With over $2 billion lost in decentralized finance this year, there exists a huge market opportunity for crypto insurance providers, according to an executive. While on-chain insurance has been around since 2017, only a measly 1% of all crypto investments are actually covered by insurance, meaning the industry remains a “sleeping giant,” according to a...Continue Reading

The Foundation stated that it is “pursuing all legal remedies to maximize asset recovery.” The Algorand Foundation has revealed a $35 million USDC hole in its balance sheet as a result of exposure to embattled cryptocurrency lending firm Hodlnaut, which has paused withdraws since Aug. 8.  Algorand is an institutional-grade blockchain infrastructure with embedded smart...Continue Reading

The new feature has been added with just days left until the long-awaited Ethereum Merge. As a sign of support for the upcoming Ethereum Merge, tech juggernaut Google is marking the time left until the upgrade with a new countdown timer.  Typing any variation of “Ethereum Merge” or “The Merge” into the search engine shows...Continue Reading

The security expert said that while PoS isn’t “theoretically” as secure as PoW, he admits it still has “sufficient practical security.” Despite the Ethereum Merge being touted as a major upgrade to the blockchain network, its transition to proof-of-stake theoretically makes it more vulnerable to exploit. Speaking to Cointelegraph, the security researcher explained that unlike...Continue Reading