Propelled by crypto inflows, US ETF assets hit record $10 trillion

Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week on Cointelegraph in one link.Top Stories This WeekUS financial regulator FinCEN hires its first-ever chief digital currency adviserThe United…

That “someone” — Bitcoiner Jameson Lopp — argues he was championing a much-needed fix to one of Bitcoin’s testnets.

The WEF looks to introduce legacy systems to blockchains. Blockchain technology in general and smart contracts in particular can “unlock the hidden values of legacy digital systems,” according to the World Economic Forum, or WEF. To understand how, look no further than India’s Crop Insurance Scheme. In a 40-page white paper released on Wednesday, the Geneva-based…

After several delays and some setbacks, Cardano’s long-awaited Vasil upgrade finally went live on Sept. 22. From the outside looking in, the hard fork is designed to help improve the ecosystem’s scalability and general transaction throughput capacity as well as advance Cardano’s decentralized applications (DApps) development capacity. To commemorate the event, an announcement was made by…

Brian Armstrong, co-founder and CEO of United States crypto exchange and wallet Coinbase, has outlined what he believes to be four common misconceptions about crypto custody solutions. His article was published on Fortune’s crypto-focused segment The Ledger on Feb. 22.Cold storage refers to a method of keeping crypto holdings and users’ private keys offline in…

Ukraine’s newly-signed law titled “On Payment Services” requires close cooperation between the National Bank of Ukraine and private startups in the payment market. 222 Total views 2 Total shares The Ukrainian government is moving forward with its central bank digital currency (CBDC) plans, as the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) is now officially authorized to…

A United States Air Force colonel said the results of the simulation highlight why a conversation around ethics and artificial intelligence is needed. 326 Total views 3 Total shares The United States Air Force (USAF) has been left scratching its head after its AI-powered military drone kept killing its human operator during simulations.Apparently, the AI…

The end of the year is normally a time to wind down and prepare for the holiday season, but the last few weeks of 2021 saw a crypto market that showed no signs of resting. One of the headline-grabbing stories related to Terra reaching an all-time high in terms of the total value locked (TVL), and…

The AtomicDEX API claims to be compatible with 99% of cryptocurrencies in existence. 550 Total views 17 Total shares On Wednesday, Komodo, a multichain architecture network, announced the introduction of 12 protocols on its non-custodial multi-coin software wallet and atomic swap-powered decentralized exchange AtomicDEX. The 12 protocols consist of Avalanche, Polygon, Harmony, Fantom, smartBCH, Ethereum…