Category: Ethereum News

Ava Labs is using Team Rocket’s Avalanche protocol, a newer consensus algorithm, to power its own blockchain network. The Ava blockchain boasts “an interoperable framework” that allows nodes to utilize different features. Powered by WPeMatico

Bitfinex is calling it a victory, but the exchange is still barred from using Tether as a line of credit. Powered by WPeMatico

OneCoin, whose leaders have been indicted on wire and securities fraud as well as money laundering, took umbrage with a recent report by the Central Bank of Samoa calling the crypto project a “hybrid ponzi-pyramid scheme.” Powered by WPeMatico

Up-and-coming Ethereum Foundation researcher Danny Ryan talks with Decrypt about how testnets are taking the network to Ethereum 2.0. Powered by WPeMatico

Research firm Chainalysis reports that one-third of the total Ether supply is held by 376 people. Powered by WPeMatico

Luxury goods company LVMH, which includes subsidiaries Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, and other rarefied brands, has partnered with ConsenSys and Microsoft to develop a blockchain-based platform to verify products’ authenticity. Powered by WPeMatico

2020 Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang, a favorite among bitcoiners, told a crowd at Consensus 2019 that if he were elected, “[W]e are going to have some fun in terms of the cryptocurrency community.” Powered by WPeMatico

A ProPublica investigation revealed that two ransomware companies claiming to use high-tech means to recover victims’ data instead paid bitcoin ransoms to the hackers. Customers don’t know they’re paying extra. Powered by WPeMatico

Yep, you read that right. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong revealed the exchange often hires third-party firms to try to break into its systems to make sure security protocols are up to par. Powered by WPeMatico

Using the dApp iExec, EDF will test its simulating software GPUSPH, which is used to model fluids, to determine whether the simulator benefits from using the Ethereum blockchain. Powered by WPeMatico