Plz No Cat: The Future of Crypto Disputes Is Being Decided By Doges

New projects from the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) are focused on ZK proofs, a type of cryptography that can help scale blockchains.Because so many of a16z’s portfolio companies rely on ZK tech, the firm is making a bet that its own contributions can help those companies succeed.Silicon Valley venture-capital giant Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)…

Dec 12, 2019 at 20:35 UTCAlex Batlin, CEO of Trustology, during ConsenSys Fireside Chats at MoneyConf 2018 in Dublin. Photo by Diarmuid Greene/MoneyConf via SportsfileDigital asset custody firm Trustology has cut seven staffers, including three executives, as the big banks and institutional players which were its target market are taking longer than expected to jump…

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Bitcoin (BTC) remains the world's biggest and most liquid digital asset. Still, crypto traders are increasingly pricing higher volatility in bitcoin relative to ether (ETH), the second-largest cryptocurrency by market value.The spread between dominant crypto options exchange Deribit's forward-looking 30-day implied volatility index for ether (ETH DVOL) and bitcoin (BTC DVOL) has been consistently negative

Amir Bruno Elmaani, aka “Bruno Brock,” founder of the blockchain protocol Oyster Pearl, has been handed a four-year jail term for tax offenses, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Tuesday.Elmaani, 31, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was also sentenced to one year of supervised release and ordered to pay restitution of $5.5 million, the

Solana almost doubled in price over the past weeks, but gave up some of its gains Thursday.BitMex co-founder Arthur Hayes said he's been a buyer during the rush.Institutional inflows to funds and rising activity supported the trend, but some signs suggest the rally could halt.Solana's (SOL) spectacular comeback – up over 300% this year –

The bitcoin (BTC) hashrate continues to hit new all-time highs as competition between miners escalates ahead of the next halving event, expected second-quarter 2024, JPMorgan (JPM) said in a research report Thursday.The halving will reduce issuance rewards to 3.125 BTC from 6.25 BTC, “implying a reduction in miners’ revenues, effectively increasing bitcoin’s production cost at…

It’s the year 2030 and you’ve sent your humanoid robot to go buy ketchup at the grocery store. It’s a capable walker, it has dexterous hands, and it can carry more groceries than any parent. High-resolution cameras, gyroscopes and pressure sensors help the robot move quietly through the aisles with such grace that you almost

It's fall break! Thursday ended early after just two witnesses – former FTX General Counsel Can Sun and Third Point's Robert Boroujerdi – testified briefly. We won't be back in the courthouse at 500 Pearl Street until next Thursday, Oct. 26, when we'll resume our normal analyses. Instead, today, CoinDesk's SBF trial team is proud