Arbitrum Airdrops $120M to Projects; Some Dump, Some Look to Bolster Themselves

The digital currencies could be distributed through PayPal’s digital wallets, the company’s CEO said. PayPal CEO Dan Schulman(Getty Images)Feb 11, 2021 at 8:19 p.m. UTCPayPal Wants to Be a CBDC DistributorPayPal could be to central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) what private banks are to physical dollars.The company’s CEO, Dan Schulman, laid out a vision during…

Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.Jamie Crawley is a CoinDesk news reporter based in London.Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.Staking service provider P2P.org has raised $23 million in funding from a trio of crypto industry…

What could be more crypto than raising tens of millions of dollars via a "node sale?" In this week's issue of The Protocol, we explain the blockchain industry's newest fundraising method, which explicitly leans on its decentralizing impact.Devious technique known as "address poisoning" leads to $68M exploitTop picks from the past week's Protocol Village column:

A new U.K. bill is set to give local authorities powers to freeze and confiscate crypto assets tied to crime if approved later this year.Policy watchers say the bill could help prevent tainted assets from being moved before seizures in criminal cases, and possibly even contribute millions to public funding.The U.K. is making it easier

news Cryptocurrency wallet provider Abra is now letting users deposit and withdraw ether (ETH) directly from its app. Previously, users could only make deposits into the app via a U.S.-based bank account, an American Express card, bitcoin (BTC), bitcoin cash (BCH) or litecoin (LTC). Then, if they chose, they could have their balances converted into…

news A Germany-based pharmaceutical multinational is set to trial IBM blockchain in Canada in a bid to raise the quality of clinical trials. Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) announced Tuesday that it has partnered with IBM “to improve trust, transparency, patient safety and patient empowerment in clinical trials” using the tech giant’s blockchain platform. The firm said…

Jul 22, 2020 at 12:07 UTCUpdated Jul 22, 2020 at 12:12 UTC(Danilo Batista/Unsplash)First Mover: This DeFi-Ready Token Is Teaching Crypto Traders to Cherish InflationOne of the things crypto traders like about bitcoin is that it’s resistant to inflation, potentially serving as a hedge against the trillions of dollars of money that central banks have printed this year…

This Tuesday, Oct. 10, the Wall Street Journal put out a report claiming that Hamas and other Palestinian terrorist groups were using crypto to finance their operations. “Hamas Militants Behind Israel Attack Raised Millions in Crypto” read the headline.The piece, based on analysis from blockchain forensics groups, claimed that, between August 2021 and June this

Fidelity wants to give traders of its potential Fidelity Ethereum Fund the ability to stake some of the assets.The asset manager filed to launch an ethereum exchange-traded fund (ETF) in November. Other potential issuers include BlackRock, Ark Invest and Grayscale.00:5580% of Meme Coin Performance Occurs During Asia Trading Hours: 10x Research Founder02:16Standard Chartered Bullish on