Many in the cryptocurrency world are taking notice of Shiba Inu’s L2 blockchain Shibarium now that its hard fork has been completed. Aiming to improve the Shibarium blockchain’s transaction stability and help the network achieve ‘deterministic finality,’ the second upgrade, the Heimdall hard fork, follows the successful Bor hard fork.
May 3, 2024 2 mins read
A collaboration between blockchain data platform Chainalysis and USDT stablecoin issuer Tether has been announced. The goal of this collaboration is to improve the oversight of Tether token transactions, particularly with regard to the identification and mitigation of risks associated with illicit activity and sanctions breaches. This move is in
May 3, 2024 2 mins read
Recent reports indicate substantial withdrawals from the U.S. Spot Bitcoin ETFs. But big money is already jumping on board with these ETFs. Being the second-largest bank in Europe, BNP Paribas is the most recent one. BNP Paribas has put money into the iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) that BlackRock offers. On
May 2, 2024 1 min read
Reports indicate that US federal authorities are looking into Block, Inc., Jack Dorsey’s fintech startup, after the disclosure of papers by a whistleblower that claimed the company’s payment divisions, Square and Cash App, were involved in extensive and persistent compliance breaches. According to NBC News’ May 1 report, a former
May 2, 2024 2 mins read
Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, has discussed at a new cryptographic proof method that would make zero-knowledge proofs more efficient. A method for fast cryptographic proofs over binary fields, “Binius,” was detailed in a blog post by Buterin on April 29. The system aspires to achieve substantial performance improvements over
May 1, 2024 1 min read
In spite of reporting a financial loss of $53.1 million in the first quarter of 2024, the biggest corporate holder of Bitcoin, MicroStrategy, proceeded to stack additional Bitcoin in April. The company’s digital asset impairment loss increased tenfold from the first quarter of 2023 to $191.6 million in the quarter,
April 30, 2024 1 min read
In response to the SEC’s demand that Terraform Labs and its co-founder Do Kwon pay $5.3 billion in disgorgement and civil penalties, the company’s legal team has submitted a motion in opposition to the request. After a jury found Terraform and Kwon guilty of fraud, their defense team requested a
April 30, 2024 1 min read
There was no relief in sight for the wider crypto market during the past weekend. The price of Bitcoin saw a further 2.2% decline, dropping below $62,500. At the time of writing, the Bitcoin price managed to climb above the $62,500 threshold and is now trading at $62,983. Similar is
April 29, 2024 1 min read
The Ethereum network’s gas fees hit a six-month low, coinciding with a small weekend increase in ETH pricing. This, according to experts at crypto analytics platform Santiment, may be a precursor to a rebound in altcoins. Santiment recorded in an April 28 X post that the average cost of Ethereum
April 29, 2024 1 min read
At least two weeks after discovering them, the Layer 2 network Optimism patched two serious vulnerabilities on its testnet. Optimism upgraded its testnet on April 25, according to Offchain Labs, who discovered the vulnerabilities on Friday. A software company warned that malicious actors might change the chain’s history and perform
April 27, 2024 1 min read
