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Crypto Wallet Maker Ledger Officially Rolls Out 'Recover,' Unleashing Fresh Round of Snark

[Oct 24, 2023 10:08 AM] Recover involves users' private keys being encrypted, duplicated and divided into three pieces which are held with three different parties.

DYdX, Decentralized Crypto Exchange, Open Sources ‘V4’ Code for Upcoming Cosmos Chain

[Oct 24, 2023 7:00 AM] This marks the first step in initiation of the v4 upgrade, where the DEX is transitioning away from its layer-2 network atop Ethereum onto its own standalone blockchain.

Friend.Tech User Dumps Keys Worth $1.5M, Switches to Bitcoin dApp

[Oct 24, 2023 1:54 AM] Newer opportunities have stalled Friend.Tech’s initial growth wave, and applications such as New Bitcoin City are quickly emerging as one of the biggest bets.

New data poisoning tool would punish AI for scraping art without permission

[Oct 23, 2023 2:39 PM] The tool is currently in the research stage, but the team plans to integrate it with its existing artist protection tools.

SEC wins default judgment against Thor Technologies and founder

[Oct 20, 2023 5:30 AM] Thor Technologies has been instructed to pay a sum of $903,193.06, which encompasses a disgorgement of $744,555, and prejudgment interest amounting to $158,638.06.

Circle to Let Merchants Pay for Customers' Gas Fees With Web3 Wallet Upgrade

[Oct 19, 2023 7:00 AM] Southeast Asian super app Grab is currently piloting the "Gas Station" to cover gas fees for its Singaporean users if they use NFT vouchers.

Polygon Proposes Council for ‘Decentralized Governance,’ Names 13 Members

[Oct 19, 2023 6:00 AM] The project named 13 "inaugural members" to the council, including officials from Coinbase and the Ethereum Foundation.

Elon Musk’s Plan to Charge New X Users $1 May Not Deter Crypto Bots

[Oct 19, 2023 12:57 AM] Crypto watchers say solving the bot problem extends beyond just charging users for the X service.

Cracks Appear as Ethereum Staking Demand Wanes

[Oct 18, 2023 11:28 AM] Earlier this year, Ethereum staking was popular, particularly with Lido Finance's rise to prominence in the DeFi space, but it is now facing challenges, suspicions, and resentment.

Lightning Labs Rolls Out 'Taproot Assets,' to Make Bitcoin 'Multi-Asset' Network

[Oct 18, 2023 10:37 AM] Taproot Assets will give developers "the tools needed to make Bitcoin a multi-asset network, but in a scalable manner," according to Lightning Labs.

Stellar, Early Blockchain Built for Payments, Adds Smart Contracts to Take on Ethereum

[Oct 18, 2023 9:00 AM] The nine-year-old project, one of the earliest major blockchains, is getting a facelift to incorporate "smart contracts," that theoretically could attract new applications and users – and potentially more demand for the XLM token.

Floki Developers Propose Staking and Utility Token Plans

[Oct 18, 2023 7:00 AM] The move could help amp up investor interest in FLOKI tokens, which form part of the Floki DAO ecosystem.

UK to target potential AI threats at planned November summit

[Oct 18, 2023 2:45 AM] The summit scheduled for Nov. 1–2 will place significant emphasis on the potential existential threat that AI represents, a concern shared by several legislators.

Scroll Confirms Mainnet Live, as Co-Founder Predicts Speed Gains Over Ethereum

[Oct 17, 2023 10:00 AM] Blockchain data showed that Scroll’s smart contract was deployed on Oct. 8, but the team held off making its official announcement until this week.

Bitcoin Magazine Owner Backs First Ordinals Fund, Which Bought $85K Rock

[Oct 17, 2023 9:30 AM] The "Unbroken Chain" fund, as it is known, plans to raise $5 million from its limited partners and will trade in various Ordinals types, including BRC-20 tokens – sometimes positioned as NFTs on Bitcoin.

Lido Finance Sunsets Solana Staking Product After DAO Vote

[Oct 17, 2023 1:59 AM] The staking service for SOL tokens will be discontinued over the coming months, developers said.

Protocol Village: ARPA Network's Random Number Generator 'Randcast' Live on Optimism

[Oct 16, 2023 1:46 PM] The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the week of Oct. 16-22, with live updates throughout.

Manta's Layer-2 Blockchain Already Plans to Ditch OP Stack for Polygon

[Oct 16, 2023 10:30 AM] The network, which just went live a couple weeks ago as a so-called optimistic rollup – the core underpinning of OP Stack – will now become a “ZK-rollup,” which is what Polygon’s software kit provides.

FTX Bankruptcy Estate Stakes $150M SOL and ETH as Sam Bankman-Fried's Trial Continues

[Oct 16, 2023 1:19 AM] Addresses tied to the bankrupt crypto exchange controlled by a creditors’ group have apparently staked the tokens to earn yield, blockchain data suggests.

Nigerian gov supports AI initiatives with $290K in grants

[Oct 15, 2023 12:55 AM] The recently introduced Nigeria Artificial Intelligence Research Scheme is designed to facilitate the widespread utilization of AI to drive economic advancement.

Stablecoin Lender Liquity’s Token Gains 80% in Month as Activity Increases

[Oct 13, 2023 1:22 PM]

THORSwap, Used by FTX Exploiter, Resumes Trading After Updating Terms to Exclude U.S.-Sanctioned Countries

[Oct 13, 2023 9:11 AM] THORSwap, the exchange that paused its platform last Friday following a series of trades related to the FTX hack, resumed its services on Friday with updated terms and conditions relating to users in sanctioned countries.

CertiK, Blockchain Code Auditor, Makes 'Strategic Workforce Adjustment' of 15%

[Oct 13, 2023 8:17 AM] Just last year, the company raised nearly $150 million of fresh capital. Now, as crypto winter drags on, it is cutting jobs, citing "evolving market dynamics."

China sets stricter rules for training generative AI models

[Oct 13, 2023 4:12 AM] The draft regulations emphasize that data subject to censorship on the Chinese internet should not serve as training material for these models.

Biden considers tightening AI chip controls to China via third parties

[Oct 13, 2023 3:39 AM] The additional restrictions being considered by the Biden administration would try to target ways Chinese developers could access U.S.-made AI semiconductor chips.

Flare Network Will Burn 2.1B FLR to Support Ecosystem Health

[Oct 13, 2023 3:00 AM] Some 198 million FLR will be burned immediately with a further 66 million set to be burned monthly until January 2026.

Perpetual Trading Protocol GMX Bags Biggest Chunk of $40M Arbitrum Grant

[Oct 13, 2023 2:43 AM] Arbitrum projects will receive token grants that may help attract new money to the popular blockchain.

Google to protect users in AI copyright accusations

[Oct 13, 2023 1:28 AM] Google explicitly stated that only seven products fall under this legal protection, excluding Google’s Bard search tool.

Scroll zkEVM Launches, Blockchain Data Shows, Competing With Polygon, Matter Labs

[Oct 12, 2023 12:52 PM] The new Ethereum layer-2 network's debut adds to the competition among rival providers of so-called "zkEVMs," including Polygon and Matter Labs.

Russian Attackers May Have Been Behind Hack of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX, Elliptic Says

[Oct 12, 2023 6:00 AM] Research firm Elliptic said some of the stolen funds appear to be linked to Russian cybercriminal groups, citing on-chain analysis.