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Eliza Gkritsi is CoinDesk's crypto mining reporter based in Asia.Bitcoin miner Bitfarms (BITF) accelerated its stated timeframe for reaching 6 exahash/second (EH/s) of computing power, as its per-share loss narrowed significantly quarter-on-quarter, according to a press release on Monday.The miner said that it expects to hit the 6 EH/s goal by the end of the…

Robert Alice is an alias, if you don’t already know. A character created for an established U.K.-based artist after he was captivated by the emerging world of NFT art and wanted to jump into the fray. And in just a few years, Alice has done just that — he has produced a number of hugely

Did someone say "bubble?" (Alexas Fotos/Pixabay)Decentralized finance (DeFi) has exploded in 2020, but retail interest in the space remains quite low, if measured by Google search queries. These suggest it may still be too early to draw parallels between DeFi’s growth and the initial coin offering (ICO) bubble of the final months of 2017 and…

Nov 11, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. UTCUpdated Nov 11, 2020 at 2:11 p.m. UTCTrustToken Taps Chainlink for On-Chain Proof of Reserves for TrueUSD StablecoinStablecoin issuer TrustToken is bringing its proof of reserves system for TrueUSD (TUSD) collateralization levels on-chain. Adding Chainlink to an existing partnership with accounting firm Armanino makes it possible.The transparency measure is…

news CasperLabs, a startup building an open-source blockchain platform aimed to achieve scale without sacrificing decentralization, has raised $14.5 million in a Series A funding round. The round was led by financier Terren Piezer – known as the “Zelig of Wall Street” – via his personal holding company, Acuitas Group Holdings. Arrington XRP Capital, Consensus Capital, Axiom…

Jun 15, 2020 at 21:19 UTCUpdated Jun 15, 2020 at 21:20 UTCUS Supreme Court’s Computer Fraud Ruling Has Big Implications for CryptoThis summer, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider how to interpret the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, a key data protection law. The court’s decision could criminalize common but technically prohibited computer-related conduct,…

news A South Korean mobile payments dapp is rolling out a back-to-basics “clicks and bricks” growth strategy to boost retail adoption. Rather than an advertising blitz or sending an army of bots to make their case on social media, Terra Blockchain’s CHAI dapp is focusing on where customers actually transact to buy stuff. Founder David…

news New research from mobile mesh networking company goTenna explores how mobile communications can be decentralized with the help of bitcoin’s lightning network. Technologists have long explored how to use cryptocurrencies and blockchains to build programs where users are more in control of their data. GoTenna, the company behind mesh network devices for internet-less connections,…

Nouns DAO’s internal critics have long chafed at the NFT project’s reckless spending – like paying $90,000 to name a rare frog species after itselfThe DAO designed a “fork” to give dissenters an exit ramp, and itself an escape hatch if it ever came under attackBut savvy arbitrage traders played the governance game for profit