Germany’s Information Security Office champions hardware wallets

NBA Top Shot, the officially licensed crypto collectibles from the team behind CryptoKitties, has opened its beta version to the public. NBA TopShot, the flagship non-fungible token (NFT)-powered game built by Dapper Labs on their Flow blockchain, has launched in open beta.The transition to public beta came on October 1, alongside Top Shot’s launch on…

The DeFi lending and borrowing protocol has confirmed it was affected by a malfunctioning Binance price oracle but confirmed user funds were safe. Decentralized finance protocol Venus has confirmed it was impacted by an issue with one of its price feed oracles resulting in borrows totaling around $270,000 on Dec. 11, but has downplayed the

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 WeekU.S. SEC deems $1.7 billion Telegram offering illegal, orders haltIn what may…

This Friday's weekly Bitcoin (BTC) options expiry currently holds a $330 million open interest. Considering the recent struggle to regain the $32,000 support, this event is an important test of bulls' willingness to display reversion signs.On July 21, Alameda Research announced that the company made Bitcoin purchases below $30,000, and Sam Trabucco, the firm's quantitative…

“Margined, leveraged or financed digital asset trading offered to retail U.S. customers must occur on properly registered and regulated exchanges in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations,” said Vincent McGonagle, the CFTC’s acting director of enforcement. 502 Total views 4 Total shares The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or CFTC, is ordering crypto…

Academic researchers at the University of Cambridge (UoC) have launched a real-time index that tracks the total electricity consumption of the Bitcoin network.The news was revealed in an announcement posted by the university’s interdisciplinary academic research institute, the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF), on July 2.The now-live Index — the Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption…

Bakkt, a Bitcoin (BTC) futures platform still in development, is purportedly closing in on a Q3 launch date.An anonymous source close to the company reportedly shared this information with blockchain and crypto news publication The Block, according to a report on July 26.However, The Block says it has received a copy of a slide-deck indicating…

The German Federal Ministry of Finance has expressed concerns about rising use of privacy tokens due to their association with criminal activities and difficulties in tracking them.Published on Oct. 19, the ministry’s “First Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing National Risk Assessment” for 2018-2019 provided analysis aimed at the identification of existing and future risks in…

"We are going to become the first city in the world to mine Bitcoin here on site at city hall," said Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker. 318 Total views 30 Total shares Fort Worth, Texas has launched a pilot program to mine Bitcoin in partnership with the Texas Blockchain Council.In a Tuesday city council meeting,…