They don’t exist yet, but you can soon buy Polkadot tokens from CoinFLEX via a new mechanism: the initial futures offering (IFO).
Staking Isn’t Just a Way to Earn Crypto Money – And It Shouldn’t Be
Staking is getting attention for all the wrong reasons, and it’s time to re-examine its role, argues Decred’s Jake Yocom-Piatt.
Ethereum Classic’s Next Crypto Code Upgrade Is Back on for September
After dissent earlier this month, ethereum classic developers decided today to recommit to a hard fork activation date in September.
Tendermint Says Last Month’s Cosmos Vulnerability Exposed Security Loophole
Tendermint, the firm behind the core technology of Cosmos, has released a full disclosure about a past vulnerability in the Cosmos SDK.
Inside Monero’s ‘Last Ditch Effort’ to Block Crypto Mining ASICs
The Monero community is making one last attempt to block specialized mining hardware devices from the network.
Initial Exchange Offerings are Providing Big Returns, But Why?
IEOs are some of the hottest crypto investments of 2019, with many having already provided triple-digit returns. Better yet, there may be a way to help predict their price movements.
Enigma Launches Second Testnet for ‘Secret Contract’ Blockchain
Ethereum developers can now start coding specialized smart contracts – called “secret contracts” – leveraging the Enigma protocol for data privacy and protection.
Why Academics Love Bitcoin – and Crypto
For academics, bitcoin, and more broadly crypto, is an exciting space where the ideas they write up in papers actually get built and tested.
Ethereum Classic to Test Code for ‘Atlantis’ Upgrade This Month
Ethereum classic developers discussed during a call today the possibility of speeding up mainnet activation of system-wide upgrade, Atlantis. In compromise, a slightly adjusted test network activation timeline for June 19 was collectively agreed upon.
NEO Releases Detailed Financials Ahead of Cryptocurrency Relaunch
Many of the companies associated with NEO have proven to be a lucrative boon for token cofounders Erik Zhang and Da Hongfei.
Kadena Releases Updated Smart Contract Language for ‘Hybrid Blockchains’
The enterprise blockchain startup has updated its Pact programming language to allow smart contract execution between private and public networks.
Privacy Crypto Grin’s First Hard Fork Planned for Mid-July
This summer will see the first network upgrade for Grin, a privacy-oriented cryptocurrency that uses the technology Mimblewimble.
$1 Billion Valuation May Elude Ethereum Co-Founder’s New Blockchain Polkadot
Polkadot’s bid for unicorn status has hit a snag, with three Chinese funds buying into the token sale at valuations below $1 billion.
Ethereum Classic May Delay Upcoming Hard Fork ‘Atlantis’
Ethereum Classic developer failed to reach consensus today a “final call” to approve, update or reject upcoming system-wide upgrade or hard fork, Atlantis.
How MakerDAO Works – The Stablecoin Explainer
The most popular decentralized finance application on ethereum, MakerDAO, was built to keep a stablecoin’s price stable. Under the hood, it’s quite complex, featuring two separate tokens, a lending system and even a voting process. Here’s how it works
In First, Tezos Blockchain Activates Upgrade By Token Holder Voting
Tezos has activated its first ever on-chain upgrade initiated entirely by Tezos bakers during a three months period of both voting and code testing.
MakerDAO Finally Approves DAI Fee Decrease After 11-Day Deliberation
After nearly two weeks of continuous voting, MakerDAO token holders have officially activated a decrease to DAI stablecoin fees.
Tezos Is About to Enact Its First-Ever On-Chain Blockchain Update
For the past three months, users of the Tezos blockchain have been voting on a set of two upgrade proposals. Now, the Tezos blockchain is set to activate its first official system-wide upgrade having completed three separate rounds of voting.
Bitcoin Cash Miners Undo Attacker’s Transactions With ‘51% Attack’
Two mining pools recently carried out a 51 percent attack on the bitcoin cash blockchain.
Bitcoin SV Surges 200% As Wright Registers Copyright to Satoshi White Paper
Bitcoin SV surged more than 200 percent on some exchanges after Craig Wright filed a copyright registration for the bitcoin white paper.