New Solana proposal aims to fix scalability issues with ‘lattice’ system

Speaking at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, cybersecurity experts Aaron Turner and Georgia Weidman discussed two-factor authentication and biometrics as means to securing one’s phone. Although they concur that the two-factor authentication is the way to go, there are certain caveats.Authenticator apps like Google Authenticator generally provide better security than SMS-based schemes, however, they…

The Aragon decentralized autonomous organization is merging with a blockchain voting protocol. 826 Total views 5 Total shares Aragon, a platform specializing in managing decentralized autonomous organizations, announced a merger with the Vocdoni protocol, a blockchain voting and governance solution provider.Unlike the Yearn.finance mergers, this acquisition has a much more traditional nature. Aragon has acquired…

Hardware wallets and a range of secure, but unusual locations, is the storage method of choice for this crypto family. 1735 Total views 58 Total shares A family that went all-in on Bitcoin back in 2017 has revealed their secrets to safeguarding the asset now that it has increased in price by around 5,000%.The Dutch…

The United States House Financial Services Committee has reportedly invited Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg to testify on Oct. 29 about the company’s plans for its Libra stablecoin. According to a report from The Information on Oct. 3, the invitation comes with a key condition: that CEO Mark Zuckerberg consent to appear before the committee before January…

The CNMV's head reiterated that networks are responsible for taking measures against investment promotions by unlicensed entities. 142 Total views 13 Total shares The National Stock Market Commission (CNMV), Spain’s principal financial regulator, called out the fraudulent crypto assets promos on X (formerly Twitter) and reiterated the obligation of companies to comply with local laws. On

It is customary for government officials around the world to profess their disdain for crypto on the grounds that it is widely used to facilitate crime and finance terrorism. Although (government-backed) cash still remains criminals’ preferred financial tool by a wide margin, it is true that nefarious actors also turn to digital assets. When corrupt…

A recent funding round has just added quite a bit to an Indian crypto exchange’s coffers.Mumbai-based exchange CoinCDX announced on March 24 it had received $3 million in new funding. The Series A round was led by Bain Capital Ventures, Polychain, and HDR Group. CEO and Co-founder of CoinDCX, Sumit Gupta, said that the funding would…

A founding member of the Celo Alliance for Prosperity has added the Celo protocol to their platform. Bison Trails has announced support for the Celo open network, which enables smartphone users to send crypto directly to a phone number instead of a blockchain address.The added support means that users will be able to transfer value…