Vitalik Buterin is 'giantly important' to Ethereum’s future: Experts weigh in

Over the weekend YFI, the native token of Yearn.finance, reached a new all-time high at $43,966 on Binance exchange. This occurred as the crypto market was still reeling from Bitcoin’s (BTC) sharp 17.5% correction which saw its price drop as low as $9,800 on some exchanges. As Bitcoin price slowly recovered, YFI price increased by over…

Russia’s Duma Committee on Financial Markets is considering the adoption of a mandatory identification process for users of digital assets, local news service Izvestia reports on March 7.The committee chairman, Anatoly Aksakov, revealed that the authority is planning to amend Russia’s crypto regulation, aiming to establish a special identification process for users of digital financial…

It comes as the number of monthly active teams for the blockchain reached 11,800 in July, up from 8,000 in March. 201 Total views 3 Total shares The number of decentralized applications (DApps) on Ethereum-scaling-platform Polygon has topped 37,000, marking a 400% increase since the start of 2022. The Polygon team shared the figures via…

The California DFPI announced it will open up an investigation as to the “apparent failure” of FTX and says it takes this oversight very seriously. The Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) in the state of California announced on Nov. 10 that it will open up an investigation as to the “apparent failure” of…

The Writers Guild of America sent out a list of demands to Hollywood studios, including regulating AI usage in guild-affiliated projects. 61 Total views 1 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTArtificial intelligence (AI) brings yet another industry into a hot debate over its usage as Hollywood and the…

DeFi tokens like COMP may have been responsible for the increasing number of DApp developers utilizing the Ethereum blockchain in Q2. 1164 Total views 35 Total shares Decentralized finance (DeFi) applications on the Ethereum blockchain surged in the second quarter of 2020 as the daily transaction volume reached an all-time high in June.The 2020 Q2…

The $138.5 million deal will add an estimated 3.7 EH/s to Riot’s existing and planned mining capacity. 2514 Total views 25 Total shares Riot Blockchain, a cryptocurrency mining company, has expanded its fleet and mining capacity with a new purchase order for 42,000 S19j Antminers from Bitmain.Megan Brooks, Riot’s COO, said the latest purchase order…

PayPal’s Bitcoin integration is “probably not because they want to spur healthy adoption,” explained SatoshiLabs. While many in the industry were pleased with Bitcoin’s surge past $13,200 following an announcement that PayPal intends to integrate crypto into its network, some fail to see any benefits beyond the immediate price movement.According to an Oct. 21 blog…

In April, he said he'd by gone by Halloween, but the plan has changed pending action in the Senate. Among the leadership of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Brian Quintenz is known as one of the leading voices in favor of crypto. His announcement in April that he would only stay “until the earlier of…