Telegram founder Pavel Durov arrested — What we know so far
Telegram founder Pavel Durov was arrested in France on Aug. 24. Here’s what we know so far and how prominent figures have reacted.
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State-owned KT Corporation, South Korea’s largest telephone company, has announced the launch of its blockchain-powered commercial network. The firm has built a blockchain layer on top of its existing nationwide network in order to make it “more secure and transparent,” according to an article by The Korea Herald published Tuesday, July 24. The news outlet…

Decentralized science meets AI — legacy institutions aren’t ready
Opinion by: Sasha Shilina, PhD, founder of Episteme and researcher at Paradigm Research Institute Science has always been about pushing boundaries, yet today, many of those boundaries are artificial — walled-off journals, slow-moving institutions and research funding locked behind bureaucratic doors. The system is designed for gatekeepers, not explorers. But what if we could tear

Crypto needs to remove friction for the next billion users: Coinbase
Consumer apps could be another pathway toward mass crypto adoption, according to Coinbase’s senior director of engineering.

Tron Calls Police to Protect Beijing Office Against Angry Mob
The Tron office in Beijing has been surrounded by police as a crowd gathered to protest against a Chinese ponzi scheme that went under a Tron-like name, Twitter personality Crypto Authority reports on July 8.Videos with crowds surrounded by police officers in the Tron’s office have spread over Twitter, with people apparently coming to express…

Luna Classic (LUNC) pricing error leads to Mirror Protocol exploit
An error on the pricing oracle software for Terra Classic validators opened the door for an exploiter to drain four synthetic asset pools from the Mirror Protocol. 1027 Total views 26 Total shares A mismatch in the reported price of underlying assets on synthetic assets DeFi platform Mirror Protocol has caused an ongoing exploit that…

CEXs refuse blanket asset freeze of all Russian users, though questions linger
If Western sanctions ramp up, CEXs may be forced to ban all Russian users from using their services, as they have previous done in Iran. 581 Total views 26 Total shares Centralized exchanges (CEX) and CEOs from companies such as Binance, Coinbase and Kraken have all stated they would only freeze the assets of Russian clients…

BitMex awards its last developer grant to a Bitcoin scalability solution from MIT
Can this project provide scalability without sacrificing security? BitMex's 100x Group has awarded its last Bitcoin development grant of the year. The company has awarded a grant valued at $40,000 to Calvin Kim for his Bitcoin scalability solution, Utreexo — a project originally created by Tadge Dryja from the MIT Digital Currency Initiative.Bitcoin's protocol checks…

Mystery Behind Sudden Spike in ‘BTC’ Searches Tied to Hurricane Dorian
Internet searches for what appears to be the Bitcoin price ticker “BTC” have spiked to unprecedented highs, fresh Google Trends data reveals. Between Aug. 29 and Aug. 31, BTC searches worldwide catapulted from a value of 2, through to 64 (on Aug. 30) and up to the maximal level of search interest, denoted by a value…