As the digital asset market continues to break new ground, seemingly with each passing day, there is no denying the fact that crypto adoption has continued to increase at a fairly rapid pace globally. In this regard, it now appears as though online content creator platform Patreon is actively looking to devise its very own social token or creator coin…
To understand the complexity of digital rights management, or DRM, one must first understand the DRM challenges of current systems and then the challenges (and opportunities) presented by blockchain technology that prides itself on transparency, data linkage and immutability as some of the main characteristics that lends itself to the trust systems. With Web 2.0, content creation and dissemination are…
The chat app Discord has quickly become the de facto home for DAOs, the hottest new thing in crypto. DAOs (decentralized autonomous organizations) are working groups that come together with a shared purpose like investing in NFTs or building blockchain tools, and have no single overseer. Most of them function exclusively over Discord. So it was a surprise to discover…
U.S. law enforcement agents have “kidnapped” crypto entrepreneur Denis Dubnikov in Mexico, before transferring him to the Netherlands where he was arrested, his lawyer told Russian media. Dubnikov is suspected of money laundering and faces up to 20 years in prison if extradited to the United States. FBI Accused of Kidnapping Russian Citizen With Cryptocurrency Business The U.S. Federal Bureau…
Bitcoin is set to undergo a major network upgrade, Taproot, in nearly two days, i.e., on Nov. 14 or 255 blocks later, as per data from Taproot.watch. This is the first significant upgrade since the Segregated Witness (SegWit), which eventually culminated in the development and launch of the Lightning Network in 2018. The original Taproot proposal was made by Bitcoin…
In brief Hic et Nuncs front-end disappeared on Thursday. The marketplaces Twitter biography has been updated with the word discontinued. Hic et Nunc tweeted its own smart contract shortly after. On Thursday, the website for leading Tezos NFT marketplace Hic et Nunc suddenly disappeared with no explanation. The only breadcrumb was an update to Hic et Nuncs Twitter bio, which…
sponsored On November 6, 2021, Alchemy Pay’s Chief of Staff, Karmen Tang, delivered her keynote address at the Epicenter Crypto Conference in Lisbon. Tang took the audience through a brief history of Alchemy Pay and the broad ecosystem they have now built within blockchain infrastructure. The founders of Alchemy Pay come from giants of traditional payments such as Mastercard, QFPay,…
Bitcoin (BTC) tapered losses on Nov. 13 as the market showed little interest in U.S. regulators refusing to allow a spot exchange-traded fund (ETF). BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView ETF rejection causes few market headaches Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingViewshowed calm conditions for BTC/USD into the weekend, the pair acting within a $1,000 corridor. News that…
Lawmakers from the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia are gearing up to introduce a draft law designed to regulate crypto mining. The nationalists say the legislation will benefit both Russian citizens and the state, as well as those who want to get involved in the business legally. Nationalists Propose Regulations for Russian Crypto Miners The popularity of cryptocurrencies, rising with…
DeFi Friday is Decrypt’s DeFi email newsletter. (art: Grant Kempster) Last week we dug into some interesting updates around O.G. DeFi protocol Maker. There were many notable changes, including a new fixed-yield mechanism called D3M as well as adding staked Ethereum (stETH) as collateral to the protocol. The projects native stablecoin, DAI, is also officially decentralized now that Ethereum is…
