Ether futures open interest hits all-time high — Is the ETH bull run starting?

This weekly roundup of news from Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong attempts to curate the industry’s most important news, including influential projects, changes in the regulatory landscape, and enterprise blockchain integrations.  After ThorCHAIN and Chainswap were exploited, it’s safe to say that hacking cross-chain bridges seems to be the style of the season. This week,…

Researchers at the Technical University of Munich are encouraging regulators to look beyond Bitcoin when it comes to considering the environmental impact of crypto mining.According to an Aug. 4 issue of scientific journal Joule, researchers Ulrich Gallersdörfer, Lena Klaaßen, and Christian Stoll determined that Bitcoin (BTC) mining accounted for only 66% of the total power…

The company behind the Final Fantasy franchise says blockchain games will be a major focus of its strategy going forward. 317 Total views 2 Total shares Ho-ho-ho! Get Limited Holiday Trait!Collect this article as an NFTFinal Fantasy creator Square Enix is set to double down on blockchain game development despite turbulence in the crypto market,…

Zap, the crypto wallet which allows users to purchase Bitcoin instantly via the Lightning Network, raised $3.5M in April, filings show. Zap, the Lightning startup behind a non-custodial Bitcoin wallet, has raised $3.5 million in a seed round in April.As reported by Forbes on July 15, previously undiscovered filings by the U.S. Securities and Exchanges…

At the Tangle in Taipei on July 3, American economist and crypto sceptic Nouriel Roubini (aka “Dr. Doom”) and BitMEX CEO and co-founder Arthur Hayes didn’t agree on anything except that “Facebook’s Libra is not cryptocurrency.” One of the reasons on that is, while Roubini took for granted that the success of Bitcoin should be…

This will be made possible thanks to an alliance between a number of top industry players. Minecraft, a best-selling game and worldwide phenomenon, is about to make its debut in the non-fungible token, or NFT, business thanks to a partnership between two players in the blockchain industry.According to the announcement, Japanese crypto exchange Coincheck and…

Racing league Formula One is positioning its brand in Web3 as it files trademark applications for "F1" covering crypto and NFTs. 267 Total views 9 Total shares

XRP scammers hacked the Supreme Court of India’s YouTube account, and although it was recovered, it lost its subscriber base.