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Ethereum developers agreed Thursday on the full scope of the network's upcoming upgrade, called “Dencun.”The upgrade, also known as a hard fork, expected later this year, includes five Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) that designed to add more storage for data and reduce fees.At the heart of this upgrade is EIP-4844, more commonly known as proto-danksharding.…

Dec 7, 2020 at 5:31 p.m. UTCUpdated Dec 7, 2020 at 5:43 p.m. UTCAbra CEO Bill Barhydt(CoinDesk archives)Fiat-to-Crypto Partnerships Expand Abra’s Footprint to 150+ CountriesAbra is expanding its cryptocurrency marketplace to dozens more countries through partnerships with four fiat-to-crypto gateways.The Silicon Valley-based crypto banking services firm is now available in over 150 countries (previously it…

The legal woes of biotech company-turned-crypto miner Riot Blockchain don't appear to be slowing down.

Axiom, a protocol that allows smart contract developers to access historical data from Ethereum and then perform intensive computations off-chain, has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round led by Standard Crypto and Paradigm Ventures.The funding will go towards growing the team as well as developing their platform, according to a draft blog

Australia's Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services Stephen Jones has said he would be asking the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) why it didn't warn consumers about the HyperVerse crypto scheme like other nations did, according to the Guardian.The United Kingdom, New Zealand, Canada, Germany and Hungary, among others, issued warnings about the

Both nations hope to prevent banks from providing services to crypto companies.Feb 9, 2021 at 2:54 p.m. UTCUpdated Feb 9, 2021 at 3:39 p.m. UTCState of Crypto: India and Nigeria’s Crypto Crackdowns Continue Old TrendsWelcome to State of Crypto, a CoinDesk newsletter looking at the intersection of cryptocurrency and government. I’m your host, Nikhilesh De.…

May 29, 2020 at 20:36 UTCUpdated May 29, 2020 at 20:37 UTCCredit: haeryung stock images / ShutterstockAmazon Patents Blockchain-Based Product AuthenticatorAmazon, a kingmaker of e-commerce and shipping, has patented a distributed ledger-based (DLT) system for proving the authenticity of consumer goods. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office approved the Seattle tech giant’s nearly three-year-old “Distributed…

Coinbase (COIN) and the Securities and Exchange Commission will meet in court this week. The hearing – the questions asked and the answers given – should provide some hints on how the case may go (for now, anyway).You’re reading State of Crypto, a CoinDesk newsletter looking at the intersection of cryptocurrency and government. Click here…

Feb 21, 2020 at 14:30 UTCCredit: Shutterstock/Jacob LundThe organization that created the popular JPEG picture format believes blockchain could be used to verify images, as well as flag fakes and image theft.The Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) said blockchain has "great potential" as the basis of a system that would use a combination of encryption,…