In the repetitive cycle of scandals and whining in crypto, it is easy to forget that the technology has the potential to be useful. The Bank of International Settlements (BIS) recently released an interim report about a Proof of Concept (PoS) for currency trading using smart contracts, distributed ledger technology (DLT), and a synthetic version… Read More BIS Releases Interim Project Report for Currency Trading Using DeFi

The Tornado Cash case is serving as an entry point to make Ethereum less resistant to censorship by authorities. Tornado Cash, a crypto mixing service, came under fire from the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) because it was used by North Korean hackers to launder funds worth hundreds of millions of dollars.… Read More The Tornado Cash Case and Ethereum Censorship

Even at a time when major crypto coins are struggling to stay liquid, OKB, the native token of cryptocurrency exchange OKX, is up 100% this year. But its circulating supply, a key metric that determines its market capitalization, is a matter of dispute. On Coinmarketcap, a crypto data site owned by Binance – the world’s… Read More Notes 3/6: OKB Token, Multicoin Capital

The crypto industry was hit by a double whammy over the weekend from the Wall Street Journal. First, the paper published a report on Friday that accuses Tether, the world’s biggest stablecoin, of using false documents to open bank accounts. On a conference call, Phil Potter, Tether’s former chief strategy officer, allegedly referred to “cat… Read More Notes 3/5: Tether and Binance

Another domino fell in the crypto ecosystem over the weekend. Singapore-based lending firm Vauld stopped operations in response to “financial challenges” due to a flurry of customer withdrawals due to a crash in crypto markets. More than $197.7 million has been withdrawn from the platform since June 12. Interestingly, Three Arrows Capital, the hedge fund… Read More Notes 7/5: Vauld Acquisition Talks, Regulatory Action, and Celsius Disclosures

Tether, the world’s biggest stablecoin, has faced relentless questioning over reserves backing for USDT, its stablecoin pegged to the dollar. But that hasn’t stopped it from launching stablecoins pegged to various currencies. Its latest is a plan to launch a sterling-denominated stablecoin on the Ethereum blockchain. Called GBPT, the coin will be launched in early… Read More Tether Plans to Launch GBP-Pegged Stablecoin. No Details, As Usual, On Reserves.

These are strange times in cryptoland. On the one hand, the number of projects and businesses that have either crashed or are in danger of crashing has multiplied. But that increasing list hasn’t stopped investors from throwing money at startups in the sector or bidding up their valuations. Magic Eden Achieves Unicorn Status   Magic… Read More Magic Eden, Solend, and Saylor

The bad news keeps piling up for cryptocurrency markets. There was little respite for investors as the rout in bitcoin price, which began over the weekend, continued this morning. Bitcoin price dipped below the key $22,000 support level though it managed to stay above $20,000. The cryptocurrency is down by roughly 66% from its high… Read More Carnage Continues In Crypto Markets

How will New York’s proposed two-year moratorium on cryptocurrency mining affect miners? While crypto advocacy organizations have labeled the bill’s contents as ‘draconian’, its actual impact on crypto mining operations in the state might be limited. This is mainly because the bill restricts denials to miners who generate electric power away from the grid. Anecdotal… Read More New York’s Bitcoin Mining Bill May Not Affect Many Crypto Miners

The crash of TerraUSD (UST), Terra’s stablecoin, continued to reverberate in the crypto ecosystem on Monday. Terra’s co-founder Do Kwon outlined a new revival plan, after detailing one on Friday, for his beleaguered stablecoin UST. The coin became unhinged from its peg to the US dollar last week and continues to trade at prices far… Read More Terra Proposes Fork In Revival Plan

The drama continued in the TerraUSD (UST) ecosystem this afternoon, when its operations were halted this morning to prevent governance attacks. “Terra validators have decided to halt the Terra chain to prevent governance attacks following severe Luna inflation and a significantly reduced cost of attack,” Terra’s official Twitter account tweeted. The blockchain began producing blocks… Read More More Drama On Terra Blockchain

Bitcoin price and crypto markets tumbled to a new low for this year as investors, spooked by sell-offs in equity markets and the prospect of an economic recession, sold off their crypto holdings. At 19:23 UTC, the price of Bitcoin was $30,752.28, down by more than 11% from its price a day ago. Ethereum’s Ether,… Read More Bitcoin Price Suffers Double- Digit Decline

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Tuesday released a 534-page proposal for climate change disclosures for comments. The wide-ranging proposal requires publicly traded companies to disclose their business’s greenhouse gas emission numbers. It asks them to identify climate risks, conduct scenario analysis, and transition away from business processes harmful to climate. The environmental impact… Read More SEC Climate Disclosures and Bitcoin Mining

In 1996, American poet John Perry Barlow set out an ambitious manifesto for Cyberspace, the worldwide web’s first iteration. As Barlow envisioned it, cyberspace was a place unsullied by commercial transactions, legal jargon, and government interference. The manifesto’s idea was grand and the language simple. How times have changed. The advent of Web3, the worldwide… Read More Web3: More of Web2?

On the cusp of its initial public offering, North America’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has released projections of its performance for this past quarter. They look good. In a press release issued earlier this week, the company stated that it was expecting revenues of $1.8 billion for the first quarter of 2021, a number that… Read More Coinbase Expects Record Revenues and User Numbers in Bumper Quarter