Stories by Rebecca Campbell
Compound claims to solve DeFi’s biggest problem
Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Compound thinks it has found a solution to one of DeFi’s biggest weaknesses: Its over-reliance on centralized services to provide price data. Currently, ...
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Blockchain voting platform Horizon State shuts down after lawsuit
Horizon State, a blockchain platform for voting based in Australia, has been shut down after a lawsuit was filed against it. The reason, according to a statement by Horizon State, made today, ...
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Transactions as anonymous as cash are now possible on Ethereum
Private transactions are now available on the Ethereum network, via a workaround method created by beta project Tornado Cash. That means users can now make transactions without revealing the a...
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Hacker blackmails Binance over KYC data haul
An unnamed person is reportedly demanding 300 bitcoin (worth around $3.5 million) from Malta-based exchange Binance, implying that it will continue to release 10,000 photos that relate to alle...
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Bitcoin’s Lightning Network has grown nearly 100% in 2019
New research shows that the Lightning Network, a scaling solution for Bitcoin, is thriving, having nearly doubled its node count and capacity in the first six months of 2019. The new data, pre...
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Mastercard targets crypto wallet space with new job ads
Mastercard is turning its attention to developing crypto payment and wallet solutions, and is looking to hire several blockchain professionals in this space. It’s a move that could put it in d...
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Bitcoin.com is launching a Bitcoin Cash-focused crypto exchange
Bitcoin Cash-focused news website Bitcoin.com, run by “Bitcoin Jesus” Roger Ver, is planning to launch its own crypto exchange next month. The exchange will simply be called Exchange.Bitcoin.c...
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Zilliqa is teaming up with Chainlink to build a data-driven ecosystem
Public blockchain platform Zilliqa is now using decentralized oracle network Chainlink to power its smart contracts. Launched in 2017, Zilliqa uses a technique called sharding to break up data...
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Masternode provider GIN shuts down as utility token fails to deliver
Masternode service provider GIN is shutting down its platform on August 1 due to a lack of revenue. Masternodes help to run blockchain networks, typically for proof-of-stake cryptocurrencies s...
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First SEC-approved sale of Ethereum tokens will be run by a twelve-year-old
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has given the green light for a crypto gaming company to issue tokens on the Ethereum blockchain—without classifying them as securities. This ...
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Scam “more gold” token clogs Ethereum network
More Gold Coin (MGC) is reportedly clogging the Ethereum network, causing transaction fees to spike to 20 gwei ($0.10). The token is being sent out to thousands of addresses, in what looks lik...
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Crypto industry’s market cap grew 125% in Q2, says new report
The crypto industry is in rude health, according to a new report. The industry saw total market capitalization increase 125.1% from April to June 2019, according to CoinGecko, a crypto analyt...
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Lightning Network security took $23,000 from thieves says new report
A new report from BitMex Research found Bitcoin Lightning nodes took 2.22 bitcoin ($23,000) in so called “justice transactions” from bad nodes using the network. The report, Lightning Network ...
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Ripple adoption gets another boost after Santander bank launches new payment corridor
Spanish banking giant Banco Santander has announced its One Pay FX, a digital banking app powered by Ripple for cross-border payments, has added a new corridor to its blockchain powered servic...
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Facebook’s $5 billion fine doesn’t bode well for Libra
It looks like Facebook’s $5 billion settlement, which was ratified yesterday by the Federal Trade Commission, will likely go through. The deal was approved 3-2 along party lines, with the Repu...
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Chainlink begins selling its ICO proceeds
Decentralized oracle provider Chainlink has been selling large chunks of its eponymously named cryptocurrency over the past few weeks. The coin, known as LINK, reached a new all-time-high abov...
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Prediction market Veil shuts down
Veil, a crypto-based prediction market and derivatives platform, is shutting shop after just six months. Built atop the Ethereum-based predictions market, Augur, Veil was supposed to make the ...
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Virtual Commodity Association creates six regulatory committees
The U.S.-based Virtual Commodity Association (VCA)–a consortium of exchanges–today announced the launch of six committees designed to provide standards and regulatory oversight for the crypto ...
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China accelerates its state-run cryptocurrency efforts to stop Libra
China’s timeline to make a state-run cryptocurrency just got moved forward. The announcement of the impending launch of Facebook’s Libra in 2020 has put pressure on China’s central bank to get...
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Binance builds anti-fraud system to stop the flow of illegal money
Binance has developed an anti-fraud system to identify stolen funds. According to Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ), the new system will track the stolen funds as they travel through blockchain...
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