After moving away from Bitcoin (BTC) payments years ago, online forum Reddit now seems to be inching closer to embracing cryptocurrency payments via a new partnership with the FTX exchange. Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto exchange FTX and Reddit announced in a joint statement on Tuesday that the platform intends to integrate Reddit’s Community Points in the United States, the European Union,…
Uniswap moved to a one-week low on Tuesday, as crypto markets were mostly in the red during today’s session. The latest red wave in crypto markets comes days after several high profile tokens rose to multi-month highs. Filecoin was one such token, however it too declined today, falling for a third straight day. Uniswap (UNI) Uniswap (UNI) fell to a…
On this week’s episode of “The Market Report,” Cointelegraph’s resident experts discuss the latest updates concerning the recent Solana (SOL) hack. To kick things off, we broke down the latest news in the markets this week: Bitcoin realized price bands form key resistance as bulls lose $24K, significant whale activity between $22,000 and $24,800 adds to the complexity of the…
Tl;dr: Building a better crypto ecosystem means building a better, more equitable future for us all. That’s why we are investing in the larger community to make sure anyone who wants to participate in the crypto economy can do so in a secure way. In this blog post, we share lessons about the nature of the vulnerability, exploitation methodology, as…
Web3 has become the most sought-after investment sector of 2022, as use cases for nonfungible tokens (NFTs), the Metaverse and other blockchain applications come to fruition. Therefore, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that different segments of the publishing industry have begun to use Web3 technologies to transform traditional models. For example, the textbook publishing giant Pearson recently announced plans…
Barely a day after the U.S. Treasury Department blacklisted Tornado Cash, Ethereum’s cofounder identified himself as someone who used the service to make donations to Ukraine. “I’ll out myself as someone who has used [Tornado Cash] to donate to this exact cause,” Vitalik Buterin said on Twitter, referring to the protocol that enables users to make more private crypto transactions.…
At the heart of every blockchain is a set of programmatic rules which define how a global network of participants validate transactions and maintain consensus regarding the state of the network. One of the most crucial components of these rules is the blockchain’s Sybil resistance mechanism, which protects the network against spam nodes, 51% attacks and other hacking attempts. Sybil…
South Korea is considered the fourth biggest gaming market and one of the biggest blockchain adopters. However, the country has banned play-to-earn (P2E) blockchain games due to the crypto integration. The new pro-crypto president Yoon Suk-yeol had hinted at lifting the ban, but the government has yet to show any significant effort. Anthony Yoon, managing partner of blockchain investment and…
Bitcoin (BTC) is facing fresh competition from altcoins this month as data shows that — technically — it is already “alt season.” Figures from CoinMarketCap and TradingView show that BTC currently makes up around 41% of the overall crypto market capitalization — its lowest since the start of 2022. Bitcoin sheds market cap prowess After suffering at the hands of…
With play-to-earn (P2E) gaming rising in 2021 through Axie Infinity (AXS) and an offshoot called move-to-earn (M2E) gaining fame through STEPN (GMT), another variation of the “to earn” model launches in an attempt to bring Web3 elements to existing Web2 frameworks. In an announcement, the CurateDAO team told Cointelegraph that they’ve launched a Pinterest-like database platform on the Avalanche (AVAX)…
