Tag Archives: blockchains

Not only has Ethereum (ETH) seen an impressive rise of nearly 100% in the first quarter of 2024 in terms of price action, but the Ethereum blockchain has also generated substantial profits of up to $369 million during this period. This unexpected profitability has raised questions about how a blockchain …

Proof of Work blockchains stand as the cornerstone of cryptocurrency technology, first popularized by Bitcoin, the original cryptocurrency. At their core, these blockchains rely on a consensus mechanism called Proof of Work (PoW). This mechanism is essential for validating transactions and creating new blocks without the need for a central …

[PRESS RELEASE – Seoul, Korea, February 8th, 2024] For the 7th year, Korea Blockchain Week 2024 (KBW2024), founded and hosted by FACTBLOCK and co-hosted by HASHED, is set to take place in Seoul, Korea from September 1-7, 2024. The flagship two-day conference, ‘KBW2024: IMPACT’, will be held at the Seoul …

The official Initial Coin Offering [ICO] for the Ethereum blockchain token “Mollars” launched on Monday, November 21st. The token price starts at $0.30 in the first phase. Mollars is a hybrid cryptocurrency that will be an alternative to Bitcoin as it’s a store of value tokens.  There will be a …

It has become increasingly clear that stablecoins have become the dominant means of transaction settlement on public blockchains, at the exclusion of native cryptoassets (like Bitcoin/Ether). This wasn’t in the plan of the architects of these blockchains or their communities. On-chain data supports this observation: Stablecoins represent approximately 10% of …

Blockchain technology is having a tangible positive influence on environmental stewardship through innovative projects that are retiring carbon credits, generating staking yields to support ecological initiatives and incentivizing communities to monitor and protect natural resources. Cointelegraph delved into the world of regenerative economies and finance at Solana Breakpoint in Amsterdam, …

Looking at all the cryptocurrency in tracking sites like Coinmarketcap.com may leave most beginners confused at the number of tokens being offered to the public. Layer-1, layer-2, metaverse, DeFi, gaming, liquid staking, real world assets, memes and the like are like the toys in a large toy shop. Each has …

FTX’s sister hedge fund, Alameda Research, lost at least $190 million of its trading funds due to arguably avoidable scams, according to a former engineer at the firm. In an Oct. 12 post to X titled “The Hacks,” former Alameda Research engineer turned whistleblower Aditya Baradwaj claims that the firm’s …

Pay-to-use blockchains are done. Not for us, of course — the nerdy crypto crowd. We’re perfectly happy to open wallets, engrave seed phrases on steel cards we bury in the ground, find exchanges we haven’t been blocked from yet, wrap some assets to leverage yield, and become OpSec professionals while …

Cosmos-native layer-1 blockchain Canto has become the latest chain to migrate to Ethereum as a layer 2 zero-knowledge rollup, after another layer-1 blockchain, Astar, announced similar plans moving from the Polkadot ecosystem to Ethereum. Canto is a permissionless general-purpose blockchain, which is Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)-compatible with aims to onboard …

[PRESS RELEASE – New Delhi, India, September 10th, 2023] The Constitution Club of India, New Delhi, was abuzz with innovation and insights on September 1, 2023, as industry leaders convened for the transformative conference on blockchain’s potential in revolutionizing public utilities, especially within the telecoms sector. The event, which precedes …

The experiment was built on Swift’s earlier successes in connecting Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) and digital assets with existing and emerging payment systems. The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT), the global financial messaging network, has unveiled the results of a groundbreaking experiment hindering the widespread adoption of …