10% of Ethereum validators signal gas limit increase

"The United States is committed to ensuring that no asset, no matter how complex, becomes a mechanism for the Putin regime to offset the impact of sanctions,” said Treasury. 225 Total views 3 Total shares The United States Treasury Department has added Russia-based crypto mining services provider BitRiver and several subsidiaries as firms facilitating the…

The World Economic Forum (WEF) and seven major mining and metals firms are partnering to develop responsible sourcing and sustainability practices using blockchain.The Global Mining Review reported details of the new “Mining and Metals Blockchain Initiative” on Oct. 25. Advancing sustainability, transparency and efficiencyThe seven partners, together with the WEF, plan to pool their resources to…

In October 2019, unknown hackers infiltrated a Canadian insurance company by installing the malware BitPaymer, which encrypted the firm’s data and IT systems. The hackers demanded a ransom of $1.2 million be paid in Bitcoin (BTC) in return for the decryption software needed for the firm to regain access to its systems. The firm’s United Kingdom-based…

A Los Angeles man pleaded guilty to running a $25 million Bitcoin (BTC) money laundering scheme and sale of methamphetamine.Possible life sentenceNews outlet U.S. News reported on Aug. 23 that 25-year-old Kunal Kalra has pleaded guilty to charges including money laundering and distributing methamphetamines. Per the report, he could be sentenced to life in prison.The…

The news come hours after a WSJ report revealed that Durov's phone was hacked back in 2017, a year before he met with the French President.

Bitcoin price action targets $28,500 with "all classes" buying BTC, but the odds of the Fed pausing rate hikes are decreasing by the hour. 81 Total views 1 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTBitcoin (BTC) headed to new nine-month highs after the March 21 Wall Street open as…

The AMF is giving firms registered under its current DASP rules ample time to transition, too.

Waves founder Sasha Ivanov warns that decentralized finance's surge might have negative consequences. 597 Total views 22 Total shares Decentralized finance’s (DeFi) surging popularity might backfire and hurt the forward-looking sector, Waves cryptocurrency platform founder and CEO Sasha Ivanov told Cointelegraph in a recent interview. Ivanov compared DeFi to the 2017 ICO craze in a tweet…

Solana uses a monolithic structure that allows the network to capitalize on the speed and efficiency absent from modular blockchains.