A company called Opyn is bringing trustless insurance to the Compound DeFi protocol.
Why DeFi’s Billion-Dollar Milestone Matters
The DeFi market hitting $1 billion in locked crypto is something even the most fervent ethereum skeptics would have a tough time dismissing as meaningless.
Blockstack Nodes Will Be Paid in BTC – Not STX – to Secure the Network
Blockstack is rolling out a new consensus mechanism that presents a fresh use case for the world’s most popular cryptocurrency.
What Is Going On With Jae Kwon and Cosmos?
Internal tensions at Tendermint, the company building the Cosmos blockchain, have begun to spill out into public view.
PoolTogether DeFi App Announces $1M Investment After No-Loss Lottery Payout Tops $1K
PoolTogether is announcing a $1.05 million investment round as it adds a USDC pool to its DeFi-powered “no-loss lottery.”
Listia Raised $15M With Its XNK ICO. Now It’s Ditching the Token for Props
Listia’s marketplace for used-goods is ditching its native XNK token in favor of YouNow’s props.
Two Social Networks Announce Plans to Integrate YouNow’s Props Token
YouNow says two other peer-to-peer video sites are now integrating its props token: Camfrog and Listia.
‘One Network, Many Chains’ – The Case for Blockchain Interoperability
Inter-blockchain communication (IBC) is poised to be a major theme of 2020. And, like most trends in crypto, it has its fair share of hope, hype and haters.
Harmony Kicks Off Migration From Ethereum and Binance Chains to Its Own
Harmony is rolling out its token swap process, asking holders of its ERC-20 and BEP-2 tokens to switch to its own native asset to participate in staking and other activities.
Meet the Crypto Angel Investor Running for Congress in Nevada
Lisa Song Sutton, an entrepreneur and bitcoin ATM investor, is running for Congress in the Fourth Congressional District of Nevada. If elected, she’d like to sit down with President Trump and talk about bitcoin and cryptocurrency.
Block.One Will Not Launch Its Social Network on EOS
In a departure from earlier announcements, the company now says its Facebook rival, Voice, “will be run on a purpose-made EOSIO blockchain.”
Meet the DC Advocacy Org Helping Put Blockchain on the US Military’s Radar
The D.C.-based Value Technology Association helped lead the charge in requiring the U.S. Department of Defense to consider the benefits of blockchain technology.
Meet the DC Advocacy Org Helping Put Blockchain on the US Military’s Radar
The D.C.-based Value Technology Association helped lead the charge in requiring the U.S. Department of Defense to consider the benefits of blockchain technology.
Traders Turn to DeFi to Capitalize on Tuesday’s Crypto Market Spike
Decentralized finance (DeFi) applications are popping off Tuesday, and the ETH price spike isn’t the whole story.
Why Compliance Is the Biggest Team at Bitcoin ATM Startup Coinsource
We caught up with bitcoin ATM startup Coinsource on the show floor of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
Hardware Is Hard: Two Blockchain Devices Win Plaudits at CES 2020
A blockchain-secured smartphone and home security camera won Innovation Awards at the annual trade show in Las Vegas. But don’t call the startups behind them hardware companies.
MakerDAO Pitches DeFi to the Masses at CES 2020
There’s a “digital money” section on the show floor of this year’s CES. MakerDAO’s DAI is the only crypto with a booth.
Libra Association Exec: World Needs Us Because Bitcoin Is ‘Not a Means of Payment’
Libra Association Vice Chair Dante Disparte spoke at the Digital Money Forum at CES 2020, arguing for Libra’s advantages over other bitcoin.
Virgil Griffith to be Released on Bail to Alabama
Virgil Griffith is slated to be released to his parents home in Alabama pending some pre-release conditions, after a ruling by the Hon. Vernon Broderick in in New York Monday. “Laws in this country are not suggestions,” Judge Broderick told the accused Ethereum Foundation developer as the hearing began, according to a tweet thread from […]
Meet the Decentralized Fashion House Bringing Overpriced T-Shirts to Ethereum
Saint Fame, a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO), is part fashion house, part ethereum subculture.