Matter Labs drops ZK trademark applications after industry backlash

According to bitcoin (BTC) node stats reported on the website of bitcoin core developer Luke Dashjr, 60.22% of the coin’s full-nodes are running software still vulnerable to the inflation bug at press time.According to the reported data, the software running on 60,101 bitcoin full-nodes is vulnerable to the CVE-2018-17144 bug. As Cointelegraph reported at the…

ADDX uses blockchain technology and smart contracts to tokenize and fractionalize private markets, including pre-IPO equity, private equity, and hedge funds and bonds. 174 Total views 34 Total shares ADDX, a blockchain and smart contract-based digital securities platform from Singapore raised $58 million from mainstream financial institutions to fund its goal of reducing minimum private…

DeFi-focused oracle platform DIA is using crowd-sourcing to improve the accuracy of price oracles. 1604 Total views 21 Total shares Oracle platforms, which provide links between blockchain smart contracts and trusted sources of real-world data, are a crucial component of many decentralized finance — or DeFi —  applications.With the meteoric rise of Chainlink (LINK) this…

Another ransomware attack has hit the Australia-based drinks manufacturer, Lion. This is the second attack on the company in less than one week. The cybercriminals behind the attack are threatening to double the ransom amount if Lion does not pay by the specified date. The currency of choice for the particular attack is Monero (XMR).A…

European Union Council finance ministers vote to adopt the continent’s Markets in Crypto-Assets legislation following unanimous approval of new legal frameworks. European Union Council members have given the final green light on the highly-anticipated Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) legislation following a voting process on May 16.27 Finance ministers representing the EU's member states voted in favor…

Climate change is one of the greatest problems facing society today. Therefore, it shouldn’t come as a surprise to see large corporations stepping in to mitigate their environmental impact. For example, Amazon plans to be carbon neutral by 2040; Starbuck has goals to become “resource positive” by reducing carbon emissions; and Microsoft has aims on…

The hacker purportedly plans to sell a subset of their stolen information 6 BTC ($286,000). 1194 Total views 43 Total shares U.S. telecom giant T-Mobile is looking into an alleged massive data breach that may have compromised more than 100 million users.According to Vice's Motherboard, T-Mobile is investigating an alleged data breach claimed by the…

The investment firm filed the application for its Bitcoin ETF with Canadian securities regulators in February. 352 Total views 61 Total shares Accelerate Financial Technologies is planning to match each investment in its pending Bitcoin exchange-traded fund with the planting of thousands of trees.According to a Friday report from Bloomberg, the Calgary-based investment services company…