After inking deals to bring third-party games and stablecoins onto the Flow blockchain, Dapper Labs has announced two related sales for the FLOW token. Dapper Labs is continuing to expand partnerships with third-parties for its Flow blockchain, with Animoca Labs…
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Booming African crypto adoption drives concerns over regulation
African crypto adoption has exploded in 2020, prompting fears of a heavy-handed regulatory response 2020 has seen an acceleration in African crypto adoption, with the continent emerging as the second-largest region for peer-to-peer (P2P) trading, and two African nations ranking…
Bitcoin FUD and negative social sentiment typically precede a bounce
Social media sentiment for Bitcoin has slumped to two year lows which is good for those wanting to go against the crowd. On-chain analytics provider Santiment asserts that Bitcoin and crypto assets tend to bounce when social sentiment indicates there…
RockX launches $20 million investment program for the Polkadot ecosystem
The Polkadot ecosystem is set to get a $20m boost from RockX Digital asset development company RockX has launched a $20 million investment program to support the Polkadot (DOT) ecosystem over the next five years. The funding, capped at a…
Yam plans protocol overhaul despite first successful V3 rebase
Despite Yam’s first post-relaunch rebase executing successfully, its developers are planning many more changes to the protocol. Yam, the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector’s original food-themed clone protocol, has successfully completed its first rebase since its V3 relaunch. Yam’s relaunch on…
Developer reveals ‘biggest unsolvable Lightning attack vector’
Larger payment channels on Bitcoin’s Lightning network could be exploited according to an independent developer Independent Bitcoin Lightning developer, Joost Jager, has outlined an exploit of the micro-payments network that could result in channels being compromised with very little effort…
Are we dumb? Financial illiterates ‘twice as likely to own crypto’
Those with less financial knowledge may be twice as likely to invest in crypto. A report from Canada’s central bank shows that while most Canadians are knowledgeable about basic finance and Bitcoin, few actually hold any crypto assets. According to…
South Korean regulator is wary of NFT-based games
The South Korean gaming regulator is reluctant to embrace NFTs. The South Korean blockchain gaming industry is concerned regulators are looking unfavorably on non-fungible token based games, after the Game Rating and Administration Committee (GRAC) postponed an application for the…
MicroStrategy CEO could ‘liquidate $200M in Bitcoin on a Saturday’
‘We can liquidate it any day of the week, any hour of the day,’ said Michael Saylor. Michael Saylor has said that all $400 million of business intelligence firm MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin reserve holdings could be liquidated at any time. In…
You won’t believe the depths to which crypto scammers on Twitter are willing to sink
Twitter doesn’t seem able to move fast enough to stop thieves from grossly misusing their platform. Last Friday night, crypto YouTuber Ivan on Tech messaged me on Twitter. Shortly into our conversation, he graciously offered me an investment opportunity in…