Base surges past Solana as total value locked nears $400M
The total value locked (TVL) on Coinbase’s layer 2 network Base has surged to $397.32 million in roughly a month...
Blockchain News
‘End of an era’ — Consensys sunsets Truffle, Ganache amid shift to MetaMask Snaps
Ethereum developers are gathering to salute the teams behind Ganache and Truffle, two toolkits that were once vital in the...
Phishing victim sends eye-watering $4.5M in USDT to scammer
An unwitting cryptocurrency holder has reportedly fallen victim to an eye-watering $4.46 million phishing scam. According to data from Etherscan,...
Coinbase crypto lobbying campaign to focus on four swing states
Crypto exchange Coinbase says it will focus its "Stand with Crypto" campaign on nine states in the U.S., including four...
Citi Token Services will provide payments, liquidity to institutional customers
Citigroup has introduced Citi Token Services, a private, permissioned blockchain that offers cross-border payments, liquidity and automated trade finance solutions...
Hong Kong central bank warns against crypto firms using banking terms
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has issued a warning to users that crypto businesses presenting themselves as banks and...
how asset tokenization is reshaping the status quo
The Boston Consulting Group estimates the tokenization of real-world assets could become a $16 trillion industry in the coming years....
DJ 3LAU causes a stir after opting out of Friend.tech over regulatory risks
Popular DJ and crypto investor 3LAU (Justin Blau) has caused a stir in the crypto community after suddenly opting out...
Play-to-earn games are the reason ‘real’ gamers hate crypto: Atari founder
It’s no secret that traditional gamers harbor a strong sense of disdain for crypto and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in their...
Sui Network launches Google, Twitch and Facebook logins for DApps
Layer-one blockchain Sui Network has taken a step towards simplifying Web3 onboarding, allowing users to sign up for Sui-powered apps...
NYU law professors argue ‘personal growth bets’ using smart contracts should be legal
New York University School of Law professors Max Raskin and Jack Millman recently published a paper in the Journal on...
Banana Gun’s failed contract passed 2 audits, but ChatGPT found the bug in seconds
The eagerly-awaited launch of the telegram bot Banana Gun’s native token BANANA couldn’t have gone any worse, with the price...
Avalanche’s HyperSDK blockchain upgrade hits 143K TPS on testnet
Smart contract layer-1 blockchain network Avalanche's testnet has reportedly hit over 140,000 transactions per second during testing of its HyperSDK...
G20 moves forward with international crypto framework
Leaders of the 20 biggest economies in the world — collectively known as G20 — are pushing for a speedy...
BIS thinks DeFi has no use cases, but CZ is bullish: Finance Redefined
Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you...
Brinc joins forces with Cointelegraph Accelerator
Web3 startups often face challenges unique to the nascent ecosystem — complex regulatory landscapes and scaling with decentralization are just...
Enterprise blockchain, Bitcoin staking and Web3 pique investors’ interest
The sharp increase in global interest rates may have limited investors’ appetite for crypto ventures, but new projects are still...
AI-coded smart contracts may be flawed, could ‘fail miserably’ when attacked: CertiK
Artificial intelligence tools such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT will create more problems, bugs and attack vectors if used to write smart...
Micro $3 Bitcoin miners won’t make bank, but that’s not the point: Inventors
While lacking in performance, micro Bitcoin mining devices should be seen as a stand against the Bitcoin ecosystem’s purportedly biggest...
Shibarium hits 1M wallets amid meteoric growth, SHIB yet to catch up
The total number of wallets on Shiba Inu’s newly launched layer-2 blockchain, the Shibarium network, has surpassed the one million...
How Web3 can prevent Hollywood strikes
Streaming video is one of the fastest-growing markets in the world, with the OTT video industry alone projected to reach...
MakerDAO co-founder proposes fork of Solana codebase for native chain
MakerDAO co-founder Rune Christensen has submitted a proposal to build the decentralized finance project’s upcoming native chain off of a...