Staking will provide incentives that will enable the Chainlink system to grow, according to co-founder Sergey Naraov.
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Drops Most Since July 2021 as Crypto Winter Cuts Profitability
Bitcoin miners are being caught between rising costs and the lower price of bitcoin.
Waves Blockchain Founder Explores New DAO Model to Improve Crypto Governance
The model is designed to add accountability by introducing performance measures, rewards and penalties.
How Attackers Made $15M From Staking Platform Helio After Ankr Exploit
A delay in updating price data on BNB-related derivative tokens allowed some exploiters to piggyback off a previous attack.
Avalanche-Based DEX Trader Joe to Soon Deploy on Ethereum Scaling Solution Arbitrum
Trader Joe locks up over $95 million worth of tokens as of Friday and is among the most popular Avalanche-based products.
Polygon APIs to Soon Deploy on Web 3 Indexing Service The Graph
The Graph is a decentralized protocol for indexing and querying data from blockchains, starting with Ethereum. It makes it possible to query data that is difficult to query directly.
Bernstein: Crypto User Activity Is Moving On-Chain Following FTX’s Collapse
The Arbitrum and Optimism blockchains are seeing the strongest momentum in terms of user trends, the report said.
The Ethereum Foundation Commences Shutdown of Ropsten Testnet
Developers should move their applications over to either the Goerli or Sepolia testnets.
Coinbase Foils Extortion Attempt, Reinforces Bug Bounty Program
The self-proclaimed hacker demanded $450,000 after falsely claiming to be in possession of sensitive Coinbase customer data.
Bitcoin Custody Firm Casa to Add Ethereum Support
The addition is part of a major overhaul of the Casa app which will be relaunched in January.
MetaMask IP-Sharing Debacle Highlights the Scourge of Crypto Centralization
Centralized intermediaries have seeped deep into the crypto user experience, but they continue to be its main path to adoption.
Major Canadian Crypto Exchange Coinsquare Says Client Data Breached
The exchange claimed the breached personal data wasn’t likely seen “by the bad actor” and customers’ assets are “secure in cold storage and are not at risk.”
Ethereum Developers Agree on What Could Be Included in the Next Upgrade – But Not When
Staked ETH withdrawals made the cut – but the timeline for when that will happen still isn’t any clearer.
Ethereum Software Firm ConsenSys Reveals it Collects User Data
The firm said when using Infura as an RPC on MetaMask, a user’s IP address and wallet address information would also be collected.
Ethereum R&D Firm Flashbots Shares Details About Its Next-Gen Block Builder
After teasing SUAVE at this year’s Devcon, Flashbots details how the plug-and-play solution will transform the way validators earn MEV.
Bitcoin Wallet of the Failed BTC-e Exchange Wakes Up
A wallet linked to the failed crypto exchange transferred 10,000 bitcoin even as the alleged operator sat in jail.
Alameda-Backed Crypto Trading Firm 3Commas Says It’s Pretty Sure It Wasn’t Breached
Users who have lost millions suspect 3Commas of leaking sensitive API credentials, but the firm insists that it is not to blame for the stolen funds “to our best current knowledge.”
Anxious Ethereum Stakers Question When They’ll Be Able to Access Funds
Developers are determined to include staked ETH withdrawals in Shanghai, the next Ethereum update, but the timeline is still vague. Valid Points is CoinDesk’s weekly newsletter breaking down Ethereum’s evolution and its impact on crypto markets.
Ethereum Name Service Selects Karpatkey DAO as Endaoment Fund Manager
FTX Blowup Helped Enrich the Ethereum Validators Who Run the Blockchain
They saw a surge in MEV, or profits from optimizing the order of transactions, surge amid crypto chaos early this month.