At a Korea Blockchain Week (KBW) 2024 panel, Dan Albert, executive director of the Solana Foundation, pushed back against accusations that the Solana network is not decentralized, arguing that the capacity to coordinate a patch does not indicate that the network is centralized. The specifics of a serious vulnerability that
September 3, 2024 2 mins read
Scroll, an Ethereum Layer 2 scaling solution utilizing zero-knowledge rollups (ZK-rollups), made headlines with its upcoming token and airdrop launch. As of July 2024, Scroll completed a significant upgrade to its mainnet called the Curie upgrade. It raised $50M in the last round of funding with a $1.8B valuation. It
September 3, 2024 2 mins read
South Korea’s major telecom and financial giants, SK Telecom and Hana Financial Group, have become significant shareholders in BitGo. This was announced by Mike Belshe, BitGo CEO during the Korea Blockchain Week 2024 event in Seoul. Hana Financial Group, one of the largest financial institutions in South Korea, acquired a
September 3, 2024 2 mins read
Ripple’s Chief Legal Officer, Stuart Alderoty, has openly criticized the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for its repeated use of the term “crypto asset security”. Alderoty in his X post stated, “The term ‘crypto asset security’ is nowhere to be found in any statute, it’s a fabricated term with
September 3, 2024 2 mins read
The alternative decentralized X platform Bluesky, co-founded by Jack Dorsey, the former CEO of Twitter, has exploded in popularity in Brazil, amassing an incredible 1 million users in the span of three days. The spike follows X’s suspension in the country, which was mandated by a court. The social media
September 3, 2024 1 min read
Traders and investors across the world are quite worried about JPMorgan’s recent comments on Fed rate decreases. Even if speculation about future interest rate reduction is at an all-time high. The head of global and European equity strategy at JPMorgan today downplayed the likelihood of a bull market. The announcement
September 3, 2024 2 mins read
In the days after a market meltdown, Bitcoin’s price has been steadily declining. Bitcoin has lost about 8% this week and is trading at $58.18K as of this writing. In light of this, many have questioned Bitcoin’s development potential and wondered how the cryptocurrency has managed to accomplish so much
September 2, 2024 2 mins read
Recent on-chain data has shown a concerning pattern involving a whale investment in Solana (SOL). Some have speculated that the anonymous investor may have been involved in a dump. After being caught unstaking and withdrawing a significant amount of SOL. In a post on X, the on-chain data analytics tool
September 1, 2024 1 min read
In the wake of Ripple unlocking 1 billion tokens from escrow, the price of XRP fell. This action aims to improve market predictability and transparency via a long-term plan for managing the token supply. Despite this goal, investors were understandably wary based on the market’s quick response. With its well-coordinated
September 1, 2024 1 min read
U.S spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) had a negative month in August, with a total net outflow of around $94 million, despite an eight-day bullish streak. But according to SoSoValue statistics, that amount is well within the range of a single good or terrible day. While spot bitcoin ETFs lost
September 1, 2024 1 min read
