At the StarkWare Sessions 2023, Visa's Cuy Sheffield shared the company's vision for digital assets.
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Starkware commits to open source its ‘magic wand’ Starknet Prover
The prover is the crucial engine Starkware uses to roll up hundreds of thousands of transactions and compress them into a tiny cryptographic proof written on the Ethereum blockchain.
SBF bail guarantor to go public, UK crypto framework and Celsius news: Hodler’s Digest, Jan. 29 – Feb. 4
Top Stories This Week SBF’s $250M bail guarantors should be made public, rules judge The identities of two individuals who helped former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried with his $250 million bail bond could be revealed next month following a recent ruling by United States District Judge Lewis Kaplan. Bankman-Fried’s legal counsel has until Feb. 7 […]
'Crypto summer' likely to start in Q2 2023, Morgan Creek Capital CEO says
Bitcoin's bull market is likely to start earlier than expected due to anticipation of the BTC halving and favorable macroeconomic conditions, according to Mark Yusko, founder and CEO of Morgan Creek Capital Management.
Russia's Sberbank plans to launch DeFi platform on Ethereum
DeFi systems are able to displace the traditional market of banking services, Sber’s Blockchain Lab product director Konstantin Klimenko said.
Huawei NFTs, Toyota’s hackathon, North Korea vs. Blockchain: Asia Express
Our weekly roundup of news from East Asia curates the industry’s most important developments. Huawei moves to trademark its NFTs According to a Jan. 28 report by Sina News, Chinese telecom giant Huawei has recently filed for eight trademarks related to its Huawei “YunYunBao” nonfungible tokens (NFT) series. The trademarks include digital collectibles in the […]
Ethereum (ETH) price is aiming for $1,800 in February — Here is why
ETH price is finding support at $1,560 and multiple data points are beginning to hint at a possible rally to $1,800 before the end of February.
DeFi enjoys prolific start to 2023: DappRadar report
DeFi protocols have seen significant growth in total value locked in January 2023, with Lido Finance leading the charge.
Is the Metaverse really turning out like ‘Snow Crash’?
Neal Stephenson’s science fiction novel Snow Crash predicted the Metaverse in 1992. This cult book has the amusingly-named Hiro Protagonist running around in an artificial cyber world, trying to stop a virus that wipes minds, aided by his hacker friend Y.T. Reality is a place to escape from, a neoliberal future wrecked by hyperinflation and […]
State of play: Decentralized domain services reflect on industry progress
Major decentralized domain services weigh in on the state of the industry and the potential for future growth.
Ethereum's Shanghai fork is coming — but it doesn't mean investors should dump ETH
Ethereum’s Shanghai upgrade is tentatively set for March, which means approximately 14% of ETH supply will unlock in the year ahead.
Tiffany Fong flames Celsius, FTX and NY Post: Hall of Flame
Tiffany Fong stumbled into content creation and independent journalism after getting burned on the Celsius bankruptcy, moving forward she has no idea where this will lead.
Ethereum staking withdrawal testnet Zhejiang to go online Feb. 1
This is the first Ethereum public test since the Merge upgrade in September 2022. Developers said further testnets would be triggered in the coming week.
20 wild attempts to create crypto micronations or communities
From repurposed cruise ships like MS Satosh, to the blockchain governed Liberland and Satoshi Island, crypto fans are trying to create utopian new communities built around new rules.
Premier League gets Ethereum-based digital cards with Sorare partnership
Sorare seals partnership with the English Premier League to issue Ethereum-based digital player cards for its popular fantasy sports platform.
FTX creditors list, BlockFi $1.2B exposure and new Celsius token: Hodler’s Digest, Jan. 22-28
FTX will be the subject of a U.S. Senate hearing, authorities take HashFlare founders into custody and New York finalizes its PoW ban.
Hackers takeover Azuki’s Twitter account, steal over $750K in less than 30 minutes
The majority of the funds stolen were from a single wallet which had $751,321.80 USDC drained from the malicious link.
Aave deploys V3 on Ethereum after 10 months of testing on other networks
The new version includes features that developers believe will increase capital efficiency and lower gas fees
Price analysis 1/27: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, DOGE, MATIC, DOT, LTC, AVAX
Bitcoin and select altcoins continue to consolidate near their recent highs, increasing the possibility of an upside breakout.
New York Assembly introduces crypto payments bill for fines, taxes
The bill clarifies that state agencies can legally agree to accept cryptocurrency payments and that these agreements should be enforced by the courts.