Brazil is launching its new national identity program powered by blockchain technology. Rio de Janeiro, Goiás, and Paraná will be the first states to issue identification documents on-chain. Over 214 million Brazilians will soon be using blockchain technology for digital identity, the government recently announced. Rio de Janeiro, Goiás, and Paraná will be the first...Continue Reading

Will Bitcoin ETFs attract more regulatory attention to the crypto industry? We can only hope, because many questions need to be answered. Aside from liquidity, what do institutions bring to crypto? What precisely is their value added? This is an instructive question to ponder, because there is little consensus on what deeper institutional participation means...Continue Reading

The Protocol Guild, a team of over 150 Ethereum core developers, will be the beneficiary. VanEck argues that asset managers should give back some Ether ETF proceeds to the community. Global asset manager VanEck will donate 10% of all profits from its upcoming Ether futures exchange-traded fund (ETF) to Ethereum core developers for ten years,...Continue Reading

The AI sector has seen rapid investment over the last two years, but does that mean the market is overheated? From voice assistants to algorithms predicting global market trends, artificial intelligence (AI) is seeing explosive growth. But as with any emerging technology, there comes a point where innovation risks giving way to oversaturation. The rapid...Continue Reading

This article provides a deep dive into leased proof-of-stake (LPoS), establishing how it works, its benefits, key features and its role in blockchains. Understanding leased proof-of-stake LPoS is a type of PoS meant to increase mining power, address inherent issues found in PoW, and improve other types of PoS, such as delegated proof-of-stake (DPoS). Regular...Continue Reading

Bitcoin remains on track to produce surprisingly solid September performance, but BTC price remains down over 11% in Q3. Bitcoin (BTC) bulls lost their grip on $27,000 into Sep. 30 as the monthly and quarterly close loomed large. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView Bitcoin braces for three key candle closes Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro...Continue Reading

Bitwise stated that this move will enable investors to access CME Ether futures within the widely embraced and regulated ETF framework. Bitwise Asset Management has revised its spot Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) application and has confirmed that trading for two Ethereum-focused ETFs will commence on October 2, 2023. This decision comes after having amended its...Continue Reading

The data reveals two transactions where the exploiter moved 2,500 ETH, each valued at $4 million. Almost a year after the FTX hack of $600 million in tokens, on-chain data revealed recent activity in the perpetrator’s wallet, identified as 0x3e957, on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023. This is occurring closely to the launch of Ethereum-based ETF...Continue Reading

Paradigm claimed the SEC is attempting to use the allegations in its complaint to alter the law without adhering to the established rulemaking process. Venture capital firm Paradigm has criticized the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for bypassing the standard rulemaking procedures in its current legal action against the cryptocurrency exchange Binance. In...Continue Reading

Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyer asserts that the proposed questions already insinuate his guilt in fraud and money laundering. The lawyer representing Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of the now-defunct exchange FTX, has claimed that the proposed jury questions for the upcoming fraud trial might potentially elicit biased responses. In a court filing on September 29, lawyer...Continue Reading