Polymath Moves Security Token Platform Off Ethereum and Onto Parity’s Substrate

news Bank of America may be eyeing shared networks of ATMs powered by blockchain tech, according to a newly revealed patent application. The filing, published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on Tuesday, outlines a system via which a cash-handling devices could utilize blockchain technology to “accelerate transaction speed and/or facilitate other types…

Jul 29, 2020 at 09:30 UTCUpdated Jul 29, 2020 at 09:48 UTC(Quinten Jacobs / Shutterstock.com)Ledger said customer details have been stolen in a data breach that may well have been exploited for over two months. In a note to clients Wednesday, CEO Pascal Gauthier said the French hardware wallet provider fell victim to a large…

At least partly to blame for bitcoin's (BTC) poor price performance since the Jan. 11 debut of U.S.-based spot ETFs are sizable sales of bitcoin from the mammoth Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC). According to the Grayscale website, GBTC held roughly 567,000 bitcoin as of Jan. 19, down from just shy of 620,000 prior to Jan.

From SIM Swaps to Home-Invasion Threats, Ledger Leak Has Cascading ConsequencesAs soon as he learned he was among the thousands of Ledger customers whose personal information leaked online Sunday, JimboChewdip, as he’s known on Twitter, acted fast. Not fast enough.JCD, as we’ll call him, spent Monday morning changing his passwords, only to soon get a…

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Dec 10, 2020 at 7:40 p.m. UTC(SEC and Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images News)SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce on a Bitcoin ETF, Custody Rules and What’s Next for the SECThe SEC commissioner explains why the SEC’s approach has been “too slow and too ambiguous” and why she’s optimistic for 2021. For more episodes and free early access before our regular 3…

The Sandbox will use the capital to enhance features and develop a decentralized metaverse for mobile devices.The valuation has sunk from $4 billion to $1 billion since 2022.SAND rose by 4.5% after the funding round was announced.00:54Why Prada Is at the Forefront of Digital Fashion and Metaverse16:36What Will The Metaverse Look Like in the Future?01:22The

news Binance, the world’s top cryptocurrency exchange by volume, announced Thursday the issuance of the second cryptocurrency ever onto its affiliated decentralized exchange (DEX), Binance Chain. Listed as XRP-BF2, the XRP variant is pegged one-to-one to XRP on Binance’s main exchange for instant swapping without slippage, the exchange said. Binance minteds 10 million XRP-BF2 for…

A small band of Ethereum miners are trying to pick off larger mining pools’ subscribers in a bid to shoot down EIP 1559. (Shutterstock)Jan 21, 2021 at 8:32 p.m. UTCMinority Mining Pools Threaten to Collude Against Contentious Ethereum UpdateEthereum miners have formed a cartel of sorts to thwart the implementation of a now contentious proposal…