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Will the Next Bull Market Repeat the Success of “DeFi Summer”? It Depends on Seamless Cross-Chain UX
21.12.2023
Interoperability, enabling seamless transactions and communications across multiple blockchains, has long been a goal of crypto developers. Only with truly seamless interoperability is it possible to unlock the network effects of blockchain ecosystems, allowing liquidity and users to flow between...
Supply of Stablecoins on Ethereum Protocol 30% Lower Than in 2022 — Study
21.12.2023
The supply of stablecoins on the Ethereum chain has dropped by more than 30% from the peak of $100 billion to $66 billion since 2022. The study data shows BUSD and USDC as the two stablecoins which caused the overall market value to fall from $139 billion to $129.5 billion. Tron Stablecoin Supply...
The Rise of Chain Abstraction and End of Blockchain Factionalism
20.12.2023
China to Craft a Document for Web3 Development Involving NFTs, DApps, Cross-Chain, and Privacy Computing
20.12.2023
Image Source: Pexels The Chinese central government has revealed plans to create a strategic document to guide the development of China’s Web3 ecosystem. The document will support the growth of Web3 technologies such as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and decentralized applications (DApps)...
ETHW Core Team Dissolved Just Weeks After Pleading for Funds to Maintain Servers
20.12.2023
The Ethereum Proof of Work (ETHW) core development organization has been dissolved to help the protocol achieve full autonomy. In late November, the ETHW team pleaded for $200,000 in funding to maintain servers and recruit part-time engineers. ETHW Core team’s development approach has been...
Technical Glitch Leads to 50% Drop in Zilliqa On-Chain Transactions – What’s Going On?
19.12.2023
Source: AdobeStock / Alexander The Zilliqa blockchain is grappling with a “critical situation” resulting in a significant disruption to its network. Developers announced the presence of a “technical issue” on social media platform X on Monday, saying it has led to...
Supra adds Oracle solutions and dVRF to Binance Smart Chain
19.12.2023
The integration of Supra’s oracle and decentralized Verifiable Random Function (dVRF) services into the Binance Smart Chain has succeeded. That combination will provide BSC developers access to a consistent supply of randomness that they can utilize for on-chain lotteries, gaming, and...
Is Shiba Inu Going to Zero? SHIB Price Suddenly Drops 11% as New Meme Coin Takes the Limelight
18.12.2023
Shiba Inu is in the midst of struggling performance, after SHIB price fell -11% following rejection from upper trendline resistance, leaving some dejected bag-holders asking ‘is SHIB going to zero?’. With downside movements gaining a grip on price action, vast amounts of SHIB have began...
CFA Renews Accusations Against Circle, Says CCTP May Be Funding Terrorism via Tron
15.12.2023
Nonprofit watchdog CFA alleged Circle’s blockchain protocol CCTP enables money laundering and funding of terrorism through Tron network. Image by Kerem Goktug Kaya, DALL-E 3. The Campaign for Accountability (CFA), a nonprofit ethics watchdog, renewed its accusations against Circle on December...
Cronos joins the zkSync hyper-chain network on the Ethereum
15.12.2023
Crypto.com supports Cronos Chain, and the L1 network is now going live on the zkSync hyperchain network. The development takes the network live on Ethereum to embrace ZK Stack. Cronos zkEVM testnet comes with a DeFi TVL of $350 million. It has been defined as a significant scalability milestone....
SquidGrow: Building During the Bear
15.12.2023
PRESS RELEASE. 15th December 2023. SquidGrow, the meme-utility token co-founded by the elusive crypto whale Shibtoshi, continues to innovate with new ways to energize the community. These include developing a custom bridge and privacy cross chain aggregator, liquidity locker, NFT marketplace...
Crypto Crooks Sent Over $300M to Bitcoin Mixers in 2023: CertiK Research
14.12.2023
Following the demise of the popular crypto mixing protocol, Tornado Cash, the Bitcoin ecosystem has become a preferred avenue for discreet fund movement, according to research by blockchain analytics firm CertiK. In its recent report, CertiK, known for conducting smart contract audits and on-chain...
Vitalik Buterin Proposes Enshrined ZK-EVM for Enhanced Ethereum Main Chain Efficiency
14.12.2023
Source: ShutterStock Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum’s co-founder, has introduced a conceptual architecture called the enshrined Zero-Knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine (ZK-EVM) to enhance the main chain’s efficiency. According to Buterin’s latest blog, this proposal of the enshrined...
Ethereum's Buterin Floats Prospect of Taking Some Layer-2 Functions Back on Main Chain
13.12.2023
Vitalik Buterin, a member of the Ethereum Foundation's executive board, once pushed "layer-2" networks as a way to provide faster and cheaper transactions. Now he's got ideas for "enshrining" some of those functions on the main chain
OKX DEX Exploited: Wallets Authorized to the Exchange Lost Approximately $370,000
13.12.2023
Image Source: Adobe OKX DEX, a decentralized exchange and cross-chain bridge aggregator, has been exploited, with some wallets authorized to the platform losing around $400,000. According to analysis conducted by blockchain security firm SlowMist, the issue revolves around the authorization...
BNB Chain’s New Roadmap Prioritizes Blockchain Adoption, Web2 and AI Support
12.12.2023
Source: AdobeStock / akif BNB Chain has unveiled the roadmap for the Greenfield decentralized storage network targeting web2 and web3 integrations and better innovation to drive blockchain adoption. In a Dec 12 statement, the company highlighted key areas of Greenfield’s development roadmap...
Coinbase to Bring TradFi Assets On-Chain With New Platform Built on Base Under Abu Dhabi Regulator's Oversight
12.12.2023
Coinbase's Project Diamond lets institutions create and trade digital native versions of financial instruments such as debt using Base in a regulated manner
BNB Chain Reveals Greenfield Tech Roadmap, Neon EVM Integrates Ledger Live + More News
12.12.2023
Source: AdobeStock / Ascannio Get your daily, bite-sized digest of crypto and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s news. In this edition: BNB Chain Reveals Greenfield Tech Roadmap Neon EVM Integrates With Ledger Live Immutable and Transak Partner...
City of Basel Settles Tokenized Bonds Using Wholesale CBDC
12.12.2023
The Swiss city of Basel recently settled a series of tokenized bonds using a wholesale central bank digital currency (WCBDC) as part of Helvetia III, a WCBDC pilot program. The system is designed to prioritize efficiency, as having on-chain funds bypasses the need for reconciling transactions with...
Nigerian Web3 Startup Wicrypt Gets Grant From Microsoft to Develop Its Infrastructure Network
11.12.2023
Nigerian Web3 startup Wicrypt announced on Dec. 6 that it had received a $150,000 grant from Microsoft. The startup plans to use the grant to improve productivity around its decentralized physical infrastructure network development chain. In late November, Wicrypt also received a $200,000 grant...