White paper that birthed crypto ZK-proofs receives IEEE ‘Test of Time’ award

Some Ether (ETH) miners appear to be re-engineering blocks to take advantage of DeFi opportunities in an instance of what is termed “miner extractable value,” or MEV.Miner extractable value was long anticipated by researchers as a potential exploit pattern for DeFi that leverages the miners’ unique protocol influence. Since miners have free reign over what…

“You will continue seeing us take that approach as we sort of, you know, try to shepherd companies into Web3,” said Animoca Brands chairman and co-founder Yat Siu. 180 Total views 10 Total shares Animoca Brands co-founder and chairman Yat Siu stated that his firm will continue to “shepherd companies into Web3” to speed up…

Bitcoin (BTC) has posted a fresh sign of recovery as its hash rate bounces back to levels from before March’s crash.According to data from monitoring resource Blockchain, as of April 15, Bitcoin’s 7-day average hash rate was 114 quintillion hashes per second (h/s).BTC hash rate hits early March levelsThe last time the network recorded that…

Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) offer a new way of organizing businesses in a non-hierarchical structure that encourages participation from every member of a community. With no central leadership and decisions made collectively, DAOs could revolutionize the way we think about work, but their implementation is not without challenges. The term DAO is sometimes used to refer…

Sunday, Dec. 22 — most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting moderate gains on the day by press time, as Bitcoin (BTC) is breached the $7,400 mark again. Tezos (XTZ) is the only cryptocurrency among the top-20 that is seeing losses.Market visualization courtesy of Coin360Bitcoin price is currently up by 3.36% on the day,…

Finland’s Financial Supervisory Authority (FIN-FSA) is set to assume its role as a registration authority and supervisory agency for crypto industry participants as new legislation comes into force this week. The news was revealed in an announcement published by FIN-FSA on April 27.With Finland’s Act on Virtual Currency Service Providers set to come into effect…

The analytics provider reported that long-term BTC holders are reducing their spending, and adding to positions. 1071 Total views 39 Total shares Glassnode’s latest weekly on-chain report indicated that long-term holders of Bitcoin (BTC) are at a multi-year high and markets are not yet saturated with profit-taking. These long-term holders (LTH) appear to be reducing…

Aave and Synthetix Network both overtook MakerDAO’s Maker by market capitalization as the DeFi sector continues to surge. 1009 Total views 10 Total shares Decentralized Finance (DeFi) tokens continue to make drastic moves on the price charts, compensating for Bitcoin’s low volatility which has recently hit a three year high. Earlier today, Aave (LEND) and…

Initial coin offerings (ICOs) are facing a regulatory “compliance trilemma,” according to a recent study funded the government of Canada and the University of British Columbia (UBC).To prepare the report, the research team investigated the ICO space over the course of six months, focusing primarily on North America, but also delving into some other countries…