Ethereum’s new account abstraction features make crypto more user-friendly, but how hard is it to join the new network? Source: https://cointelegraph.com/public/index.php/news/ethereum-erc-4337-bundlers-how-hard-is-joining-the-network
Month: April 2023
Nifty News: Gucci to drop Otherside pendants, Jack Daniels taps AR, Web3 and more
Jack Daniels is dropping digital collectibles in an AR game, while FIFA launched an AI-football simulation game that will eventually ship NFT integrations. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/public/index.php/news/nifty-news-gucci-to-drop-otherside-pendants-jack-daniels-taps-ar-web3-and-more
Ethereum Archive Node service shuts down, saying it ‘succeeded’
ArchiveNode.io has closed its doors following three years of providing archived Ethereum blockchain node data. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/public/index.php/news/ethereum-archive-node-service-shuts-down-saying-it-succeeded
Bitcoin ‘untouchable’ amid regulatory pressures, says analyst
Bitcoin is “untouchable,” because it’s more decentralized than other cryptocurrencies in the space such as Ether according to senior commodity strategist Mike M… Source: https://cointelegraph.com/public/index.php/news/bitcoin-untouchable-amid-regulatory-pressures-says-analyst
Alleged Kenyan Bill Proposes Widening Definition of Securities to Include Crypto Assets – Bitcoin News
A bill seeking to put blockchain and crypto assets under the purview of the Kenyan Capital Markets Authority is supposedly set to be debated in the country’s parliament. The bill also seeks to “widen the meaning of ‘securities’ to capture digital currencies.” The persons that receive licenses from the regulator are also required to maintain records of all digital currency…
Allbridge exploiter returns most of the $573K stolen in attack
A large portion of the roughly $573,000 pilfered from the multichain token bridge Allbridge has been returned after the exploiter seemingly took up the project’s offer for a white hat bounty and no legal retaliation. Allbridge tweeted on April 3 that it received a message from an individual and 1,500 BNB (BNB), worth around $465,000, was returned to the project.…
Satellite orbiting Earth participates in the Ethereum KZG ceremony
The Ethereum KZG ceremony, which aims to provide a cryptographic foundation for Ethereum scaling, has already had over 83,000 contributions of randomness from users all over the world. Now it’s receiving a contributor from outer space. Cryptosat, a blockchain-powered satellite orbiting Earth, announced its contribution of entropy from space on April 4 at 6 a.m. UTC. The contribution will be…
Binance’s market share drops on CFTC suit and no-fee trading halt: Report
The dominance of cryptocurrency exchange Binance in trading volume market share has slipped slightly over the past two weeks following a lawsuit from the United States commodities regulator and its decision to halt some zero-fee trading. In an April 4 newsletter blockchain analytics platform Kaiko reported Binance “lost 16% market share of trade volume,” with its market share at 54%…
Bitcoin ‘untouchable’ amid regulatory pressures, says analyst
Bitcoin (BTC) is “untouchable” despite ongoing regulatory pressures in the crypto sector and those who don’t have some crypto exposure are “seriously silly” according to Bloomberg’s senior commodity strategist Mike McGlone. During an April 3 stream with crypto podcaster Scott Melker, McGlone argued that unlike other cryptocurrencies such as Ether (ETH), Bitcoin couldn’t be killed by regulators because it’s more…
Ethereum Archive Node service shuts down saying it ‘succeeded’
Ethereum mainnet Archive Node service, ArchiveNode.io, said it will be shutting down, claiming that the project has been a success. On April 4, ArchiveNode.io announced it was “sunsetting” its services after more than three years of providing free Ethereum mainnet Archive Node services to developers, students, and researchers. An Ethereum Archive Node is an instance of an Ethereum client configured…