Key Takeaways Unslashed has now launched after closing its personal beta. Unslashed is now defending over $1 billion value of capital throughout DeFi and CeFi. The venture supplies cowl in opposition to a wide range of dangers together with alternate hacks, sensible contract failure, and stablecoins dropping their pegs. ShareContinue Reading
Key Takeaways Ethereum could introduce a new and simplified system of transaction fees with lower costs for users. The standard has been under discussion for over a year and is slowly making progress toward implementation. EIP-1559 is just one of many solutions to Ethereum’s congestion problem. Share this article EthereumContinue Reading
Key Takeaways A whale paid $2.5 million in Ethereum transaction fees just to send 0.55 ETH. The whale’s wallet still has Ethereum worth over $10 Million. There is evidence that rather than a mistake, this could be a money laundering scheme. Share this article Someone seems to have mistakenly paidContinue Reading
More Transparency – Less Privacy? Key Takeaways Chainalysis has confirmed it will now support Zcash and Dash Claims that only 0.9% of all ZCash transactions are using full encryption The balance between privacy and compliance becomes ever more nuanced Share this article Blockchain analytics provider Chainalysis has confirmed via aContinue Reading
Ethereum firm ConsenSys has designed a tool to combat crypto-related fraud and illicit activity. Key Takeaways ConsenSys’ new compliance service allows users to detect and trace illicit cryptocurrency transactions. Unlike competing services, Codefi Compliance mainly focuses on the Ethereum blockchain and its related tokens. Regulatory compliance efforts are very controversialContinue Reading
As Ethereum 2.0 continues to be delayed, competing smart contract platforms have emerged to try and compete. These are Crypto Briefing’s top 12 competitors to Ethereum. Key Takeaways Smart contracts allow for more complex and effecient means of transferring value. Most smart contract activity is currently found on the Ethereum.Continue Reading
Tezos could introduce “vanity addresses” thanks to a new initiative from the blockchain community. Key Takeaways Tezos may introduce human-readable addresses in the near future. These addresses can be attached to standard wallet addresses. Blockchain name services are a major step forward for usability, comparable to email addresses or websiteContinue Reading
Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, spoke highly of an Ethereum fork to help facilitate the benchmark for global interest rates. Key Takeaways Jerome Powell believes the Ethereum-based LIBOR alternative is a reliable solution for banks. LIBOR is being phased out, making room for a new index to becomeContinue Reading
XRP Ledger could introduce digital Checks, a new feature that makes sending and receiving cryptocurrency even easier on the XRP Ledger. Key Takeaways Blockchain validators may vote to add Checks to the XRP Ledger. This feature would allow recipients to accept funds manually, thereby preventing misdirected payments. Several other featuresContinue Reading
Developers have gathered information on Ethereum 2.0 into one comprehensive blog post. Key Takeaways Ethereum 2.0 will introduce staking and sharding. Several testnets and tools are currently available to developers. The upgrade may begin to go live during Q3 2020. Share this article Ethereum 2.0, a significant upgrade to theContinue Reading