Bitcoin DeFi ecosystem thrives despite market correction

Bitcoin (BTC) continues to account for the lion’s share of crypto-denominated ransomware payments, according to Coveware’s Q1 2019 Global Ransomware Marketplace report, published on April 15.The report — reportedly based upon aggregated ransomware data from cases tackled by Coveware’s Incident Response Team — indicates that in Q1 2019 the ransomware landscape saw a sharp increase…

In its new vision, Chainlink would allow anyone to deploy an arbitrary executable on its network. 4153 Total views 18 Total shares Chainlink (LINK) has unveiled its new whitepaper on Thursday, which details a planned expansion and pivot into creating oracle networks for computation. The proposal would see Chainlink generalize its oracle network into a…

The new lead plans on hiring for the Bluesky team and “partnering closely with Twitter and other companies” as part of the next steps towards fulfilling the decentralized social media plan. 467 Total views 2 Total shares Jay Graber, a former software engineer for Zcash and blockchain firm Skuchain, will be leading the anticipated decentralized…

After initially mandating public officials to declare their crypto, the South Korean authorities now want all local firms to disclose such holdings. The South Korean government is continuing to develop tighter regulations targeting the cryptocurrency industry with the introduction of new asset disclosure rules.On July 11, South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) announced a new…

Institutional Bitcoin products have recorded outflows for nine of the past ten weeks, suggesting many investors remain bearish. 1203 Total views 4 Total shares Institutions are continuing to sit on the sidelines of the Bitcoin markets, with BTC investment products volumes dropping to just 38% of its year-to year-to-date (YTD) average over the past week.According…

Copyright infringement in the online world has been an issue ever since the internet entered our lives — with a copy-and-paste culture, it’s never been easier to pass off a funny tweet as one’s own, upload unauthorized versions of chart-topping songs, and repurpose jaw-dropping photographs and videos.Now nonfungible tokens have entered into the arena, a…

A cybersecurity subsidiary of Japan’s Nomura Research Institute (NRI) unveiled a new blockchain security alert tool in a press release Nov. 8, also confirming a partnership with U.S. blockchain software company ConsenSys.With the tool, dubbed the “Blockchain Security Monitoring Service,” NRI SecureTechnologies (NRI ST) said it aimed to increase security in blockchain implementations, informing operators…

E-commerce giant Amazon has won two patents related to methods for protecting the integrity of digital signatures and improving distributed data storage. The two patents were published by by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today, Nov. 13.The first patent document, first filed in April of this year, outlines a “signature delegation” method for…

Developer 1st Playable has denied rumors one of their games was used to hijack Nintendo’s Switch console to mine Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.While the recent Nintendo release, Cooking Mama: Cookstar, is connected to blockchain technology —  it’s not in the way some players have speculated. Addressing the rumors on Twitter, 1st Playable said there was absolutely…