Aptos’ blockchain claims to handle three times the amount of transactions per second than Solana but day one of its launch saw the network transacting a much lower amount. After four years of development and millions in funding, the layer-1 blockchain Aptos (APT) finally launched its mainnet on Oct. 17, albeit to somewhat mixed reception....Continue Reading

The latest edition has included a host of achievements from “Cryptomania” including the record CryptoPunk NFT sale and El Salvador becoming the first country to adopt BTC as legal Tender. Guinness World Records has added Bitcoin (BTC) and a number of blockchain events in the latest edition of its record book under the category of...Continue Reading

The EVM-compatible XRP Ledger sidechain is set to undergo its second phase in early 2023 — which will make the chain permissionless and improve scalability. Ripple users may be able to interact with Ethereum-compatible decentralized applications (DApps) in the future following the launch of a test phase of Ripple’s new XRP Ledger sidechain. The launch...Continue Reading

Advisory firm Teneo argued that standard methods to contact the Three Arrows Capital founders have failed, and is now looking for other ways to subpoena them. Liquidators for Three Arrows capital (3AC) have asked a U.S. court to grant them permission to subpoena the embattled crypto hedge fund‘s founders through “alternative means.” To this date, the...Continue Reading

A crypto lawyer believes the Mango Markets exploiter Avraham Eisenberg could still face consequences despite users supposedly agreeing not to pursue legal action. The $117 million Mango Markets exploiter has defended that their actions were ‘legal,’ but a lawyer suggests that they could still face consequences. Self-described digital art dealer Avraham Eisenberg, outed himself as...Continue Reading

Suresh Kumar suggested that crypto will become an important payment tool across the Metaverse and social media, as these areas will be a major way customers discover new products. Walmart’s global chief technology officer (CTO) Suresh Kumar has tipped cryptocurrency to become a “major” area of disruption, particularly in how customers pay for virtual and...Continue Reading

Bons noted that even with 50% OFAC compliance among Ethereum validators, blocks will still be produced within 30 seconds. Ethereum bulls have hit back against claims the network has become prone to censorship post-Merge, with one arguing that “not even a single” transaction has been censored on the network.  In a 19-part thread to his...Continue Reading

Mark Zuckerberg’s tech empire has a long history of using centralized systems to hurt users. Now it’s trying to join Web3. The future of how we socialize online is being defined as we speak, and it’s far too important to leave things to the likes of Meta and other mega social companies. Just a surface-level...Continue Reading

Judge Martin Glenn says U.K. legal principles may be “persuasive” in the absence of U.S. legal precedents in the complex case of the crypto lending platform’s bankruptcy. The lack of crypto regulation in the United States has long complicating the lives of users and service providers, and now a judge has acknowledged the pain the...Continue Reading

The Texas State Securities Board enforcement director downloaded an FTX Trading app – not an FTX US app – in Texas using his own information and was able to earn interest on it. The Texas State Securities Board (SSB) and the Texas Department of Banking (DOB) filed a supplemental declaration Oct. 14 in the Voyager...Continue Reading