Before the ‘Bomb’ Hits: Why the Race Is on to Alter Ethereum’s Economics

Nov 11, 2020 at 5:08 p.m. UTC(an_vision/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin’s Path to $20K, Ethereum’s ‘Unannounced’ Fork and Biden’s Crypto-Friendly PicksEthereum’s Infura went down, causing a chain split. The world’s second-largest bank will issue $3 billion in blockchain bonds. President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team features some noted crypto commenters. Top shelfChain splitWednesday morning, around 08:00…

He hedged his response, however, by drawing a line between his company, Offchain Labs, and the new Arbitrum Foundation: “I can't speak to what the Foundation did, but leading up to creating this, that was the thought process at least,” Goldfeder said.

(Matthew_Miller/iStock via Getty Images Plus)A reading of a new piece from the Wall Street Journal that NLW argues shows a shifting mainstream narrative.For more episodes and free early access before our regular 3 p.m. Eastern time releases, subscribe with Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocketcasts, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Stitcher, RadioPublica, iHeartRadio or RSS.This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Nexo.io and Elliptic.co.Today’s Long Reads Sunday selection is…

Jan 10, 2021 at 8:22 p.m. UTCUpdated Jan 10, 2021 at 8:31 p.m. UTCEuropean eToro Traders Call Foul Over Closure of Leveraged Crypto ContractsEuropean users of eToro are claiming they were given the bum’s rush regarding leveraged crypto positions, which have been abruptly closed in the face of what the trading platform called “extreme market…

Other participants in the round were Collab+Currency, Sfermion, Mirana Ventures, Bitscale Capital, and Mantle EcoFund. NPC Labs said it plans to use the proceeds to act as a core contributor to B3.fun, an ecosystem that looks to build Web3 games on Base. NPC Labs, a developer looking to build a GameFi ecosystem on the Base

Jan 4, 2021 at 11:20 a.m. UTCDeVere Group CEO Sold Half of Bitcoin Holdings at All-Time HighNigel Green, CEO of U.K.-based financial advisory firm deVere Group, has said he sold 50% of his bitcoin holdings over Christmas as the cryptocurrency’s price surged to record levels.In a blog post late last week, Green said that as…

Former customers of crypto exchange FTX, trading firm Alameda Research and dozens of affiliated companies have until Sept. 29 to submit claims against the bankruptcy estate and vote on the Chapter 11 restructuring plan.Each claim against the exchange requires the claimant to specify the type of asset (cryptocurrency, fiat, or NFT) and be denominated in…

NEW YORK — Crypto trader Avi Eisenberg’s fate now rests in the hands of 12 New York jurors, who have been tasked with deciding whether his October 2022 trades on Mango Markets – which netted him $110 million – were fair game or fraud.On Wednesday, the jury heard closing arguments in the government’s case against

HTX, formerly Huobi, has been hacked with a total loss of 500 ether (ETH) worth around $8 million, according to HTX adviser and Tron founder Justin Sun.The incident occurred on Sunday and was identified immediately. HTX has fully covered the losses, and funds are safe, Sun added on social media platform X (formerly known as