Author: Crypto Insider

A report published by the U.K. Law Commission bolsters Bitcoin core developers’ defense that they are not liable for 111,000 BTC taken by hackers. A recent report released by the United Kingdom’s Law Commission could weaken a central argument brought by Craig Wright in his controversial lawsuit against 12 Bitcoin core developers, argues the Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund…

As an emerging technology, how can zero-knowledge proofs remedy many issues across the crypto space? Zero-knowledge proofs (ZK-proofs) are a key technology explored by many in the crypto industry. A zero-knowledge protocol is a cryptographic method that allows one party to prove to another party that something is true without revealing any information. The technology…

Starknet’s latest upgrade will scale the zk-Rollup’s throughput by 50x or more, but capacity is very different from real-world usage. Starknet’s Quantum Leap upgrade has been deployed on a testnet, with the Ethereum layer-2 scaling protocol claiming it’s capable of processing “hundreds of transactions per second.” If achieved, it would be at least a 50x…

The CEO of the world’s largest asset management firm, Larry Fink, spoke on BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF filing and the potential benefits of crypto. Larry Fink, the CEO of BlackRock, has delivered pro-crypto remarks amid the asset manager applying to list a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the United States. Speaking on Fox Business…

During a Twitter Space on July 5, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao delivered his forecast for the next Bitcoin bull run. Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao has delivered his prediction for the next Bitcoin bull market. Speaking in a July 5, “ask me anything” session on Twitter, CZ covered the potential entry of BlackRock into the crypto market,…

Crypto hackers have turned their attention towards the crypto user and “security hygiene” is more important than ever, according to Binance’s Jimmy Su. Lurking in the shadiest corners of the dark web is a “well-established” ecosystem of hackers that target cryptocurrency users with poor “security hygiene,” according to Binance’s chief security officer. Speaking to Cointelegraph,…