Ether ETFs will ‘destroy ethos of crypto,’ says DeFi exec

Huobi, a major cryptocurrency exchange, announced the public testnet launch of its open-source decentralized finance (DeFi) blockchain, Huobi Chain, on Feb. 29. Its aim is to provide a regulator-friendly framework for financial services companies to deploy applications in a variety of finance-related sectors.Huobi Chain incorporates a flexible governance model that supports both regulators and enterprises.…

Bitcoin (BTC) and the U.S. equity markets are facing selling on Feb. 16 as traders seem to be trimming positions in assets perceived to be risky on the accusation by NATO that Russia continues to build troops near the Ukrainian border. This is contrary to claims by Moscow that Russian troops are returning to their permanent…

The municipal government of Beijing has unveiled a 20-point plan to accelerate the development and deployment of distributed ledger technologies (DLT) and turn Beijing into both a global and national hub for blockchain tech.According to an announcement published on July 1, the plan seeks to “promote theoretical innovation, technological breakthroughs, [...] talent cultivation,” and “create…

Legendary video game company the Atari Group will conduct an initial coin offering aimed at launching a cryptocurrency casino.Atari was founded in 1972 in Sunnyvale, California, though ownership has changed hands several times since then. The company currently belongs to Atari Interactive, a subsidiary of the French publisher, Atari, SA. Its stock is listed on…

Blockchain infrastructure firm Parity Technologies’ founder Gavin Wood demoed a live blockchain launch in just fifteen minutes at the Web3 Summit in Berlin Oct. 23, TechCrunch reports.Parity is a U.K.-based blockchain infrastructure provider, known primarily for developing one of the most well-known clients for Ethereum (ETH), which Wood also co-founded.In what TechCrunch describes as “a…

A new cryptocurrency ecosystem claiming to be “the world’s lightest blockchain” has ostensibly grown to become one of the largest layer 1 testnets by peer count in the industry.Speaking Cointelegraph on March 24, the developers behind Coda Protocol said that phase three of the network’s testnet launch has now drawn over 400 users — with…

LinkedIn reports that site-wide job listings relating to crypto are up more than 600% since August last year. 503 Total views 13 Total shares Top U.S.-based banks and financial institutions have filled more than 1,000 positions for crypto experts in the past three years. According to a Nov. 1 report from Bloomberg, financial institutions are…

After reporting and helping patch a smart contract vulnerability, the developer claims that the projects he helped started to ignore him. 999 Total views 3 Total shares Own this piece of crypto history Collect this article as NFTAs hacks and exploits continue to go rampant within the crypto industry, the importance of finding vulnerabilities to…

Art historian-turned-blockchain artist Robert Alice believes that the Bitcoin codebase is a culturally and politically significant piece of 21 century history. Christie’s is set to sell its first nonfungible token in an upcoming auction of what has been characterized as “the largest artwork” in the history of Bitcoin (BTC).Art historian turned blockchain artist Robert Alice…