Chinese police are stepping up efforts in cracking down on illegal economic activities, which now leads to crypto over-the-counter (OTC) traders being detained to assist investigations.
Author: Marvin Nelson
Bitcoin Startup Zap Is Working With Visa
Lightning Network startup Zap, Inc. is partnering with Visa to offer the most user-friendly bitcoin services since Cash App.
Ethereum co-founder says “rollups” will power ETH 2.0 to 100k TPS
Since long, the transaction per second (TPS) metric for many cryptocurrencies is informally considered a gold standard for how good any blockchain platform is.
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Bug in Moscow’s Blockchain Polling System Can Reveal How Users Voted: Report
The vulnerability allowed users votes in the recent constitutional poll to be decrypted, Russian journalists found.
Investment Firm Arcane Crypto Plans Nasdaq Nordic Listing Through $32M Reverse Takeover
A successful reverse takeover of Vertical Ventures would allow the crypto investment firm to appeal to a broader investor base, the firm said.
How Bitcoin Is Like Ham Radio
Bitcoin is decentralized, good in an emergency, supported by passionate fans and not likely ever to see mainstream adoption, says our columnist.
After Years of Resistance, BitPay Adopts SegWit for Cheaper Bitcoin Transactions
Payments processor BitPay has added support for SegWit, three years after a competing block size proposal fractured the Bitcoin community.
First Mover: Crypto.com Says User Growth Coming From Products, Not Token Speculation
Crypto.com saw the total number of users increase by 50% in the past few months, to 3 million people.
Salesforce Co-Founder Launches Public Blockchain Network With Dollars Baked In
Public Mint puts dollars on the blockchain so users can use money whether or not they have bank accounts.
Compound users now supplying over $1 billion in ETH assets; COMP a top-25 altcoin
Compound’s meteoric rise in the crypto-space is coupled with the rise of DeFi tokens and retail traders chasing the next “moonshot.” COMP, Compound’s native token, rose over 600 percent from a listing price of $61 to over $350 on June 21, before steadily falling to its current $195 level.
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