SlowMist Technology’s report stated that this type of scam exploits users’ trust and negligence, resulting in asset losses.
Bitcoin Mining Pool ViaBTC Sells ‘Epic’ First Post-Halving Sat for $2.13M
The pool mined the first block after last week’s halving, winning an “epic” sat in the process.
Movement Labs Raises $38M for Rollup Based on Facebook’s Move Language
Movement’s 21 and 24-year-old co-founders say they are on a mission to “make blockchain security sexy” with the launch of their L2.
DeFi bull market confounds expectations with RWAs and ‘recursive airdrops’
Industry figures assess the state of decentralized finance in 2024 and whether it is developing as expected.
Avail Data Availability Integrated by Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, StarkWare, ZkSync
The chains’ users will be able to opt in or out to use Avail for data availability, to stash the reams of data produced for all their transactions taking place.
Protocol Village: SEDA, Data and Computation Network, Launches Mainnet Genesis
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of April 25-May 1.
OP_CAT Proposal to Bring Smart Contracts to Bitcoin Finally Gets a ‘BIP Number’
The Protocol: Analyzing Runes Impact as Bitcoin Fee Bonanza Fades
Some Square Users Can Now Convert Their Dollars to Bitcoin Via Cash App
Bitcoin Conversions will charge a flat 1% fee to automatically convert a portion of merchant revenues into BTC.
Galaxy, Lightspeed Lead $15M Raise for Turnkey, Crypto Wallet Startup From Former Coinbase Employees
The company from ex-Coinbase employees aims to help developers build better blockchain wallets.
Patched Cosmos Bug Could’ve Put $150M At Risk, Says Firm That Reported It
The reentrancy bug was discovered by Asymmetric Research, a core contributor to the Wormhole interoperability protocol.
Stacks Begins 2-Step Rollout of Major ‘Nakamoto’ Overhaul
The upgrade seeks to solve congestion issues, and will officially launch in May.
Celo Chooses Optimism, Concluding Bake-Off Among Layer 2s
CLabs officially proposed using Optimism’s OP Stack for the transition. The proposal will be discussed on a couple of community calls and then go to a vote among holders of the project’s CELO tokens, under the chain’s governance rules.
Bitcoin Miners Reap Windfall as ‘Runes’ Debut Sends Transaction Fees to Record Highs
The Bitcoin “halving” was supposed to dramatically chop revenue of bitcoin mining companies. Instead, the simultaneous launch of Casey Rodarmor’s Runes protocol has ignited a flurry activity on the oldest and largest blockchain, driving up fees.
Bitcoin Blockchain Undergoes Fourth Halving in 15-Year History, in Show of Monetary Policy Set by Code
Soccer has the World Cup. Athletics and many other sports have the Olympics. Crypto has the halving. The milestone in the blockchain’s 15-year history technically means a cut in rewards for crypto miners with each block – a feature designed to minimize inflation.
Avail Confirms Token Airdrop Plans, a Week After Leaked Screenshots
Avail shared in a blog post that 354,605 wallet addresses are eligible to claim the 600 million tokens in their “unification drop.”
Protocol Village: Safe, for ‘Smart Accounts,’ Completes Acquisition of Crypto Business Wallet Multis
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of April 18-24.
Union Labs Plans Polygon-to-Cosmos Bridge with New AggLayer Integration
The new technology from Union Labs comes after the blockchain interoperability project raised $4 million in November.
The Protocol: Bitcoin Halving Spectacular, With Runes, ‘Epic Sat,’ Stacks Nakamoto
Unlike the last Bitcoin halving, a ho-hum affair where Covid-locked-down gawkers had little choice but to tune into livestreamed watch parties, the upcoming Bitcoin halving comes with project launches, competitions and IRL celebrations in Denver and Costa Rica.
Worldcoin, Sam Altman’s Crypto Project, Is Building a Layer-2 Chain
The human-focused blockchain network will be based on the OP Stack, a framework for building Ethereum-based layer-2 chains.