Fear of blockchain will have ‘disastrous consequences’ — Ava Labs CEO testimony

    Gün Sirer says the U.S. “won the first wave of the internet revolution” because it enabled responsible innovation. Now, it must do the same with blockchain. Ava Labs CEO Emin Gün Sirer will be calling on United States officials to “nurture” and “support” responsible blockchain innovation, warning that they face “disastrous consequences” if they don’t….

    How Bitcoin can help secure proof-of-stake blockchain protocols

    Stanford University professor David Tse has pioneered a way to use Bitcoin to secure proof-of-stake blockchains. The Bitcoin network’s proof-of-work consensus mechanism could become a useful means of securing a variety of proof-of-stake (PoS) smart contract blockchain protocols, thanks to efforts from a Stanford University professor. David Tse and his research team are driving the use of the…

    A sideways Bitcoin price could lead to breakouts in ETH, XRP, LDO and RNDR

    If BTC price consolidates in the $25,000 range, ETH, XRP, LDO and RNDR could be the first altcoins to break out with recovery rallies. Altcoin prices crumbled after the United States Securities and Exchange Commission announced lawsuits against Binance and Coinbase at the start of the week. Apart from the action against the two biggest…

    What is Robinhood, and how does it work

    Understanding the Robinhood trading model Robinhood is an online financial technology broker that introduced a new trading model to allow individuals to start investing easily and efficiently with little money. Robinhood’s fortune started with the Covid-19 pandemic when quarantines and lockdowns encouraged millions to look at investing from home and start trading different types of…

    Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum ‘fails’ without these 3 important ‘transitions’

    Layer-2 scaling, wallet security and privacy-preserving features are all necessary to secure Ethereum’s future, according to the Ethereum co-founder. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin believes the success of Ethereum will come down to three major technical “transitions” that need to happen almost simultaneously — layer-2 scaling, wallet security and privacy-preserving features. In a June 9 post…

    FTX authorized to ‘permanently redact’ names of individual customers: Report

    The names of FTX’s individual customers will not be revealed to the public in an effort to protect them from potential scams and identity theft. Bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX has reportedly been granted permission to permanently remove individual customers from all court filings, while the names of companies and institutional investors will be sealed on…