Once a promising Layer 1 blockchain, HECO failed to sustain growth, facing declining user interest and security and liquidity issues.
Sasha MarkevichCoinbase and Circle joined forces to offer 4.75% APY for USDC holders. This partnership is expected to attract users to Coinbase’s products, while also boosting the usage of USDC.
Alexander MardarWalletConnect - more like traditional web2 infrastructure than a blockchain. Season 1 of the airdrop will distribute 50 million $WCT tokens, but the tokens won't be transferable until 2025 due to ongoing tests for the WalletConnect network.
Alexander MardarPolymarket correctly predicted the results of the United States elections. Can the blockchain information market be as accurate in predicting other presidential elections around the globe?
Eva Senzaj PauramThe blockchain gaming leader boasts over 400 titles, driven by new partnerships, publisher adoption, and seamless in-game blockchain integrations.
Mathilde AdamOnce a promising Layer 1 blockchain, HECO failed to sustain growth, facing declining user interest and security and liquidity issues.
Sasha MarkevichWith Solana’s staking market booming, centralized exchanges like Binance and Coinbase are reaping the rewards, leveraging their position to maximize staking and trading revenues.
Gensler declared war on "fraudsters" and "hucklers" — and took celebrities to task when they promoted little-known coins to their millions of followers, without disclosing they had been paid to do so.
Morocco to lift 2017 crypto ban and legalize digital currencies. UK to officially regulate cryptocurrency by 2026. Publicly traded Jiva Technologies adopts Bitcoin treasury strategy. Jupiter proposes a vote to airdrop 1,4B JUP tokens to stakers. WisdomTree registers XRP ETF in Delaware. Phantom Wallet adds support for Base Network.
Shanghai Judge Sun Jie drew a line between personal crypto holdings and banned activities as the underground market thrives.
Riding the memecoin wave to scam inexperienced and busy users, hackers have built “poisoned” repositories of trading bots, from which ChatGTP eventually trained.
For all the key details of new Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) projects in the banking world, real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, stablecoins, and central bank digital currency (CBDC) updates, the Observers 'Banking and CBDC Roundup' weekly has you covered. CBDC Updates 'Urgency' Required in Digital Euro Rollout
Happy Sunday, Observers! Good things come to those who wait, and we waited. Bitcoin was $500 short from $100,000 after the news that the world’s leading anti-crypto crusader, SEC’s chair Gary Gensler, is leaving its post. Now that we are throwing precautions out the window, wild things
The two-hour downtime was due to a bug in the transaction scheduling logic, which led to validators crashing. The incident resulted in a drop in SUI's price and raised doubts about the network’s ability to compete with Solana.
The zero-knowledge privacy application is gaining momentum on Farcaster, which has been grappling with a 96% decline in monthly revenue since February.
The standard is designed to streamline cross-chain transfers and swaps across the Ethereum network.
Alexander MardarAlthough CertiK claims this was a white hat operation, how the incident was reported and the vulnerability tested raises many questions about its security auditing practices.
Alexander MardarIn crypto, gamification is often used to promote user engagement and grow projects' adoption levels. What if game elements were deployed to make consumers behave more sustainably?
Eva Senzaj PauramThere are searing questions about why Kwon, who went on the run after Terra's demise, chose to hide himself in Montenegro — but Milojko Spajić remains tight-lipped.
ObserversThe major exchanges are acting cautiously prior to the partial implementation of MiCA, which might push Euro-pegged stablecoins adoption. USDT and USDC's future in the area remains unclear.
Sasha MarkevichConsensys declares that the decision is a "major win" for Ethereum developers — but warns that its legal fight is far from over.
ObserversThe new stablecoin allows investors to lock in gold and receive US-dollar-pegged digital tokens, offering a unique twist on traditional stablecoin mechanisms.
Alexander MardarThe L2 Ethereum scaling solution has just started an airdrop. Early adopters hope to receive significant incentives as the network moves to further decentralization.
Sasha MarkevichWith Solana’s staking market booming, centralized exchanges like Binance and Coinbase are reaping the rewards, leveraging their position to maximize staking and trading revenues.
Gensler declared war on "fraudsters" and "hucklers" — and took celebrities to task when they promoted little-known coins to their millions of followers, without disclosing they had been paid to do so.
Morocco to lift 2017 crypto ban and legalize digital currencies. UK to officially regulate cryptocurrency by 2026. Publicly traded Jiva Technologies adopts Bitcoin treasury strategy. Jupiter proposes a vote to airdrop 1,4B JUP tokens to stakers. WisdomTree registers XRP ETF in Delaware. Phantom Wallet adds support for Base Network.
Shanghai Judge Sun Jie drew a line between personal crypto holdings and banned activities as the underground market thrives.
Riding the memecoin wave to scam inexperienced and busy users, hackers have built “poisoned” repositories of trading bots, from which ChatGTP eventually trained.
For all the key details of new Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) projects in the banking world, real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, stablecoins, and central bank digital currency (CBDC) updates, the Observers 'Banking and CBDC Roundup' weekly has you covered. CBDC Updates 'Urgency' Required in Digital Euro Rollout
Happy Sunday, Observers! Good things come to those who wait, and we waited. Bitcoin was $500 short from $100,000 after the news that the world’s leading anti-crypto crusader, SEC’s chair Gary Gensler, is leaving its post. Now that we are throwing precautions out the window, wild things
The two-hour downtime was due to a bug in the transaction scheduling logic, which led to validators crashing. The incident resulted in a drop in SUI's price and raised doubts about the network’s ability to compete with Solana.