Nansen partners with Aptos for dashboard after Aptos users double in six months

The $85-billion venture capital firm launched the Sequoia Crypto Fund in February 2022. 92 Total views 2 Total shares Venture capital giant Sequoia Capital reportedly downsized its cryptocurrency fund from $585 million to $200 million, amid a liquidity crunch and a pivot away toward smaller crypto players.According to a July 27 Wall Street Journal report,…

Ampleforth (AMPL) is a cryptocurrency built with an elastic supply that expands and contracts depending on demand. According to its co-founder Evan Kuo, the team was trying to learn from the failures of the gold standard and Bitcoin (BTC) to create a more flexible monetary system.Investors hoard Bitcoin & goldAlthough many in the crypto space…

The Coinbase direct stock listing could be a rite of passage for the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry, and the announcement on March 20 by the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission of a $6.5-million fine against Coinbase for “wash trading” and filing misleading information probably won’t do more than postpone by a few weeks the…

Government interest in CBDCS was a knee-jerk reaction to the popularity of crypto and the rise of private stablecoins.

DeFi platform PegNet appears to have suffered a 51% attack in which four of the network’s top miners fraudulently created $6.7 million in stablecoins. 1236 Total views 36 Total shares Drama continues to plague decentralized finance (DeFi), with Factom-based stablecoin network PegNet appearing to suffer a 51% attack that resulted in $6.7 million worth of…

The government is hoping to make Barcelona a digital hub by offering various skills programs to university students and boot camps to cultivate talent. 371 Total views 34 Total shares Catalonian director-general of innovation Daniel Macro discussed some of the key efforts that the government has taken and worked on to make the region a…

A recent report published for the Brookings Institution is calling for enhanced regulations on cryptocurrencies. The report was authored by Harvard University fellow Timothy Massad, who served as chairman of the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) during the administration of Pres. Barack Obama.The report dubbed “It’s time to strengthen the regulation of crypto-assets”…

Academic institutions house some of the world’s most important data generated from years of research. Yet centralized data storage models are becoming a concern for many universities looking to keep critical information safe and accessible. Danny O’Brien, a senior fellow at the Filecoin Foundation and Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) — an independent organization…