Geth developers to blame? The Ethereum network has suffered what looks like a hard fork on Wednesday as reports emerged of outages and irregularities on infrastructure providers Infura and Blockchair. While initially it was believed to be an internal issue…
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One of the world’s top banks issues bonds that can be bought with Bitcoin
China Construction Bank has used blockchain technology to issue the first tranche of a planned $3 billion worth of debt. China Construction Bank has partnered with a Hong Kong-based fintech to issue the first-ever blockchain-based digital security issued by a…
İstanbul Başakşehir is the latest soccer club to launch a fan token
The appetite for blockchain-based fan tokens appears to be limitless among big-league soccer clubs across the globe. İstanbul Başakşehir, last season’s winner of the Turkish soccer league, has joined the Socios platform and will launch its own fan token ($IBFK)…
Uniswap ‘community call’ will discuss extending liquidity mining rewards
With Uniswap’s liquidity mining rewards program set to end in one week, the project has called a community meeting to discuss how to move forward. Leading decentralized exchange (DEX) Uniswap has announced an “unofficial community call” set for Nov. 12…
Crypto Capital owner’s attorneys no longer want to represent him
The attorneys representing the accused principal of shadow-bank Crypto Capital, Reggie Fowler, have filed motions to withdraw as his counsel. The attorneys representing Reggie Fowler — the accused operator of the notorious shadow-bank to the crypto sector, Crypto Capital —…
CBS doco on Silk Road throws spotlight on Ross Ulbricht
The Silk Road saga gets more airtime on the latest CBS News documentary Mainstream U.S. media outlet CBS is airing a documentary tonight on the takedown of the Silk Road dark web marketplace. It features an interview with Julia Vie,…
Celsius reports it doubled its crypto holdings to $2.2B in six months
Centralized crypto lending platform Celsius claims to have doubled its crypto holdings in just six months, now boasting $2.2 billion in assets under management. Crypto lending and borrowing platform Celsius has announced that it now holds more than $2.2 billion…
Bitcoin fees plummet as mempool clears to zero
Reduced mempool activity not only results in reduced fees but gives users a chance to perform transactions that may not otherwise be practical. The Bitcoin network mempool shrank to its smallest size since mid-October this week after the network’s hash…
Sam Bankman-Fried believes even ETH 2 can’t handle DeFi’s potential growth
FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried doesn’t believe Ethereum will be able to provide the scaling capabilities required by the DeFi sector in future. FTX exchange co-founder and CEO Sam Bankman-Fried believes Ethereum (ETH) is incapable of handling decentralized finance’s (DeFi) growth. Talking…
Indian exchange offers ETH staking ahead of Ethereum 2.0 launch
CoinDCX users to stake on ETH 2.0 with as low as 0.1 ETH, the exchange says. CoinDCX, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in India, is preparing its platform to support ETH 2.0 staking in anticipation of Ethereum 2.0 launch.…