Arbitrum to distribute $215M in ARB tokens for gaming innovation

The trading company will pay back the debt, which has fallen almost twice in dollar estimate, by the end of September. 458 Total views 44 Total shares Quantitative trading company Alameda Research will return an estimate of $200 million to Voyager Digital, which is proceeding through bankruptcy. Alameda borrowed the funds in cryptocurrencies in September 2021.…

A single, long-dormant string of code, hidden deep within the original Bitcoin stack, can introduce a suite of new functionality that could potentially see the Bitcoin network rival Ethereum in terms of decentralized finance (DeFi) activity.  The upgrade is called “OP_CAT” (short for operation code concatenate) and refers to a few simple lines of code

The Polygon team is set to launch a data availability solution for sidechains and layer-two protocols. 272 Total views 2 Total shares Ethereum (ETH) scalability infrastructure developer Polygon has announced the rollout of a general-purpose, scalable data availability solution called Avail.According to a release issued on Monday, Polygon revealed that Avail will function as a…

Bitcoin (BTC) recovered from one-week lows on March 8 after a lack of progress in Russia-Ukraine talks sent markets tumbling.BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewCommodities "trading like meme stocks"Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD bouncing at $37,170 on Bitstamp after Monday’s Wall Street open.Overnight progress maintained support, with the pair trading…

Elizabeth Warren outlined her concerns about the cryptocurrency market in a letter addressed to Janet Yellen that was obtained by CNBC. 427 Total views 50 Total shares Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, has called on United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and other regulators to develop a “comprehensive and coordinated” framework for addressing…

Bitcoin (BTC) hit new weekly lows into Sep. 28 as risk asset drawdown continued overnight.BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewTrader: "First new lows" before Q4 recoveryData from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD falling to $18,461 on Bitstamp, down almost $2,000 versus the previous day’s high. The change of direction came in lock…

As the cryptocurrency universe enters 2020, U.S. lawmakers are drafting bills to provide clarity around stablecoins and offer regulations for tech companies like Facebook that might want to create their own cryptocurrencies.The draft legislation “Keep Big Tech Out Of Finance Act” was proposed on July 15, 2019 by the Democratic majority of the House Financial Services…

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is under legal pressure in Canada and the Philippines, while U.S. prosecutors are demanding 36 months in prison for Changpeng Zhao.

Open source blockchain project Qtum has awarded a $400,000 grant to academics at Columbia University to fund the development of a new programming language for Ethereum (ETH)-style smart contracts. The news was announced in an email shared with Cointelegraph Dec. 19.The research and development (R&D) grant will go to a team of two PhD and…