Google Cloud's Web3 portal launch sparks debate in crypto industry

Japan has been a member of the FATF since 1990. 751 Total views 9 Total shares Japan has made another step toward adopting cryptocurrency Anti-Money Laundering regulations developed by the Financial Action Task Force, Cointelegraph Japan reports.The Japanese Financial Services Agency announced Wednesday that it will adopt the FATF’s travel rule — a set of regulations…

The Cardano network is ready for the Chang hard fork, part of the transition to the Voltaire era of decentralized network governance.

A United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) advisory committee, is planning to launch a live test of its blockchain-based intellectual property rights proof of concept.The Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) will run its tests from late August to late September, per a report published on the CBP’s website. The COAC advises the Secretaries…

Ethereum 2.0 developers agreed in a call to move up the launch of a milestone 0.12 testnet to Monday, to ensure all engineers are on deck for the genesis block. 1396 Total views 13 Total shares The latest Ethereum 2.0 testnet iteration, Altona, is scheduled to release on Monday, June 29.As discussed in the Eth…

While the full impact of FTX’s collapse is still unfolding, some have already warned of an increase in layoffs to come “in the months to follow.” 790 Total views 60 Total shares The fall of crypto exchange FTX and potential resulting contagion could lead to an acceleration of crypto-company layoffs in the coming months, recruitment…

Acquiring financial knowledge is priceless nowadays and, to tell the truth, has always been. We live in times when the usage of fiat is steadily decreasing in the world’s top-GDP countries, and the cash era is meeting its end. Right now, most of the existing money in circulation is already digital, and while the digital…

Bitcoin (BTC) has passed another network performance milestone this week as the largest cryptocurrency’s hash rate hit a new record high.Bitcoin secured by 80 quintillion hashes per secondData from monitoring resource Bitinfocharts confirmed Bitcoin’s hash rate exceeded 80 quintillion SHA256 hashes per second Aug. 8, the first time such a level has been reached.Hash rate…

According to Bithumb, the Ether that paid a $2.5 million transaction fee ended up in its coffers. According to Bithumb, the 0.55 Ethers (ETH) that incurred a $2.6 million transaction fee ended up in one of the exchange’s wallets.Mistake or money laundering?Earlier today, someone paid 10,668.73 Ethers in gas to move $134 worth of the…