Wikipedia Has ‘Zero Interest’ in an ICO, Says Jimmy Wales

North Korea's infamous hacking group, dubbed Lazarus, has managed to steal over half a billion dollars in cryptocurrencies, a report indicates. According to an article published Friday by The Next Web, the coming annual report from cybersecurity vendor Group-IB sets out that Lazarus was behind 14 hacks on crypto exchanges since January 2017, reaping a massive $571…

Chainlink, the biggest blockchain data-oracle project, saw a powerful uptake for its expanded crypto-staking program, pulling in over $632 million worth of its LINK tokens and filling up to the limit just six hours after the start of an early-access period, the company said in a press release.The "V0.2" community staking mechanism opened for early

Listen onA recap of a swath of news about corporate players coming into the crypto space, and why it could change the landscape of regulation.This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.On this edition of the weekly recap, NLW breaks down the entrance of corporates into the crypto space this week, including:TeslaBNY MellonMastercardTwitterAmazonHe also argues that more…

Sep 13, 2020 at 19:24 UTCUpdated Sep 13, 2020 at 19:26 UTCNo loyalty among yield farmers. Uniswap now has more value locked (TVL) than its upstart rival, SushiSwap, less than a day after SUSHI block rewards for liquidity providers (LPs) dropped from 1,000 tokens to just 100. TVL on SushiSwap fell from $1.46 billion worth…

Danny is CoinDesk's Managing Editor for Data & Tokens. He owns BTC, ETH and SOL.Crypto’s “be your own bank” mantra has given rise to a new kind of company where investors are said to run the show. But can these so-called decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) beat out the centralized, professionalized, corporate status quo?That’s the question…

news I’m writing from the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria. Known to sympathizers simply as Rojava – meaning West – the predominantly Kurdish region revolted against the Syrian regime in 2012 and achieved its de-facto autonomy as a result. Since then, it has pioneered a new political model named democratic confederalism, which due to its…

Bitcoin has suddenly found itself at the center of campaign trash-talking and chest-thumping ahead of the 2024 U.S. presidential election.Biotech-entrepreneur-turned-Republican-candidate Vivek Ramaswamy told CoinDesk in an interview that he is the only candidate who understands Bitcoin deeply enough to discuss it intelligently on the presidential debate stage.His remarks came after fellow hopeful and Florida Governor…

Jun 2, 2020 at 20:07 UTCUpdated Jun 2, 2020 at 20:32 UTCCivil is shutting down after three years. (Credit: Shutterstock)Blockchain journalism startup Civil is shutting down, with its team moving to the employ of parent company ConsenSys, Poynter reported Tuesday. Co-founder Matthew Iles announced the shutdown in a blog post, writing, “It’s with a heavy…

PodcastsMarkets Daily Crypto RoundupBitcoin News Roundup for Jan. 4, 2021Listen onIcons/Big/Google-PodcastsApple PodcastsIcons/Big/SpotifySpotifyIcons/Big/PocketcastsPocket CastsIcons/Big/Apple-PodcastsGoogle PodcastsIcons/Big/CastboxCastboxIcons/Big/StitcherStitcherIcons/Big/RadioPublicRadioPublicIcons/Big/RssRSS FeedJan 4, 2021Adam B. LevineHostLyllah LedesmaHostWith the price of the top two cryptocurrencies exploding into the new year, CoinDesk’s Market’s Daily is back with the latest crypto news roundup.This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.Today's stories:Bitcoin Blasts Past $34K for First Time,…