Statechains, and Trading the Panopticon for Magical Internet Money

news Craig Wright’s wife, Ramona Watts, has been called to appear for an examination as part of the latest developments in the ongoing Kleiman v. Wright trial. In a letter addressed to the British Queen’s High Court, dated July 22, Judge Bruce Reinhart requested Watts testify under oath as part of an international judicial assistance. The…

Several tokens branded ‘X’ popped up on decentralized exchanges (DEX) overnight as Elon Musk-owned Twitter started dumping its iconic blue bird logo for an X symbol.Musk first tweeted about the forthcoming change over the weekend. Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino confirmed the rebranding on Sunday.“X is the future state of unlimited interactivity – centered in audio,…

Jun 24, 2020 at 13:00 UTCUpdated Jun 24, 2020 at 13:08 UTC(Raoyang Yang/Shutterstock)The first BitLicense was issued in 2015, just months after the regulatory regime was first implemented. A total of 25 entities are now approved to operate in New York by the Department of Financial Services, including six limited purpose trust companies. BitLicensesCircle Internet…

Aave holders are voting on a governance proposal to convert $3 million worth of ether (ETH) to wstETH and rETH.The Aave token is up by 7.24% in the past 24 hours.The proposal has 252,000 votes out of a required 320,000 at press time and closes in two days.Holders of decentralized finance (DeFi) token Aave are…

"U.S. spot ether ETFs that incorporate staking could become large enough to change validator concentrations in the Ethereum network, for better or worse," S&P analysts wrote in a report published Tuesday. "It is therefore critical to understand how ETF issuers' choices will drive concentration risks."S&P is right: concentration or centralization risk exists in all crypto.

South Korea’s ruling People Power Party has made several promises around the crypto sector, including one to look into allowing spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs).The opposing Democratic Party has also promised to allow investors to purchase spot bitcoin ETFs and could present a full proposal for the sector on Wednesday.South Korea’s national elections are scheduled

One of the "Big Four" commercial banks in China has completed the issuance of a loan worth $300,000 using a blockchain system. 

news The Takeaway: According to a new report from Electric Capital, open-source crypto projects have lost developers, but thanks to the industry’s most committed technologists, total activity has stayed relatively constant since the late-2017 boom. Lower-market-cap crypto projects have lost the most developers, while promising sectors like decentralized finance and infrastructure projects have been gaining…

Dec 1, 2020 at 6:15 p.m. UTCHackers Using Monero Mining Malware as Decoy, Warns MicrosoftCrypto-jacking is giving nation-state hackers a decoy for their more malicious attacks, warned Microsoft in a Monday report. The company’s intelligence team said a group called BISMUTH hit government targets in France and Vietnam with relatively conspicuous Monero mining trojans this…