Transactions via the EU’s prospective CBDC could be transparent to intermediaries, as any non-crypto digital transactions are. Next to the fears of government overreach that the European Union’s ambitious digital euro project stirred, the main concern of the public is the prospective currency’s privacy framework. It appears that this worry might not be overblown after...Continue Reading

Bridges have become one of the largest points of failure in the crypto industry. Polkadot wants to do away with them. Blockchain platform Polkadot has launched a new cross-chain communications protocol, saying it will do away with cumbersome bridging mechanisms that have cost the crypto industry billions in cyber attacks.  The newly launched XCM messaging...Continue Reading

Hal Finney, a computer scientist and the world’s first publicly known Bitcoiner, would have celebrated his 66th birthday today. Finney was also the first person to publicly run Bitcoin (BTC), going down in the annals of crypto Twitter history with a famous tweet that often resurfaces: Raise a glass to the world’s first Bitcoiner today....Continue Reading

Macro headwinds continue to hamper Ethereum’s long-term upside prospects. Ethereum’s native token Ether (ETH) is poised for a mini bull run above $3,000 primarily due to a classic bullish reversal pattern on its shorter-timeframe chart, and a huge spike in ETH outflows from Coinbase. ETH price forming falling wedge ETH’s price has been forming a...Continue Reading

Joe Rogan noted that Bitcoin is like the “early internet,” and the “government is freaking out” about BTC in conversation with the MMA fighter Khalil Rountree. Popular podcaster Joe Rogan just gets Bitcoin (BTC). In his most recent podcast with Khalil Rountree, a renowned mixed martial (MMA) fighter, Rogan explained that BTC is something that...Continue Reading

The next few days will see a decision made, which if approved would be the first time pension fund money was used in decentralized finance. The Northern Virginia county of Fairfax has already invested a part of its pension funds in crypto and blockchain startups. Now, it’s mulling over deeper involvement with decentralized finance (DeFi)...Continue Reading

Worries over capitulation see MicroStrategy give away key insights into what it would do should Bitcoin price strength deteriorate. Bitcoin (BTC) saw classic “choppy” price action on May 4 with hours to go before fresh Federal Reserve cues. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Bulls pin hopes on history Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro...Continue Reading

LGT Bank has partnered with the Swiss crypto bank Seba to offer custody and trading services for Bitcoin and Ether. LGT Group, a top family-owned private banking and asset management group, is moving into cryptocurrency by launching Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) investments at LGT Bank in Liechtenstein. Managing over $292 billion of assets, LGT...Continue Reading

As the crypto community notices and calls out such scams, the fraudsters tend to turn off replies to their tweets to prevent being exposed as scammers. Cybersecurity experts identified and disclosed the rising popularity of airdrop phishing among crypto and nonfungible token (NFT) scammers. Airdrops serve as an essential marketing tool for crypto projects, which...Continue Reading

The QRNG uses a fluctuating quantum system to guarantee unpredictable randomness, which can be used in Web3 gaming and gambling. Researchers at Australia National University have teamed up with blockchain oracle provider AP13 to launch the first Quantum Random Number Generator (QRNG). The joint effort will allow Web3 entities to access a completely unpredictable random...Continue Reading