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Five price feeds will be directly published on Matic mainnet. 1980 Total views 3 Total shares Matic Network, a smart contract platform acting as both a layer one and layer two for Ethereum, announced on Thursday the full launch of five Chainlink (LINK) price feeds that are set to power its ecosystem.Though there are many…

In an article I wrote for Cointelegraph, I commented on how the European Union has moved forward to regulate the crypto-asset market through Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) and Transfer of Funds Regulation (ToFR). With this subject as a background, I had the privilege of interviewing one of the people who knows the most about regulating…

Leading Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) producer Bitmain announced two new series 17 Bitcoin (BTC) mining machines in a blog post published on Oct. 9.Bitmain: higher efficiency and hashrateBitmain co-founder Jihan Wu announced the S17+ and T17+ mining machines at the World Digital Mining Summit (WDMS) in Frankfurt. Bitmain claims that the new ASICs feature…

Binance, the second-largest crypto exchange by daily trading volume, has enabled instant purchases of four major digital currencies with the Russian ruble.The development allows Binance users to link their Visa banking card and purchase Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), Binance Coin (BNB) and XRP with the ruble, according to a Feb. 5 announcement. The exchange claims…

Researchers from the Stanford University and Visa Research have developed a privacy mechanism for Ethereum (ETH) smart contracts. A paper describing the mechanism was published on Stanford University’s Applied Cryptography Group website on Feb. 20.According to the paper, the researchers created “a fully-decentralized, confidential payment mechanism” called “Zether” that is consistent with both Ethereum and…

As the U.S. inflation data dropped, individuals in the crypto space shared their quotes, jokes and excitement while raising the Bitcoin banner. 1499 Total views 20 Total shares The recent news on U.S. dollar inflation spurred a series of reactions from the crypto community, noting that the event should push people toward Bitcoin (BTC). Comments…

Kim Grauer, Director of Research at Chainalysis, explains why the amount of crypto stolen in hacks is surging and what could be done to invert this dangerous trend. 154 Total views 23 Total shares Reducing the amount of hacking by improving cybersecurity should be considered a top priority for the crypto industry, said Kim Grauer,…

Crypto mining can harm the country’s electricity distribution, says a Venezuelan minister. 992 Total views 18 Total shares Venezuelan Minister of Habitat and Housing Ildemaro Villarroel announced today that crypto mining operations won’t be allowed in any state-owned housing or neighborhoods that are part of the “Gran Misión Vivienda” project (Great Home Mission).During an official…