Since failing to close above the $2,000 mark, Ether (ETH) price has faced a steep 16.8% correction, but this was not enough to give bears an edge in the August $1.27 billion monthly options expiry. Ether USD price index, 12-hour chart. Source: TradingView Currently, there are mixed feelings about the network’s upcoming change to a proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus network and…
The hype surrounding nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, may have died down in recent months due to the crypto bear market, but that hasn’t stopped digital artists from experimenting in the new and exciting space. Gal Yosef, a globally renowned self-taught artist in the field of 3D art and animation, has proven his versatility by launching two successful NFT collections. In…
The Singapore High Court on Monday approved a petition to recognize the liquidation order against Three Arrows Capital (3AC) issued by a court in the British Virgin Islands, Bloomberg reported Wednesday, citing unnamed sources. The Singapore court’s decision, handed down in private, gives the petitioner the legal ability to request access to 3AC financial records kept in Singapore, where 3AC…
A cryptography professor at John Hopkins University has posted an “archival fork” of Tornado Cash’s source code to GitHub. The professor, Matthew Green, says he intends to preserve the source code of the privacy protocol for research purposes, rather than for deployment. His students, he said, have used such code to learn concepts related to cryptocurrency privacy and zero-knowledge technology. …
Hash ribbons, an indicator with a proven track record of spotting opportunistic entry points for bitcoin, has flashed a buy signal suggesting now is a prime period to purchase the peer-to-peer currency. Knowing when is the best time to make an investment is the desire of many but the accomplishment of few. Indeed, investment strategies such as dollar-cost averaging (DCA)…
Cryptocurrency risk management firm Elliptic has released a report suggesting that scammers stole more than $100 million worth of nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, starting in 2021. In its NFTs and Financial Crime report released on Wednesday, Elliptic said crypto users had been the victims of roughly $100.6 million worth of scams related to NFTs in the 13-month period from July…
In this week’s newsletter, read about how the Metaverse is a catalyst for nonfungible token (NFT) adoption. Check out how GameStop’s NFT marketplace revenue dropped and how MTV added a metaverse award at the VMAs. In other news, learn about how Telegram’s founder has been floating the idea of integrating NFT-like smart contracts for Telegram usernames. And don’t forget about…
While the crypto community is still talking about the U.S. government banning the ethereum mixing platform Tornado Cash, the stablecoin issuer Tether Holdings Limited revealed on Wednesday that the company would not “freeze Tornado Cash addresses.” Tether’s recently published blog post about the subject says the company is waiting for instructions from law enforcement. Tether Has No Plans to Freeze…
On Wednesday, U.S. dollar stablecoin issuer Tether (USDT) said that it would not freeze smart contract addresses sanctioned by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets (OFAC) Control’s Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN) list for cryptocurrency trail-mixer Tornado Cash. In explaining the decision, Tether said: “So far, OFAC has not indicated that a stablecoin issuer is expected to freeze…
“The merge” is coming—and potentially even sooner than previously expected. According to a Wednesday blog post by the Ethereum Foundation, the upgrade will now be fully completed between September 10 and 20. Ethereum, the network behind the second-biggest cryptocurrency by market cap, will move from a proof-of-work consensus mechanism to a proof-of-stake blockchain next month in a much talked-about upgrade…
