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Vitalik Buterin says 'more still needs to be done' over high Ethereum txn fees
28.2.2023
"Good user experience is not about the average case, it is about the worst case," wrote the Ethereum co-founder
Solana Faces Renewed Criticism After 10th Downtime and Bumpy Restart, but Developers Remain Optimistic
28.2.2023
Following the initial incident on Feb. 25, Solana resolved the blockchain’s performance degradation after validators decided to restart the network. According to an outage report following more than 24 hours of downtime, Solana developers detailed that the “root cause is still unknown and under...
Optimism Price Prediction - OP Pulls Back From ATH But $10 is Still in View
28.2.2023
The optimism price has dropped by 5.5% in the past 24 hours, reaching $2.77 in the context of a 0.5% dip for the cryptocurrency market as a whole. However, the altcoin remains up by 7% in a week and by 27% in the last 30 days, buoyed by the news Coinbase will be launching its own layer-two network...
Solana Developers Say Reason For Network Outage Still Unclear
28.2.2023
The Solana blockchain was stuck for more than one day over the weekend, recovering only after validators restarted the network
DSRPTD 2022 wraps & DSRPTD 2021 still makes the news with Cointelegraph historical collection NFTs
27.2.2023
DSRPTD 2022 has concluded after kicking off last October 18th and 19th, 2022, in Dubai, followed by 3 consecutive private events in the following 3 months November, December, and January, making it the longest-running VC summit. Once again, showing some of the world’s most promising...
Uniswap DAO debate shows devs still struggle to secure cross-chain bridges
26.2.2023
Developers face tradeoffs between making bridges upgradeable to fix bugs versus making them decentralized
Crypto Exchanges Allow Russians to Circumvent Sanctions, Report Alleges
26.2.2023
Major crypto exchanges have failed to prevent sanctioned Russian banks and traders from transacting, according to a blockchain forensics report. At least two established coin trading platforms continue to allow Russians to use their bank cards in peer-to-peer deals, the analysis shows. It also...
Plus: Sons Of The Forest: so big it broke Steam?
24.2.2023
Also: yes, Hogwarts is still extremely popular, folks
Ash Might Be Gone, But The New Pokémon Anime Will Still Star A New Pikachu
24.2.2023
Ash Ketchum and Pikachu may be heading into the sunset after an epic 25-season run, but the Pokémon anime they starred in isn’t. Another series will take flight soon with new trainers Liko and Roy to root for. But they won’t be the only heroes. On Friday the Pokémon Company revealed the series’...
Kraken’s Head of OTC Options Trading: Investors Are Still Interested In Crypto, Staking
23.2.2023
Juthica Chou says there is still strong trading interest, despite the SEC’s crackdown on the exchange’s staking-as-a-service platform
Alameda-Backed Crypto Trader Folkvang Is Still Standing Despite Big Hit From FTX's Demise
23.2.2023
Speaking on a video call from a high-rise Singapore office building, Folkvang founder Mike van Rossum provided a candid account of the "messy" situation surrounding FTX's collapse and the aftermath
Report: Chipper Cash Lays Off More Workers — Crypto Department Still Operational, Says CEO
23.2.2023
The Nigerian fintech, Chipper Cash, recently said it has let go of more employees and that this step has been taken to help the firm contain its operating costs. Although no figure of the number of axed workers was given, one report estimated this to be around 100, or 12.5% of Chipper Cash’s entire...
The New JoJo Manga Proves Hirohiko Araki Still Has The Midas Touch
21.2.2023
Last week, the world (specifically Japanese citizens) read the latest installment of Hirohiko Araki’s mega-popular manga series, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: The JOJOLands. While I was uneasy about whether or not Araki should continue the series with yet another saga since its previous part, JoJolion...
Ethereum’s Transition to Proof-of-Stake Yields Deflationary Results
20.2.2023
After the transition from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoS), Ethereum’s annual issuance rate has been reduced to negative 0.057%, according to statistics 158 days after The Merge. The metrics indicate that more ethereum tokens have been removed than issued, and if the chain were...
Nearly 3 Billion BUSD Stablecoins Have Been Removed From the Market in 6 Days
20.2.2023
Six days ago, a few hours before the blockchain infrastructure platform Paxos announced it would no longer mint BUSD stablecoins, $2.86 billion worth of BUSD were redeemed. Currently, Binance is the most active exchange trading BUSD tokens, and the stablecoin still commands roughly 10.7% of...
African Fintech Startups Raised $1.45 Billion in 2022 — Sector’s Share of the Continent’s Total Funding Drops
19.2.2023
Despite seeing their share of Africa’s startup funding drop from 48.3% seen in 2021 to 43.4% in 2022, fintech still managed to raise 39.3% more capital in 2022 ($1.45 billion) than they did in 2021 ($1.04 billion). Nigeria was again the best-funded country after 180 of its startups raised...
AI Enters Chess Battle, Cheats, Still Loses Badly
17.2.2023
A Reddit user recently pit the chess engine Stockfish, which has won the Top Chess Engine Championship eight times, against the notorious AI-powered conversation bot ChatGPT in a dismal chess match. While Stockfish, as it has been created to do, was able to hold its own, ChatGPT sadly succumbed...
Breath of the Wild Fans Are Still Finding New Tricks Nearly Six Years Later
16.2.2023
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild came out in March 2017, instantly becoming Nintendo Switch’s most potent system seller. I mention that because despite how old Nintendo’s open-world action-adventure game now is, diehard fans of Link’s latest journey through Hyrule are still figuring out cool...
Bakkt Shifts Focus to B2B Technology Solutions, Plans to Discontinue Consumer App
13.2.2023
Bakkt Holdings Inc. announced Monday that it will solely focus on business-to-business technology solutions and discontinue its consumer application. The company stated that the app will officially be discontinued on March 16, 2023, and app users will continue to have access to all of their assets....
Blockchain tech still far from hitting the esport big leagues, says investor
13.2.2023
Smaller-scale esports organizations have started using blockchain tech for distributing prize pools, but the tech is yet to be adopted by the big tournament organizers