New Ethereum proposal aims to boost block times by 50%

Friday, April 12 — most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting slight to moderate gains on the day by press time, as Bitcoin (BTC) approaches the $5,100 mark.Market visualization courtesy of Coin360Bitcoin’s price is up close to half a percent on the day, trading at around $5,085 by press time, according to CoinMarketCap. Looking…

"We are witnessing a significant shift in investor sentiment towards digital assets, and we believe that digital assets should be considered in modern portfolios," said Greg Collett, president of the joint venture. 492 Total views 26 Total shares Crypto lending firm BlockFi has formed a business with New York-based investment management company Neuberger Berman for…

In this week’s selected cryptocurrency- and blockchain-related news from Cointelegraph Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan directed the government to finish testing a national central bank digital currency (CBDC) next year and a fraud saw up to 40 people losing 600 Bitcoins (BTC) — equivalent to roughly $5.2 million.Digital lira to be internalized next yearThe Presidential…

The performance gains probably won’t be enough to overcome Nvidia’s mining disadvantage. Nvidia is set to release the next generation of its popular RTX series of graphics cards on  Sep. 17. One of these will be the RTX 3080, which comes as the mid-range card among its peers the 3090 and 3070.However, the performance of…

Almost nothing is known about Elon Musk’s latest endeavor, an artificial intelligence startup named xAI. But “almost nothing” is still something. And we can glean a lot from what little we do know.As Cointelegraph recently reported, Musk announced xAI on July 12 in a statement comprising three sentences, “Today we announce the formation of xAI. The…

In total, Block generated $4.42 billion worth of gross profit in 2021 marking a total YoY growth of 62%, however, net profit totaled just $77 million. 98 Total views 14 Total shares Crypto-friendly digital payments tech firm Block, Inc. (formerly known as Square) posted $1.18 billion worth of gross profit in Q4, representing a growth…

Congressman Stephen Lynch of Massachusetts introduced a bill on April 23 to establish a blockchain network capable of monitoring the SNS. 1180 Total views 32 Total shares U.S. Congressman Stephen Lynch of Massachusetts has introduced a bill to establish a blockchain network capable of overseeing the distribution of personal protection equipment, ventilators and other necessary…

The “Cryptoqueen” has not been seen since 2017, as investigative authorities worldwide continue to seek information on her whereabouts.

Flipkart shared plans to use Polygon CDK as the base to build an Ethereum-based ZK layer-2 network, which can help the e-commerce platform scale future growth and streamline its service. 120 Total views 2 Total shares India’s homegrown e-commerce giant Flipkart will use Polygon’s chain development kit (CDK) to launch a Web3 loyalty program.On Dec.