Ethereum

Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin has contributed 100 Ether (ETH) and 100 Maker (MKR) tokens to a COVID-19 relief fund, as the country finds itself embroiled in the virus’ second wave. Buterin contributed to a “crypto-COVID” relief fund set up on the cryptocurrency custodian platform, Gnosis Safe. Public transactions on the Ethereum blockchain show two transactions

Ethereum software company ConsenSys has formed a technical partnership with Kakao’s Klaytn blockchain, with a view to developing a private platform for the issuance of a South Korean CBDC. Klaytn is a public blockchain developed by Ground X, a blockchain affiliate of the South Korean internet company Kakao. Best known for its Kakao Talk mobile messaging

Recently layer 1 solutions like the Solana (SOL) and Cosmos (ATOM) have grown in prominence thanks to each network’s faster transaction times and lower fees when compared to the Ethereum network. An even greater focus has fallen on layer 2 solutions that can help Ethereum keep up with the competition as it continues its process of

Ethereum has the biggest gains on the daily chart for the main cryptocurrencies by market cap. At the time of writing, ETH is up 4.9% and trades at $2.328,58. With sideways movement in the weekly and 46.7% gains on the monthly chart. More appreciation for ETH seems to be imminent. The network appears to be

Nvidia’s RTX 30 series of graphics cards have been subject to unending speculation, rumor and even ridicule since the firm first announced it would ship its latest GPU’s with a built-in Ether (ETH) mining limiter. A series of missteps saw the mining limiter on Nvidia’s RTX 3060 card first undone by crafty hackers, and then

With a liquidity mining program set to launch on Monday, Aave could be on the cusp of becoming the dominant decentralized finance (DeFi) ledning protocol.  Earlier today, Aave Improvement Proposal (AIP) 16 reached quorum, meaning that starting on Monday, 4/26 liquidity providers and borrowers in Aave’s USDC, DAI, USDT, GUSD, ETH, and WBTC pools will

We are in an unprecedented period of social, political and economic turmoil. As the decentralized financial infrastructure powering billions of dollars of value and building thousands of companies grows, we need to recognize instability around us. The systems, protocols and incentives we create now can be less susceptible to censorship, government overreach and misinformation. Ethereum

In a move that could point towards greater decentralization and wider access, the Nexus Mutual community is currently considering a proposal to sunset the coverage protocol’s legal entity and lift Know Your Customer (KYC) burdens currently necessary to interact with the platform. The proposal was announced yesterday in a Tweet by investment fund 1kx co-founder

As Bitcoin price crashed below $50,000, mainstream media highlighted that the selling across the market could have been triggered by reports that the Biden administration proposed increasing the capital gains tax to 39.6% from the current 20% for people earning more than $1 million a year. In other news, there was an apparent exit scam carried

A report by Messari researcher Roberto Talamas explores the performance of the most important cryptocurrencies in the “ecosystem wars”. From Ethereum, Cosmos, Solana, Binance Smart Chain, DeFi seems to be moving from a “trend” to a relevant sector for any platform looking to take a share of the $55.29 billion in Total Value Locked (TVL)

Unlike its neighbor to the south that continues to procrastinate, Canada seems to be fast-tracking crypto assets — as evident again last week in its regulatory green light for three new Ether (ETH)-based exchange-traded funds, North America’s first. “Having an easily accessed ETF in Canada changes the competitive landscape,” Campbell Harvey, professor of international business

The price of Bitcoin has fallen below $50,000 for the first time since March, with BTC shedding roughly 10% in the last 12 hours. On April 17, the $60,000 range was rejected, driving a crash in the Bitcoin price of nearly 20% in a single hour. While the markets consolidated near $55,000 for several days,

The market has been struck by the bears, but Ethereum (ETH) has managed to maintain side movement in the 24-hour chart. Trading at $2.404,36, ETH moved towards a new all-time high before the crash. Investors looking for a good entry for a long position could benefit from the current dip. Analyst Ben Lilly has been

Bitcoin (BTC) code contributors need to consider a move away from the cryptocurrency’s proof-of-work consensus mechanism, Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen argued. In a Wednesday blog post, Larsen outlined major PoW-related vulnerabilities, noting growing concerns over Bitcoin’s carbon footprint. According to the executive, PoW-based coins like Bitcoin should consider a code change to carbon-neutral validation methods like

Participating in the decentralized finance space often necessitates the need to grant projects certain permissions to spend tokens from one’s own wallet. These permissions — called ERC-20 allowances — help to simplify the smart contract interaction processes that allow users to send funds to a contract while simultaneously calling a state change function. However, malicious

Loyal Finance Redefined readers: Hi, I’m Andrew. My inestimable colleague Andrey, the previous compiler of this newsletter, is stepping away from Cointelegraph in order to build [REDACTED], leaving me to take over lettering the news. While I’m thrilled he’ll be keeping around the DeFi ecosystem, I’m also infuriated that there’ll be yet another gigabrain trading