Aptos blockchain explained: Technology, use cases and prospects

Bitcoin started the week with a bang, but the real question is, what is driving the move and is it sustainable? Bitcoin (BTC) price pushed above the $31,000 mark on Oct. 23, notching a near 4-month high last seen when BTC price traded at $31,800. The fresh upside push comes as analysts and investors express their

As of June 4, six stablecoins — Tether (USDT), Gemini Dollar (GUSD), HUSD (HUSD), PAX Gold (PAXG), TrueUSD (TUSD) and USD Coin (USDC) — have had a total of more than 10,000 minting transactions so far in 2020, totaling $8 billion, with USDT issued on the Ethereum blockchain dominating the stablecoin landscape. The major stablecoin…

ETH 2.0 now has 10x more staked Ether to power its proof-of-stake mechanism than the Ethereum Foundation required at launch six months ago. 2282 Total views 15 Total shares Ethereum 2.0 is approaching what some are calling a major milestone in its short history — 6 million staked Ether (ETH). The Ethereum Launchpad, Ethereum 2.0’s…

In 2019, we witnessed crypto regulations leave the domain of stuffy legal pontification and enter the realm of geopolitics (as a stuffy legal pontificator, I have mixed feelings about this). We saw President Trump tweet about crypto regulations, as well as powerful international organizations express their agenda on how crypto should be regulated. We saw…

Another exchange in South Korea comes under the police spotlight. 3231 Total views 2 Total shares Seoul police have reportedly raided Bithumb, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in South Korea.According to a report by local publication Seoul Shinmun, an intelligence crime unit at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency has reportedly conducted search and seizure investigations at…

Facebook’s Libra stablecoin would be a serious threat to WeChat Pay, the payment service’s parent company Tencent admitted in a recent blockchain whitepaper.Asian news outlet EjinSight reported on Oct. 24 that in the document Tencent acknowledges that international expansion of Chinese mobile payments offerings would be threatened if Libra launched.In the newly released whitepaper, Tencent…

“While significant, the $2.2M worth of crypto donated to pro-Russian orgs still pales in comparison to the tens of millions in crypto donated to Ukraine,” said Chainalysis. 264 Total views 23 Total shares According to data from crypto analytics firm Chainalysis, users have sent more than $2 million in crypto to 54 pro-Russian groups since…

Scammers have conned thousands of YouTube viewers into sending them a total of 15.31 BTC with the old ‘free giveaway’ trick. 862 Total views 13 Total shares Crypto scammers have stolen at least $150,000 by impersonating SpaceX YouTube accounts and hosting fake Bitcoin giveaways.According to a June 9 report on Bleeping Computer, several scammers hacked…