Cryptocurrency Analysis and News Portal
Ethereum 2.0’s deposit contract is now live, heralding the imminent unveiling of the “world computer’s” second act.Released at 15:00 UTC, according to developer Afri Schoedon, the deposit contract is the first physical implementation of Eth 2.0 for everyday users. The deposit contract acts as a bridge between the forthcoming proof-of-stake
Read More
The launch of Ethereum 2.0 (ETH2 or Serenity) has long been expected. It was first slated to arrive
Read More
Ethereum faced an intense selloff yesterday that erased all of the gains that had come about due to
Read More
The Ethereum 2.0 deposit contract is a few weeks away at least, according to Ethereum Foundation researcher Danny Ryan.Speaking Thursday on the Bankless podcast, Ryan said the deposit contract won’t go live until it receives a thumbs up on an audit of a critical crypto library, BLST, performed by cryptography
Read More
Signature Bank’s deposits grew by over $4 billion. Non-profits have rejected bitcoin donations made from hackers. And a FinCEN investigation raises questions about bitcoin mixers and the Bank Secrecy Act. Here’s all the news people are talking about in crypto today.Top shelfCorporate DeFi?R3’s open-source variation of its enterprise blockchain, Corda
Read More
Ethereum’s 2.0 (ETH2) upgrade is expected to begin to roll out in the near future. The upgrade has
Read MoreConsenSys developer Ben Edgington has published an update that predicts the ETH 2.0 beacon chain genesis will happen within the next six to eight weeks.In a post announcing the launch of ‘V1.0.0 release candidate 0’, Edgington revealed the protocol’s deposit contract address feature should be announced this week. The deposit
Read More
Over $1 billion worth of tokens on the Ethereum blockchain are missing a software standard released in 2017, setting them up to be hijacked and drained from trading exchanges, according to new research. The software vulnerability, called a fake deposit exploit, was pinpointed in 7,772 issuers of ERC-20 tokens, according to
Read More
Square, a mobile payments platform, recently announced the addition of a new feature that would enable users to deposit their COVID-19 stimulus payment to its bitcoin-friendly Cash App. Square’s Cash App Now Allows COVID-19 Stimulus Package Deposits According to a blog post, Square’s Cash App announced that users eligible for the
Read More
Binance has launched a direct channel integration with a Turkish bank, providing clients with a gateway enabling seamless transfers between fiat currencies and digital assets. Binance said Monday that its new integration with Istanbul-based Akbank, its first-ever direct link with a bank, will allow users to seamlessly deposit Turkish lira
Read More