powered by Yolo Group

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03.02 / 19:23

Blockchain UPS Digital AXY play As Play-To-Earn Crypto Games Go Mainstream, Here’s What Players Need to Know

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