Off The Grid’s success shows ‘invisible’ blockchain is the winning play

Not Legal Advice... is a monthly column from Zachary Kelman, Cointelegraph’s general counsel. He is a New York-licensed attorney specializing in political, legal and regulatory issues surrounding Bitcoin, digital currencies and blockchain technology.For two decades, United States presidents kept the American military in Afghanistan to back the fragile local government, tasked with keeping the Taliban…

A slow first day of trading on the short Bitcoin ETF may have been nothing but a slight hiccup in ProShares’ newest product as volumes grew on the second day. 1271 Total views 18 Total shares The first short Bitcoin ETF from ProShares got off to a very slow start on its June 21 launch…

Hitachi Payments has partnered with the State Bank of India (SBI) to establish a nationwide digital payments platform, according to a press release published by Hitachi Oct. 29.Under the aegis of the government’s “Digital India” campaign, Hitachi will provide SBI with solutions including its Internet-of-Things (IoT) platform "Lumada," which was implemented as the base platform…

Cryptojacking has become a lucrative choice for cybercriminals as many victims are unaware they have been compromised. 342 Total views 44 Total shares New research shows that despite falling digital asset prices, cryptojacking has reached record levels in the first half of 2022.According to a mid-year update on cyber threats by American cybersecurity company SonicWall,…

The integration allows institutional-grade users to mint and manage their tokens along with managing their conventional cryptocurrency portfolios. 151 Total views 6 Total shares Enterprise cryptocurrency custody firm Fireblocks is set to offer token minting services through a new integration with Ethereum- and Polygon-friendly platform Tokeny.The new feature allows businesses and retail customers to mint…

One of the United Kingdom’s most senior lawyers said in a speech on May 2 that cryptocurrency and smart contract use will inevitably begin, but regulations are needed.Addressing the University of Liverpool School of Law and the Northern Chancery Bar Association, Sir Geoffery Vos, Chancellor of the High Court, dedicated time to exploring necessary changes…

Bitcoin (BTC), the original cryptocurrency that started it all and even today continues to drive the market sentiments, has faced numerous challenges along the way. The latest challenge seems to be around its mining consensus, proof-of-work (PoW) and its consequent impact on the environment.Bitcoin network’s high energy consumption was one of the hottest topics last…

NFT is the word of the year according to Collins Dictionary, even though it is an abbreviation. 1522 Total views 15 Total shares The Collins Dictionary has officially announced their ten-word annual shortlist for word of 2021, as well as declaring that NFT — though technically understood to be an abbreviation for nonfungible token —…

On Friday of last week, I got a press release from Grace at a music and public relations firm called 23, and Grace wanted to know if I was interested in running a feature on a series of nonfungible tokens, or NFTs.I almost instinctively replied “I am not, as I am actually exhausted reading these…