[ad_2][ad_1] Last weekend, on block 11380000, a solution for the prevention of 51% of attacks was presented to the Ethereum Classic (ETC) community. Many of these attacks have recently placed ETC at a crossroads, leaving the chain’s very survival uncertain. In the weeks following these attacks, the community worked to …
Read More »Grayscale’s Ethereum Trust gains SEC reporting firm status
[ad_2][ad_1] Grayscale Investments states that the registration statement on Form 10 that it filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on behalf of the Ethereum Trust has become effective. This means that Ethereum Trust is now an official SEC reporting company and the second digital currency investment …
Read More »Aztec launches private smart contracts as an Ethereum rollup
[ad_2][ad_1] Aztec, a privacy protocol that builds on Ethereum, announced on Monday the launch of its second iteration, promising private transactions and smart contracts while being cheaper than standard transfers. The layer two solution adopted by Aztec is based on zkRollups, similar to Loopring or ZkSync. All of these protocols …
Read More »Alchemy Pay partners with QFPay to power digital currency payments for Shopify merchants
[ad_2][ad_1] Alchemy Pay, a provider of digital and fiat hybrid payment solutions, recently announced it will launch its own hybrid fiat and cryptocurrency payment services for e-commerce merchants on Shopify through its new partnership with QFPay, a fiat payments provider with over 1.2 million merchants. “Shopify users from countries such …
Read More »Over 72% of all investors believe XRP will reach $ 100
[ad_2][ad_1] Source: Travis Wolfe According to a survey of XRP investors, 72.4% believe the cryptocurrency will reach a price of $ 100 in the future. A whopping 82% said they will not exit their XRP investment below USD 10. A new Twitter survey, recently conducted by XRP_Cro of more than …
Read More »Securitize is bringing Ethereum-based stocks to the DeFi realm
[ad_2][ad_1] Connecting the worlds of security tokens and decentralized finance (DeFi) is the logical next step for Securitize, a kind of regulatory compliant fixer when it comes to tracking and trading blockchain-based securities. Announced Monday, Securitize is partnering with a protocol called Centrifuge’s Tinlake, which uses an intelligent non-fungible token …
Read More »The Chinese city launches the cryptocurrency lottery, gives away digital coins to promote its adoption
[ad_2][ad_1] The Chinese city of Shenzhen will become a test bed for a new sovereign cryptocurrency with residents issuing millions in the digital currency for free. As reported by the South China Morning Post, citizens were able to participate in a lottery to receive digital funds, of which coins worth …
Read More »Time to launch the Ethereum 2.0 beacon chain
[ad_2][ad_1] It is time for the Ethereum 2.0 beacon chain to be launched. We’ve spent the past nine months testing this thing for life. The year started with huge and long-lived single client testnets: Sapphire, Topaz and Onyx networks operated by Prysmatic Labs. In April, there were small multi-client networks: …
Read More »Bitfinex derivatives to launch EOS, litecoin and polkadot perpetual swaps
[ad_2][ad_1] Bitfinex Derivatives, a derivatives platform accessible via the Bitfinex digital asset trading platform, has launched perpetual contracts for EOS, litecoin and polkadot. EOS, litecoin and polkadot were released on October 12th at 9:00 UTC. Each contract will offer users up to 100x leverage and be tethered (USDt) settled. “We …
Read More »Ripple’s CTO discusses the challenges of the role and goal of carbon neutrality
[ad_2][ad_1] David Schwartz, CTO of Ripple, spoke with Information Age about the challenges he faces in his role and how blockchain companies can reduce environmental impact. Ripple’s CTO has asked cryptocurrency companies to help cut carbon emissions. Blockchain finance company Ripple recently revealed its goal of achieving carbon neutrality by …
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