FEMA Advisory Board Proposes Blockchain to Speed ‘Disaster Dividend’ Payouts

Dec 23, 2020 at 2:47 p.m. UTCUpdated Dec 23, 2020 at 4:11 p.m. UTCAxie Infinity Launches Public Testnet of Ronin Sidechain to ‘Scale Even Faster’A Pokemon-inspired digital pet universe that has grown to be the most-played game on Ethereum is testing new ways to scale.Announced Wednesday, Axie Infinity has launched the public testnet of its…

Sam Bankman-Fried intends to argue he was acting in "good faith" in loaning funds to FTX and Alameda executives, in setting Signal messages to auto-delete and in setting up a set of North American entities because he was following the advice of lawyers, including law firm Fenwick & West.The FTX founder's defense team published a…

Web3 infrastructure company Co:Create is rolling out an application on e-commerce giant Shopify, allowing millions of businesses to implement blockchain-based loyalty and rewards programs on the platform.Powered by Ethereum sidechain Polygon, the Web3 Rewards Tools application aims to help brands create a deeper connection with their customers through non-fungible tokens (NFT) and gamified experiences. Brands…

A physical dogecoin (DOGE) token could reach Earth’s moon in a space payload mission planned by Pittsburg-based firm Astrobotic, Dogecoin developers said in an X post Thursday.“Astrobotic plans to send a physical Dogecoin to the moon in the DHL Moonbox via ULA's Vulcan Centaur Rocket on 12/23/2023,” Dogecoin developers said. “Funded by our community in

The New York Times recently got hold of a trove of writings from Sam Bankman-Fried, supposedly from when he was under house arrest. While the most interesting parts are yet unreleased – like a 70-page Twitter thread reportedly offering the ex-CEO of FTX’s “side” of the business failure – there are notable quotes and details

news The blockchain investigations firm Chainalysis has hired a top official from the main U.S. anti-money-laundering agency to help its cryptocurrency clients comply with tough new international data-sharing requirements. Announced Wednesday, Mike Mosier, the former chief of strategic advancement and tactical development at the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), has joined Chainalysis as chief…

Sep 3, 2020 at 13:07 UTCUpdated Sep 3, 2020 at 13:11 UTC(Evannovostro/Shutterstock)Jump Trading, the publicity-shy market maker for Robinhood, Bitfinex, and BitMEX has made a significant investment into decentralized exchange (DEX) Serum. Serum announced Thursday it had received a significant investment from Jump Trading and inked a liquidity partnership with them.Per a release shared with…

Venezuela is ending its Petro cryptocurrency on Monday, more than five years after it was first launched, according to multiple reports citing a message displayed on the Patria Platform, the only website where the Petro was tradeable.President Nicolas Maduro launched the Petro (PTR) in Feb. 2018 to support the nation's currency, the bolívar, in the

International crime fighting agency Interpol has taken action to stem a plague of cryptocurrency mining malware afflicting computer routers across Asia.According to a Wednesday blog post from TrendMicro, which assisted the operation, Interpol's Global Complex for Innovation (IGCI) in Singapore led a five month effort to tackle the epidemic of the Coinhive cryptojacker which was…