The Ethereum Name Service rounded off 2022 with over 2.2 million ENS domains registered, helped in part by integrations with exchanges and industry participants. 2022 proved to be a fruitful year for Ethereum Name Service, with the platform recording 2.2 million registered domains despite unfavorable market conditions for the cryptocurrency space. According to the service,...Continue Reading

SBF had claimed that the operations of FTX and Alameda were independent, but the recent lawsuit has revealed that both firms worked in conjecture from day one. New reports into Sam Bankman-Fried and his collapsed exchanges revealed that Alameda Research, the now-bankrupt crypto trading firm, almost collapsed in 2018, even before FTX was in the...Continue Reading

The Dogecoin Foundation allocated 5 million DOGE, which is around $360,000 at the time of writing, to the development of the ecosystem. The Dogecoin Foundation announced a new fund for Dogecoin Core developers to promote the Dogecoin ecosystem further in the new year.  On Dec. 31, the foundation stated that it is allocating 5 million...Continue Reading

Bitcoin starts 2023 with a whimper as volatility stays absent and BTC price tips favor fresh downside to come. Bitcoin (BTC) begins the first week of 2023 in an uninspiring place as volatility stays away — along with traders. After failing to budge throughout the Christmas and new year break, BTC price action remains locked...Continue Reading

The Legislative Council of Hong Kong passed legislation that will soon open up virtual assets to retail investors, and local financial services are lining up for licensing approval. Financial services providers in Hong Kong are already taking the first steps to provide services to retail investors, according to local reports. Brokers and fund managers in...Continue Reading

A Twitter user pointed out that if a top Bitcoin developer can’t keep his wallet secure, then mass adoption is a pipe dream. With one of Bitcoin’s original core developers claiming that his balance got drained by a hacker, the crypto community is at a loss at how “normal people” can succeed at securing their...Continue Reading

A Nansen in December noted that Ether staking solutions had been in high demand since Ethereum’s shift to proof-of-stake. Liquid staking protocol Lido Finance appears to have benefited most from the Ethereum merge in September, with its total value locked (TVL) now sitting at the top position among other decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols. According to...Continue Reading

The Ethereum co-founder expects to reach a new milestone for rollups this year. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has shared some bullishness for the year ahead, including reaching a new milestone for rollup scaling as per the Ethereum roadmap. The Ethereum developer also confirmed the rollout of the Ethereum Improvement Protocol (EIP) 4884 sometime in 2023,...Continue Reading

The month of December had the smallest figure for cryptocurrencies stolen in 2022 with around 23 major incidents according to CertiK. Cryptocurrency hackers and exploiters seemingly slowed down for the 2022 holidays as December saw $62.2 million worth of cryptocurrencies stolen, the “lowest monthly figure” of the year according to CertiK. The blockchain security company...Continue Reading

A Bitcoin OG and core developer Luke Dashjr claims his PGP key was compromised, resulting in virtually all his Bitcoin being stolen from him on Dec. 31. One of the original core developers behind Bitcoin (BTC), Luke Dashjr, claims to have lost “basically” all his BTC as a result of a hack that occurred just...Continue Reading