Polygon Labs acquires Toposware, pushing total ZK investment to $1B

Serhii Zhdanov called for broader regulation in offshore crypto exchanges that do not go through financial audits. 1507 Total views 41 Total shares One of the most substantial value propositions of Bitcoin (BTC) is that no one can create more of it apart from its fixed supply. However, an executive from a crypto exchange made…

The Uniswap community is voting on its second-ever governance proposal to distribute 5 million governance tokens to users who interacted with the DEX via a third-party platform. 406 Total views 7 Total shares The second-ever governance proposal for the Uniswap decentralized exchange (DEX) is more than halfway to reaching a quorum with a little over…

The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision.Market data is provided by the HitBTC exchange.The bull market of 2017 followed by the bust in 2018…

Kim Grauer, Director of Research at Chainalysis, explains why the amount of crypto stolen in hacks is surging and what could be done to invert this dangerous trend. 154 Total views 23 Total shares Reducing the amount of hacking by improving cybersecurity should be considered a top priority for the crypto industry, said Kim Grauer,…

Coinbase Pro, the professional offering of United States-based crypto exchange and wallet service Coinbase, has announced support for Stellar Lumens (XLM) in a blog post on March 13.Per the post, Coinbase Pro will now accept deposits of XLM for around 12 hours before enabling full trading. Coinbase notes that after establishing sufficient supply of XLM,…

Understanding finality in blockchain Finality in blockchain refers to the unchangeable confirmation of a transaction or a block of transactions.In conventional financial systems, once a transaction is confirmed, it cannot be undone. Similarly, attaining finality on a blockchain network ensures that a transaction is permanent and cannot be modified after it has been added to

The narrative around blockchain technology as a great enabler of cross-sector innovation has endured since the technology’s perceived potential was assertively decoupled from fluctuations in the price of Bitcoin (BTC) in 2018.The game of word association that intrinsically linked Bitcoin to blockchain has evolved significantly since then, broadening the scope of understanding around the transformative…

OkEx joins ETH 2.0 Topaz testnet as a validator, as multiple companies race to develop a Phase 0 client before end of 2020. 1887 Total views 47 Total shares OkEx Pool, the staking arm of the OkEx conglomerate, announced that it has joined an Ethereum 2.0 testnet as a Proof-of-Stake validator.As revealed by its April…