Google Cloud becomes main validator on Cronos blockchain

The USDT stablecoin issuer says it received a $23 million ransom demand payable by March. 1. The deadline has since passed, and Tether isn't paying. 3302 Total views 12 Total shares Hackers have threatened to release sensitive company documents supposedly belonging to USDT stablecoin issuer Tether unless the firm sends a 500 Bitcoin (BTC) ransom…

Matterum’s platform for authenticating collectible items is now live, and it’s already processed several $10,000 William Shatner figurines.According to its website, Mattereum “has the tools to make physical goods flow around the world as easily as information using Ethereum blockchain smart contracts.” The company’s first client is Third Millenia Inc. (which works on the authentication…

The company expects a hash rate of 5.5 EH/s by the end of 2022, anticipating that access to an additional 600 MW of power capacity "in the coming years" will produce 20 EH/s. 478 Total views 22 Total shares Crypto mining company Argo Blockchain’s plans to open a data center in West Texas are likely…

Bitcoin (BTC) could have its bull market induced by Litecoin (LTC) as the latter enters a bullish renaissance, noted statistician Willy Woo has forecast.In a series of tweets on Jan. 6, Woo, well known in crypto circles as the creator of data resource Woobull, highlighted an upturn in Litecoin’s fortunes in recent weeks.Woo: Litecoin difficulty…

Bitcoin price consolidates near $43,500 as analysts predict a possible breakout to $50,000 if support can hold above $43,100. 321 Total views 31 Total shares Global financial markets continued to face an uphill battle on April 7 following recent hawkish comments from the United States Federal Reserve hinting at a rapid rise in interest rates…

An official from Russia’s central bank has revealed that the bank has recently conducted a "successful" experimental Initial Coin Offering (ICO), as cited by local news agency TASS Tuesday, September 11.Ivan Semagin, deputy director of the Financial Market Development Department for the Bank of Russia, told TASS:“Within a framework of the central bank’s sandbox, we…

Fiat-to-crypto on-ramp service provider Simplex has partnered with Visa to allow its client firms to issue crypto debit cards. 1694 Total views 12 Total shares Over 200 Simplex partner companies can now offer crypto debit cards to their customers, potentially enabling greater adoption of cryptocurrencies for retail transactions. The development is the result of a…

If you don’t know where the yield is coming from, you are the yield. This week’s episode of Market Talks discusses how DeFi platforms generate a profit and if high yields are sustainable. This week’s episode of Cointelegraph’s Market Talks welcomes Alvin Xu, the co-founder and CEO of Maverick Protocol, a platform that is taking a new approach…

HM Treasury was directed to problem spots that may need refinement, but the basic principles of its approach were heartily welcomed. 49 Total views 1 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTThe deadline has come for comments on a consultation paper and call for evidence released by the United…