BIS General Manager Agustín Carstens reckons the war between fiat and crypto has been won by fiat. The community would tend to disagree. The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has long taken a cautious approach to Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrencies. No need for caution anymore, however, as the “battle has been won” between fiat and...Continue Reading

The Bitcoin mining firm said it is acquiring OrdinalHub amidst a flurry of interest in mining and purchasing Bitcoin-based NFTs, known as Bitcoin Ordinals. The launch of Bitcoin Ordinals back in January created a stir within the crypto community on their place within the Bitcoin (BTC) ecosystem. Users are debating whether they offer new use...Continue Reading

Discover 11 essential tech jobs that don’t require coding skills, including UX designer, technical editor, digital marketer and data analyst. Tech jobs that do not require coding are important for several reasons. Firstly, they provide opportunities for individuals who may not have the technical background or interest in coding to work in the tech industry....Continue Reading

The team flagged almost $25 million worth of NFTs hacked through offline signatures at the time of writing. A wallet security team released a real-time dashboard that lets community members detect, track and monitor potential nonfungible token (NFT) hacks using offline signatures in the OpenSea marketplace.  According to the team behind crypto wallet ZenGo, they...Continue Reading

A new partnership between Binance and Ingenico allows in-store payments in France via Binance Pay. Mainstream crypto and crypto-based services adoption continues, with more companies bridging traditional financial (TradFi) solutions with decentralized financial (DeFi) solutions. In an announcement on Feb. 22, a new pilot program launched between the crypto exchange, Binance and credit card service...Continue Reading

Real-world artifacts from the famous Titanic wreckage are set to be tokenized as NFTs through a new partnership using blockchain technology. Artifacts recovered from the wreckage of the Titanic are set to be tokenized using blockchain technology through a partnership driven by the company that acts as the steward of the sunken vessel. A three-way...Continue Reading

Bitcoin silver linings are few and far between on short timeframes as BTC price bid liquidity dries up above $23,000. Bitcoin (BTC) wicked to five-day lows on Feb. 22 as a comedown for United States equities continued. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Analyst on Bitcoin: “Waiting for a bit lower” Data from Cointelegraph...Continue Reading

The upgrade is only for the Sepolia network and a subsequent upgrade for Goerli network would be introduced in March. Ethereum core developer Tim Beiko announced the Shapella (Shanghai/Capella) upgrade is scheduled for Feb. 28. The Shapella network upgrade will activate on the Sepolia network at epoch 56832. Shanghai and Capella are the names of...Continue Reading

Chaos Labs protects crypto protocols against external exploits and risks with an automated risk management platform. Payments giant PayPal and investment management firm Galaxy joined hands to raise $20 million in seed funding for Chaos Labs, a New York-based cloud platform for securing blockchains and protocols. With an automated risk management platform, Chaos Labs protects...Continue Reading

Cardano NFTs are unique digital assets on the Cardano blockchain that can be created using smart contracts and traded on NFT marketplaces. Cardano is a proof-of-stake (PoS) platform launched in September 2017 by Ethereum co-founder Charles Hoskinson. In September 2021, Cardano added support for smart contracts, which paved the way for developing decentralized finance (DeFi)...Continue Reading