DeFi
Adoption
Ripple partners with Ghana fintech firm Waya to bolster instant payments across Africa
Ghana’s Waya Money has seemingly teamed up with Ripple to bring instant cross-border settlements to millions of Africans in three countries if a recent…
People
Early Ripple investor: “99 percent” of people in crypto just seek financial gains
The cryptocurrency market is like none other. Most “traditional” investors shy away from the volatile market, even as returns eclipse any other asset class,…
Hacks
Report: Hackers targeted supercomputers in Europe to mine Monero (XMR)
Supercomputers across Europe fell victim to a widespread and seemingly coordinated cybersecurity attack last week, getting hit with the illicit installation of malware focused…
Adoption
“Concerned” by Chinese influence, ICON founder reveals South Korea is mulling a $400 million blockchain fund
South Korea’s fascination with blockchain and cryptocurrency seemingly grows stronger each day. The country is among the few global powers to have embraced and…
BTC Halving
Data reveals how 2020’s Bitcoin halving has a drastic fundamental difference than the past two
Bitcoin’s now-concluded halving was the talk of the town in 2020. The May 12 event saw immense media spotlight and institutional interest in the…
Mining
Chinese Bitcoin mining startup becomes sixth-largest just days after launch, pockets $3 million
A new Chinese startup focused on Bitcoin mining broke into the top-ten hash power providers last week, a local industry observer tweeted on May…
Trading
Report: Traders move to XRP for cross-exchange transactions increase whenever ETH transaction fees surge
An Xpring report on May 13 stated XRP exchanges see increased inflow/outflow volumes whenever Bitcoin and Ethereum networks are hit by surging transaction fees…
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Privacy
[Update] Research explores how Zcash and other privacy coins can de-anonymize users, suggests defenses
[Update at 14:50 UTC] Benjamin Winston, Director of Security at ECC, told CryptoSlate via a tweet the paper was simply a “review” of existing…
Merge
Ethereum devs confirm ETH 2.0 will NOT go live in July, despite widespread rumors
Ethereum’s much-awaited move to a PoS consensus algorithm, the so-called 2.0 or “Serenity” update, just got longer. Project developers confirmed late on May 12…
Partnerships
Chainlink now ensures “truly random” winnings for DAI-based savings game PoolTogether
Users of online betting and savings games always have a question — are winners truly picked on random and if they are “real” persons.…
Exchanges
Users blast Coinbase after yet another outage during pre-halving Bitcoin drop
Crypto exchange Coinbase can’t seem to catch a break. The San Francisco-based outfit was under fire on Sunday after multiple users took to Reddit…
Technology
XRP users can now fully delete crypto wallets, thanks to new Ripple update
In a first for the cryptocurrency market, a community-consensus for Ripple last week approved an amendment to the XRP ledger, allowing users to delete…