India cracks down on darknet drug deals using crypto tracking

Pfizer is now the first big pharma to participate in a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). 161 Total views 4 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTHaving emerged as a movement in the research community, Decentralized Science (DeSci) initiatives are progressing at a pace even big pharma cannot ignore. In…

The device, called a ‘Bitaxe,’ successfully mined a block even though its chances were only 1 out of 1 billion every ten minutes.

Ripple's newest head of U.S. public policy previously worked in similar roles at Softbank Group, Zoom, and Lyft following six years in government. 176 Total views 8 Total shares Lauren Belive, a former official with the White House’s Office of Legislative Affairs and policy director with the United States House Committee on Rules, has joined

As the metaverse continues to grow and evolve, it is essential that we consider and address the ethical questions and challenges it raises. 132 Total views 2 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTThe metaverse, a virtual environment that simulates reality, offers complex moral dilemmas regarding privacy, ownership and…

A customer-owned utilities company in rural Washington has stopped accepting applications for electricity from crypto mining and similar blockchain operations, the Seattle Times reported July 30. The Franklin Public Utility District commissioners (PUD) have approved a moratorium that will allow time for staff to investigate the impact of cryptocurrency mining on the electrical system before…

During 2017’s bull market, most crypto services lacked the proper Know Your Customer and Anti-Money Laundering measures. Even in 2020, 56% of the analyzed 800 cryptocurrency exchanges and over-the-counter trading desks followed weak KYC practices, according to a CipherTrace report. However, the current digital asset rally has turned the crypto market upside down.As a result,…

Bitcoin (BTC) staged an impressive recovery after dropping to its three-month low of $42,333 on Dec. 4, rising to as high as $51,000 since. The BTC price retracement primarily surfaced due to increased buying activity among addresses that hold less than 1 BTC. In contrast, the Bitcoin wallets with balances between 1,000 BTC  and 10,000 BTC…

Crypto community members will likely be familiar with mantras such as "Don't trust, verify!" or the "law of code." Both refer to the promises of greater transparency and audibility and to a technology that offers to replace fallible, corruptible powerful actors with an actually functional rules-based order, secured through deterministic computation. The desire to dispense with…

Instead of receiving dividends, Yearn.finance would buy and redistribute tokens with protocol revenue. 653 Total views 4 Total shares The Yearn.finance community is introducing a proposal to reform the current token economics of YFI. Popularly called “buyback and build,” the proposal aims to bolster the project’s treasury while also generating value for all stakeholders. Its…