Bitcoin open interest jumps $1.3B following Fed's 'dovish' minutes
Bitcoin Open Interest has jumped by over a billion following the United States Federal Reserve ‘dovish’ minutes on Aug. 21.
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Optimism loses 20M tokens after L1 and L2 confusion exploited
Although the airdrop took place less than two weeks ago, problems have already arisen for the vaunted layer-2 scaling solution’s team and market maker. 693 Total views 15 Total shares The honeymoon period for the Optimism layer-2 scaling solution has been cut short as an exploit in its market maker’s smart contract led to the…

China to ramp up brain chip program after teaching monkey to control robot
The country’s current progress appears to be on par with Elon Musk’s Neuralink.

Bitcoin ‘on brink of strong breakout’ says analyst ahead of Coinbase IPO
$60,000 may soon go the way of $20,000, filbfilb believes, but a potential sell-off around the Coinbase IPO means April could yet spark problems for bulls. 2827 Total views 20 Total shares Bitcoin (BTC) is primed for a price breakout after beating out volatility, but April may still produce a surprise sell-off.In his latest market…

Nonprofit Launches Blockchain Platform for Credit History in Sierra Leone
San Francisco-based nonprofit Kiva, a company that crowdfunds loans for financial inclusion, has launched a blockchain platform for credit history with the government of Sierra Leone.According to a Reuters report on Aug. 21, Kiva and President of Sierra Leone Julius Maada Bio jointly launched the blockchain initiative in the country’s capital. The platform will use biometric…

Addressable introduces cost per wallet metric for Web3 marketing
Addressable co-founder Asaf Nadler told Cointelegraph that the metric allows projects to determine which users are more likely to be interested in their products. Web3 marketing firm Addressable has launched cost per wallet (CPW), a new metric aimed at improving user acquisition tracking for decentralized applications (DApps) and blockchain businesses. The company claims CPW provides

Exclusive: US Congressional Watchdog on Prototyping Smart Contracts
The supreme audit institution of the United States, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), posted two job positions with its Innovation Lab concerning the development of prototype applications for blockchain technology during March.Cointelegraph spoke to Chuck Young, the managing director of public affairs at GAO, to find out more about the agency’s interest in distributed ledger…

SEC to axe regional office directors amid DOGE cost cutting: Report
The directors of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s regional offices will reportedly be soon out of a job as the agency looks to cut costs.

C.R.E.A.M. launches Iron Bank flash loans, eyes cross-chain capital efficiency
In a press release today, C.R.E.A.M. Finance announced a new feature for (and, by proxy, an unofficial relaunch of) Iron Bank, the protocol-to-protocol lending platform designed for flash and undercollateralized loans. C.R.E.A.M., which founder Leo Cheng describes as “the yolo-est Compound fork,” is a money market designed to cover assets that are “underserved” and allow for…