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Polygon fixes $24B bug, Hoskinson optimistic for Cardano in 2022, Dec. 24–31

Welcome to the latest edition of Cointelegraph’s decentralized finance newsletter.As the calendar year comes to an end, Cardano’s personable leader Charles Hoskinson shares a message of optimism, unity and collaboration for the future of crypto.As a gesture of goodwill for the holiday season, this week our long-form DeFi newsletter will

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Polygon upgrade quietly fixes bug that put $24B of MATIC at risk

Ethereum-based layer two scaling network Polygon has quietly fixed a vulnerability that put almost $24 billion worth of its native token MATIC at risk. According to a Dec. 29 blog post from Polygon, the “critical” vulnerability in the network’s Proof-of-Stake (PoS) Genesis contract was first highlighted by two whitehat hackers

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US infrastructure law could brace up digital assets — but first some fixes

Back in August, there were some dire warnings about what the Biden Administration’s proposed infrastructure bill might do to the cryptocurrency and blockchain sector by driving crypto miners out of the United States, crippling America's leadership role, etc. In response, the crypto industry mobilized a full-court-lobbying press on lawmakers. However,

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‘Bitcoin fixes this’ — US Infrastructure Bill would add $250B to US debt mountain

The United States tax bill which could hurt Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto holders will “continue the plunder of future generations,” Cameron Winklevoss argues.According to new estimates, the proposed Infrastructure Bill currently under discussion in Washington would pile on an extra quarter of a trillion dollars in debt.Bill may add $256

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