Cypherpunk Nick Szabo joins Samson Mow’s Jan3 as chief scientist

Blockchain startup Zamna raised $5 million to automate airport security checks using blockchain and biometrics technology, tech news outlet Silicon Republic reports on Oct. 28.The startup plans to use the funding to deploy its Advance Passenger Information platform. Zamna also said that International Airlines Group (IAG), Emirates Airlines and United Arab Emirates’ General Directorate of…

The exploiter manipulated price oracles to gain the upper hand on trades executed using the manipulated price. Arbitrum-based decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Rodeo Finance was exploited for $1.53 million on July 11. The DeFi protocol was exploited using a code vulnerability in its Oracle, leading to a loss of over 810 Ether (ETH).According to data…

Web3 venture capitalists will look to invest in blockchain gaming and collectibles projects through a new $20 million fund. 421 Total views 23 Total shares A group of cryptocurrency venture investors has established a $20 million fund to invest in undervalued Web3 projects and companies focused on blockchain gaming and digital collectibles.Alpha Protocol Ventures (APV)

Bitcoin (BTC) made unexpected gains on March 19 as another day of coronavirus misery suddenly turned positive for investors.Cryptocurrency market daily overview. Source: Coin360BTC price reaches six-day highData from Coin360 and Cointelegraph Markets showed BTC/USD moved up 11% in the 24 hours to press time on Thursday. Current levels of $5,630 mark Bitcoin’s highest since March…

The team migrated the POL token contract to the Ethereum network, paving the way for it to replace MATIC in the future. 637 Total views 7 Total shares Polygon Labs has launched the Ethereum contract for the new Polygon token, POL, according to an October 25 announcement. The new token is intended to replace the

Dutch global banking and financial services corporation ING introduced its new cryptographic blockchain development called Bulletproofs, according to an announcement on Feb. 7Bulletproofs represents an extended technology for ING’s previous blockchain privacy-focused developments such as zero-knowledge range proof (ZKRP) and zero-knowledge set membership (ZKSM).ING bank first launched ZKRP in November 2017, enabling market participants to…

The non-custodial cryptocurrency exchange first announced plans to integrate decentralized exchanges in January. Now, mobile users can trade BTC with ETH and LTC without an intermediary. 1700 Total views 17 Total shares ShapeShift, a cryptocurrency exchange based in Switzerland, has announced full integration with THORChain, enabling direct trading of native Bitcoin (BTC) with Ethereum (ETH)…

Uniswap’s first community governance proposal is up for a vote. 1978 Total views 19 Total shares The Uniswap community is currently holding its first-ever vote, set to be completed by October 19. Up for consideration is the reduction of thresholds required to submit governance proposals and quorums.In recent weeks, there has been much discussion and…