Solana illustrates the dark side of monolithic blockchains

Wibbly wobbly, timey wimey stuff is about to become non-fungible. BBC Studios has officially entered the blockchain gaming space after partnering with Reality Gaming Group to develop a digital trading game for the popular TV series, Doctor Who. This marks the first time that the British public service broadcaster has used blockchain technology to market…

In changing the name of its parent company to Meta, Facebook put a stake in the ground: It would be the symbol of the evolution of the internet, the metaverse. Whether we liked it or not.According to Meta, the metaverse is “a set of digital spaces to socialize, learn, play and more.” Its first true…

Jeremy Allaire, co-founder of crypto finance company Circle, told CNBC in an interview Friday, Dec. 14, that Bitcoin (BTC) will be worth “a great deal more” than it is now.When asked about the Bitcoin price in three years, Allaire told Squawk Box host Andrew Ross Sorkin that he does not make “significant price predictions,” while adding,…

Several data violations, like the Cambridge Analytica scandal, have brought forth questions regarding how companies and governments should deal with the data entrusted to them, and they have also increased the search for the development of new technologies to preserve the privacy of companies and users.Consequently, countries and regulators have rushed to set new compliance…

John Deaton's remarks come amidst concerns about alleged backdoors in the Bitcoin Lightning network's code. Lawyer and cryptocurrency proponent John Deaton has criticized the Lightning Network, deeming it less effective than the 'Spend The Bits' protocol on the XRP Ledger (XRPL). The Lightning Network is the second-layer solution built over the Bitcoin blockchain. It is

The move comes as the Bank of Japan wants to roll out a digital yen CBDC by the end of next year. 944 Total views 32 Total shares According to The Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei), one of the world's largest financial newspapers and the entity behind the Nikkei 225 stock index, Japan's Financial Services Agency,…

The Texas Congressman urged lawmakers to examine the SEC's efforts to prevent fraud at the crypto exchange. 170 Total views 2 Total shares Own this piece of crypto history Collect this article as NFTThe Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was "asleep at the wheel" regarding how FTX Group and its subsidiaries met financial and corporate…

The research arm of major Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency derivatives platform BitMEX announced it had launched a network monitoring tool for Bitcoin (BTC) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH) in a blog post Nov. 5.BitMEX described the new resource, ForkMonitor.info, as “useful for monitoring the situation during network upgrades (softforks or hardforks), as well as being potentially useful…