Stacks’ smart contracts reach record high ahead of Nakamoto upgrade

Ether's (ETH) price has broken out for the first time in 23 days in its Bitcoin (BTC) pair. It follows a high-profile announcement from Visa to use USDC, a stablecoin based on the Ethereum blockchain.Although ETH/BTC saw a strong technical breakout, the uptrend has been fueled by firm fundamental catalysts, buoying the short-term bull case…

Distributed ledger technology (DLT) company Iota partners with auto manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover for a proof-of-concept (PoC) demonstration for tracing car energy with DLT.Tracking energy source and usageIota announced the news in an official blog post on Aug. 30. Per the announcement, Iota is partnering with Jaguar Land Rover and French energy R&D center Engie…

For a currency to be considered useful as money, it has to serve three fundamental purposes. It should function as a medium of exchange, as a store of value and as a unit of account. The fact that Bitcoin doesn’t fulfill all of these purposes to an adequate extent at least partially explains why it…

Opera is launching today a “Labs” beta edition of its desktop web browser with built-in crypto wallet functionality, according to an exclusive blog post shared with Cointelegraph Monday, September 24.Opera first announced it would be integrating a built-in crypto wallet for its desktop browser in early August, and “Labs” is today open for private beta…

Gen Digital’s Siggi Stefnisson warned users that scammers are adept at using what is already on their target’s minds, including love, financial security and elections. 

After a false start yesterday, the Stoner Cats team say they're now ready for take two. A cat-themed animated series, featuring prominent entertainers and personalities from the crypto space, is reportedly back on schedule after an unexpected delay.Stoner Cats is an NFT series launched by actress Mila Kunis in partnership with CryptoKitties co-founder Mack Flavelle,…

Gensler reportedly fears big tech’s stranglehold on AI technologies homogenizing the financial market. 956 Total views 2 Total shares United States Securities and Exchange Commission chair Gary Gensler has reportedly stated that, without some form of intervention, a financial crisis stemming from the widespread use of artificial intelligence was “nearly unavoidable.” The chair’s comments came during

Danish state-owned energy company Energinet has expanded its partnership with distributed ledger network Iota to investigate use of its technology in new areas, Iota revealed in blog post Jan. 30.Energinet, which is an independent enterprise under Denmark’s Climate and Energy Ministry, wants to examine how it could leverage Iota’s Tangle technology in the energy and…

Microsoft and cybersecurity firm Volexity have traced a new version of AppleJeus malware to the hackers behind the Ronin exploit and numerous other online heists. Own this piece of crypto history Collect this article as NFTMicrosoft reports that a threat actor has been identified targeting cryptocurrency investment startups. A party Microsoft has dubbed DEV-0139 posed…