Author: Crypto Insider

Almost $2 billion in tokens from major projects will be released in October, with 175.75 million Celestia tokens — worth $1.1 billion in current market prices — accounting for a huge chunk of the month’s total unlocks. According to crypto vesting tracker DropsTab, $1.1 billion Celestia tokens will be unlocked on Oct. 31. The tokens…

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission will continue to pursue changes to the definition of “exchange” and alternative trading systems, Chair Gary Gensler told attendees of the US Treasury Market Conference on Sept. 26. Gensler was speaking about issues that affect the efficiency and resilience of the US Treasury bond market, but that proposal has been heavily…

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin wants to increase its “blob count” — introduced during its Dencun upgrade — to scale the network further and enable layer-2 protocols to boost capacity. In a discussion thread following its latest developer call, Buterin revealed that blob space is currently around 75% full, and changes need to be implemented via Ethereum Improvement…

Dubai’s digital asset regulator will adopt stricter requirements for companies marketing crypto investments in the country. In a press release sent to Cointelegraph, Dubai’s Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority (VARA) announced that companies promoting digital asset investments in the country should add a disclaimer to their material. The crypto regulator said that the disclaimer must be…

Real-world asset (RWA) tokenization is an emerging concept that traces back to the advent of blockchain technology. The journey began with Bitcoin’s introduction in 2009, which unveiled a decentralized, secure, and transparent ledger system. This groundbreaking technology laid the foundation for turning physical assets into digital tokens recorded on a blockchain. However, the real leap forward…

BitcoinOS (BOS) has announced that it has open-sourced BitSNARK, a zero-knowledge (ZK) verification protocol for use on Bitcoin. BitSNARK is the first protocol to bring zk-SNARKs (Succinct Non-Interactive Argument of Knowledge) to Bitcoin. According to a press release shared with Cointelegraph, the protocol enables privacy preservation in transactions and smart contracts on the blockchain without…