Ethereum dev’s paid EigenLayer role sparks debate on ‘conflicted incentives’

BlockShow, a major global conference devoted to the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry, is making a comeback after four years, joining forces with BlockDown Festival — powered by public relations agency EAK Digital — to bring a festival-like Web3 event to Hong Kong in 2024.First launched in 2016, BlockShow is backed by the blockchain industry publication

Local exchanges now have until July 11 to update their rules for listing tokens in order to be in compliance with SEC guidelines. 1687 Total views 1 Total shares Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission has approved guidelines prohibiting crypto exchanges in the country from supporting four different types of tokens in certain cases.In a Friday…

The 2020 Chess Candidates Tournament in Ekaterinburg, Russia has been postponed due to the coronavirus, but organizers are already looking to the future and how blockchain can give the sport a boost. The tournament pitted eight grandmasters against each other for the right to take on world champion Magnus Carlsen, but had to be halted after…

Coming every Sunday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week on Cointelegraph in one link.Top Stories This WeekWorld Economic Forum debuts framework for central bank digital currencyIt was a…

Square’s Cash App derived half of its fourth-quarter revenue from Bitcoin (BTC) services.According to a shareholder letter published on Feb. 28, Bitcoin revenue amounted to $178 million during the fourth quarter of 2019, while combined non-Bitcoin revenue totaled $183 million.In total Bitcoin accounted for more than half a billion dollars of revenue across 2019, equating…

It seems that the private sector is not satisfied with the country’s local fiat money. According to ArzDigital, Gholam Hossein Mozaffari, CEO of the Kish Free Zone Organization, hopes that the Iranian government will approve a proposal to use crypto funds, such as Bitcoin (BTC), to pay for car imports on Kish Island in Iran.The…

2020 was the most important year for the crypto derivatives market so far. Both Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) derivatives steadily grew throughout the year, with their futures and options products available across exchanges such as the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, OKEx, Deribit and Binance. On Dec. 31, Bitcoin options open interest reached an all-time high of…

New CEO Bobby Moran said there was no evidence that Mike McCaffrey had "improperly" influenced coverage of Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX, and Alameda Research on the news site. 727 Total views 6 Total shares Own this piece of crypto history Collect this article as NFTBobby Moran of crypto news website the Block has announced he will…

Cryptocurrency entities licensed under the New York’s Financial Services Law (FSL) should pay the costs of regulatory oversight, Governor Andrew Cuomo believes.The Democratic Governor purportedly wants the state authorities to amend the FSL in order to require virtual currency-related entities within the FSL jurisdiction to foot the bill for examination and oversight conducted by New…