In a world increasingly anxious about privacy and exploitation of one’s personal data by governments, corporations, social media platforms and banks, zero-knowledge proofs may offer some relief. Indeed, this emerging cryptographic protocol could partially remedy two rapidly growing global deficits: privacy and truth. ZK-proofs have already found a home within the cryptocurrency and blockchain sector
Month: October 2023
Bitfinex’s parent company, iFinex, has proposed buying back $150 million worth of the company’s shares from users who were offered them as compensation for the $71 million hack on the Bitfinex crypto exchange in 2016, according to Bloomberg. IFinex revealed its plans to buy back the shares in a shareholder letter dated Sept. 22. The digital
Bitcoin’s layer 2 Lightning Network has seen an estimated 1,212% growth in two years, with around 6.6 million routed transactions in August, a significant jump compared to August 2021’s 503,000 transitions, according to data from the Bitcoin (BTC)-only exchange River. In an Oct. 10 report, River research analyst Sam Wouters explained the jump in routed
Mainstream Bitcoin (BTC) adoption won’t happen until it bridges to the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) — the first point of entry for many real-world assets moving on-chain, a Web3 executive argues. Speaking to Cointelegraph, the founder of cross-chain infrastructure firm Botanix Labs, Willem Schroé, claimed Bitcoin “needs to start playing in the EVM world” for
At the time of publication, half of the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States was largely paralyzed following a vote ousting then Speaker Kevin McCarthy. U.S. lawmakers voted to declare the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives vacant on Oct. 3, marking the first time in the history of
Love him or hate him, when Arthur Hayes speaks, people listen. Last week, as a guest on Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu, Hayes made the case for why he believes Bitcoin (BTC) price will hit $750,000 to $1 million by 2026. Hayes said, “I absolutely agree that there is going to be a major financial
Polygon’s native token (MATIC) experienced a 16.4% rally that coincided with the launch of Polygon 2.0 Goreli testnet on Oct. 4. However, the resistance at $0.60 proved stronger than anticipated, and was followed with a 10.6% decline over the six days leading into Oct. 10. This decline was exacerbated by negative news regarding the departure
Ordswap, a marketplace that allows users to inscribe, auction and trade Bitcoin Ordinals, has devised a method for users to retrieve their private keys as it scrambles to regain control of its website domain. In an Oct. 10 X (Twitter) post, the Ordswap X account shared an online tool that purports to help users who
Bitcoin’s (BTC) ongoing sideways price action could flip bullish as early as November if it behaves similarly to previous cycles leading up to a halving event, according to market observers. On Oct. 10, crypto analyst Miles Deutscher cited a chart from CryptoCon, noting that the recent patterns for Bitcoin are similar to those seen in
Binance-spearheaded Industry Recovery Initiative (IRI), a co-investment project aiming to support the cryptocurrency industry in the aftermath of the FTX collapse, may not have been as effective as desired, a new report suggests. After announcing the IRI in November 2022, Binance spent $15 million in its BUSD (BUSD) stablecoins out of its total commitments of
The Canadian Bitcoin (BTC) mining company Hut 8 continues to accumulate self-mined BTC amid the ongoing merger deal with the industrial cryptocurrency miner, US Bitcoin (USBTC). Hut 8 mined 111 Bitcoin in September 2023, bringing its self-mined BTC reserves to 9,366 Bitcoin, the firm announced on Oct. 10. The amount of Bitcoin mined by Hut
A Bitcoin developer has proposed a new way to bring more expressive off-chain smart contracts to Bitcoin without needing a soft fork. Announced in an Oct. 9 white paper titled “BitVM: Compute Anything on Bitcoin” by ZeroSync project lead Robin Linus, BitVM enables Turing-complete Bitcoin contracts without altering Bitcoin’s consensus rules. “Any computable function can be
The hacker responsible for stealing over $400 million from FTX and FTX.US in November could be using the hype around Sam Bankman-Fried’s fraud trial to further obfuscate the funds, said CertiK director of security operations Hugh Brooks. Only days before the start of Bankman-Fried’s criminal trial, the FTX hacker, known as “FTX Drainer,” began moving millions
Nonfungible token (NFT) platform OpenSea says it is unaware of any evidence pointing to a former employee being involved in the infamous AnubisDAO rug pull in 2021 following new accusations on social media. In an Oct. 6 thread on X (formerly Twitter), the anonymous account NFT Ethics tagged OpenSea, asking it to respond to accusations
Bitcoin (BTC) ground higher on Oct. 10 after the start of legacy market trading saw “de-risking” take over. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView Bitcoin’s price preserves weekly support Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC price stability returning ahead of the Wall Street open. Bitcoin bulls had lost their footing as the week
Blockchain data flagged by Coinbase director Conor Grogan indicates that Alameda Research redeemed over $38 billion for Tether (USDT) tokens in 2021 despite not having the equivalent assets under management. Onchain data shows that Alameda was responsible for minting $39.55B of USDT, a number that is 47% of Tether’s circulating supply today A previous report
One of the friendliest European jurisdictions to crypto, Cyprus, might bring its industry regulation to tighter standards. According to an Oct. 10 report by the Cyprus Mail, the local Ministry of Finance intends to amend the existing Prevention and Suppression of Money Laundering Law. The ministry has presented its amendments package to the Parliamentary Committee
Sam Bankman-Fried’s legal team is looking for permission to probe the alleged involvement of FTX lawyers in the issuance of $200 million worth of loans from Alameda that were approved by Gary Wang. As previously reported in the build-up to the highly anticipated trial, an Oct. 1 court ruling provisionally barred Bankman-Fried from apportioning blame
The top United States agency for consumer financial protection is considering applying the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (EFTA) to crypto, in an attempt to protect consumers from fraudulent crypto transfers. Speaking at an Oct. 6 payments conference by the Brookings Institution think tank, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) director Rohit Chopra said his agency is
Officials at the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) were reportedly considering an enforcement action against Stephen Ehrlich, the former CEO of crypto lending firm Voyager Digital. According to an Oct. 6 Bloomberg report, CFTC staff were considering taking action against Ehrlich following an investigation concluding the former CEO violated U.S. derivatives regulations prior
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