A pool of sBTC, renBTC and WBTC is helping Synthetix draw the attention of DeFi’s growing horde of yield farmers.
Summer 2020 Is Funding Season for Open-Source Bitcoin Development
The maker of Wasabi Wallet becomes the latest firm to support crypto coders with a 1 BTC donation to the Human Rights Foundation’s Bitcoin Development Fund.
Jack Dorsey Has Floated Decentralized Fact-Checking at Twitter. Here’s What That Could Look Like
Twitter’s CEO has endorsed the idea of decentralized fact-checking. We looked at some prototypes to see what that might look like.
Some Numbers That Show Why Yield Farming COMP Is So Seductive
COMP has created a sudden craze for “yield farming.” Here are three scenarios illustrating the risks and rewards of DeFi’s latest trend.
Some Numbers That Show Why Yield Farming COMP Is So Seductive
COMP has created a sudden craze for “yield farming.” Here are three scenarios illustrating the risks and rewards of DeFi’s latest trend.
Tezos-Based DAO Goes Live With Launch of STKR Token
Tezos-based “tokenized hedge fund” Stakerdao is now live after distributing its STKR governance token to funding round partners.
Base Layer Wars Heat Up With Another $12M Committed to AVA Labs’ Avalanche Blockchain
AVA Labs has closed a $12 million private token sale. The funding round – co-led by Galaxy Digital, Bitmain, Initialized and others – comes weeks before an anticipated mainnet launch.
Kraken Pledges $150K for Development of Open-Source BTCPay Server
Crypto exchange Kraken has donated $150,000 to the foundation managing BtcPay Server, an open-source tool for merchants accepting bitcoin payments.
AI Startup Pilots Digital Masks That Counter Facial Recognition
A Los Angeles startup has created “privacy-preserving face skins” – digital masks or avatars that counter facial recognition software.
Following COMP’s Surge, DeFi Platform Balancer Begins Distribution of BAL Tokens
Balancer Labs, the maker of an automated portfolio management tool, has confirmed with CoinDesk that it has begun distribution of its BAL token.
Activists Document Police Misconduct Using Decentralized Protocol
Built on the InterPlanetary File System and the Ethereum blockchain, the protocol lets anyo file police misconduct reports anonymously.
How ChainLink and Cosmos Fit Into China’s Grand Blockchain Initiative
ChainLink will help the state-backed Blockchain-Based Service Network (BSN) with oracles, and Cosmos-powered Irisnet will assist with interoperability.
Identity Startup Notabene Launches Exchange Tool for FATF Travel Rule Compliance
A Financial Action Task Force (FATF) meeting this week is proving to be a popular time for industry players to launch compliance-minded tech solutions.
‘Big 4’ Auditor KPMG Launches Crypto Asset Management Tools
KPMG has built a suite of tools designed to make it easier to collate and query data from both traditional databases and blockchains, allowing for streamlined cryptoasset management.
Handshake Goes Live With an Uncensorable Internet Browser
Handshake minimizes the role of centralized entities in the internet’s basic infrastructure. First, it was a new domain system. Now it’s a browser.
BlackBerry and Intel Tackle Cryptojacking Malware With New Detection Tool
BlackBerry and Intel are hoping to halt cryptojacking attempts on Intel’s commercial PCs with a new mining malware detection tool.
DeFi Startups Built on Compound Weigh What to Do With $200 COMP Tokens
Startups built on Compound’s decentralized lending protocol are now pondering the second-order effects of COMP’s price surge.
OpenZeppelin Discloses ‘High Severity Vulnerability’ in DeFi Wallet Argent
A “high severity vulnerability” was found and patched in Ethereum wallet Argent, according to leading white-hat hackers OpenZeppelin.
The Zcash Privacy Tech Underlying Ethereum’s Transition to Eth 2.0
Ethereum’s consensus algorithm is not the only thing changing with the launch of Eth 2.0. The underlying cryptography itself is getting an overhaul.
Reddit Seeks Scaling Solution for Ethereum-Based ‘Community Points’
Reddit announced a partnership with the Ethereum Foundation to find a scaling solution for the site’s new blockchain-based Community Points.