Bitcoin bounces to $43K ahead of fresh crypto comments from SEC Chair Gensler

At least one scammer is reportedly gaming other users on the blockchain-powered event betting platform Augur by creating deliberately invalid markets, according to a Reddit thread published on March 20.Created by the non-profit Forecast Foundation, Augur is an Ethereum (ETH) mainnet-based predictions platform, which launched in July 2018. The platform allows users to stake tokens…

The first Kusama parachain auction could happen by mid-June if the council votes in favor of a recently released tentative schedule. 4571 Total views 3 Total shares Polkadot and Kusama creator Gavin Wood has published a tentative schedule for the much-anticipated Kusama parachain slot auctions.  According to a blog post posted on Tuesday, the first…

Vitalik Buterin discusses how ETH 2.0’s randomness function could benefit future lotteries. 1437 Total views 15 Total shares Discussing Ethereum’s (ETH) hackathon in partnership with the Colorado State Lottery, Vitalik Buterin opined that in the future, such lotteries could benefit from Ethereum 2.0’s Verifiable Delay Function.No immediate use for Ethereum in the projectThe Ethereum creator…

Swift claims that interlinking existing systems with blockchains is better for the short term than bringing CBDCs together with tokenized assets in a single ledger. Bank messaging network Swift has recently shared a report highlighting how Swift can connect with blockchains and solve the issue of interoperability between different blockchain networks. In a report titled “Connecting

Experts from the Bank of Canada have released their thoughts on how a digital dollar should be available to all Canadians. 2491 Total views 42 Total shares A digital Canadian dollar should imitate traditional banknotes in terms of availability and accessibility, according to staff from the country's central bank, the Bank of Canada.In an analytical…

Crypto and blockchain company Ripple has reported today, Jan. 8, that 13 new financial institutions have signed up for the RippleNet payment network, bringing the total number of customers over 200.The new institutions range from locations including Sweden, England and Kuwait, with 40 countries in total across all customers. Ripple’s blog post notes that five…

Users will have the option to set crypto collectibles as their profile pic to impress everyone. 84 Total views 4 Total shares Twitter has unveiled an in-development tool that will enable users to display a verified NFT as their profile picture.Mada Aflak, a senior software engineer at Twitter, shared a video demonstrating functionality that allows…