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“# Was 2020 a ‘DeFi year,’ and what is expected from the sector in 2021? Experts answer ” Figuring out the point at which decentralized finance began almost always ends up in a rhetorical debate. Some argue that Bitcoin’s (BTC) invention a decade ago marked the start of it, as the major cryptocurrency was the…
“# 2020’s DeFi craze: The best, worst and fishiest projects in crypto ” As 2020 comes to a close, it’s a good time to reflect on the biggest crypto developments and the wild ride the sector took investors on. At the beginning of the year, Bitcoin (BTC) was hovering just above $7,000, and the top-ranked…
“# Users vs. governments: The ‘infinity war’ for blockchain privacy may be over ” The unique power of blockchain and cryptocurrency can also be considered their weakness. Crypto users gain unparalleled privacy for financial transactions through a decentralized transactional system. Governments, however, demand transparency in financial transactions for legal concerns. This creates a paradox. People…
“# Blockchain tech in national elections: An experience from Romania ” For the first time in Romania, the recent national parliamentary elections, which were held in November, used blockchain technology with the main purpose to guarantee the integrity of the electoral process and to strengthen its transparency. The government aimed to ensure tamper-proof and real-time…
“# Free TON achieves mainnet status after reaching ‘sufficient decentralization’ ” The Free TON project, a community-led software fork of Telegram’s ultimately ill-fated attempt at launching a blockchain, announced on Tuesday the launch of the project’s effective mainnet. The network had originally launched in May 2020, building on Telegram’s code base but otherwise showing no…
“#New COVID-19 relief bill would make for-profit illegal streaming a felony” Commercial platforms, not individual users, would face hefty charges under the new bill Photo by Stefan Zaklin/Getty Images A new draft of the COVID-19 relief bill contains a provision that would bring felony charges to companies that illegally stream copyrighted material, as The…
“# DEXs launch ‘L2 Squared’ alliance to promote Ethereum scalability ” Layer two decentralized exchanges Loopring and DeversiFi are joining forces by forming a committee dedicated to promoting usage of layer two solutions, named “L2 Squared” or just L². Announced on Monday, the alliance wants to ease the transition for users into these higher performance…
“# Doxxed Ledger users in danger of physical harm ” While the affected users are threatening legal action in the Ledger data dump, some wallet owners might be at the risk of being visited by criminals. According to a Redditor named “u/relephants,” some users have begun received threatening emails demanding a $500 payment or risk…
“# Russia’s second largest bank VTB pilots bank guarantees on blockchain ” VTB, the second largest bank in Russia after Sberbank, has piloted a new blockchain-based system to issue bank guarantees. According to an official announcement on Dec. 16, VTB provided a blockchain-enabled bank guarantee to the country’s largest mobile cellular network provider, MTS. As…
“# Filecoin network suffers temporary outage ” Decentralized storage protocol Filecoin (FIL) came to a standstill on Dec. 19 as a bug caused instability on the network. According to a project status report issued by the Filecoin team: “The Filecoin network is halted with most nodes stuck at height 336459 with mismatched state compute error…