46% of largest crypto airdrops peaked within 14 days — CoinGecko
    26 Feb 2024
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    Recent data from cryptocurrency data aggregator CoinGecko indicates that holding a newly airdropped crypto token for more than 14 days has, nearly half the time, resulted in missing the opportunity to sell at its all-time high. Since 2020, there has been a significant increase in airdrop interest. The most common way to receive free airdropped tokens is…

    What is a block reward
    25 Feb 2024
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    Significance of a block reward in cryptocurrency A block reward is a crucial component that supports the decentralized nature of cryptocurrencies and has great symbolic and functional importance.  Fundamentally, a block reward is the payment made to crypto miners for adding authorized transactions to the network. This process, known as mining, involves completing challenging mathematical puzzles,…

    Newly released Satoshi emails reveal a treasure trove of early Bitcoin lore
    24 Feb 2024
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    A litany of insights into the early days of cryptocurrency were recently revealed when Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto’s earliest collaborator, Martti Malmi, published 120 pages of email correspondences between the two on GitHub on Feb. 23. My email correspondence with Satoshi in 2009-2011: https://t.co/jyoX8gXckp — Martti Malmi (@marttimalmi) February 23, 2024 The true identity of Nakamoto remains…

    New crypto scam drains users’ wallets without transaction approval
    24 Feb 2024
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    A new scam circulating on Telegram allows the attacker to drain a victim’s crypto wallet without the victim needing to confirm a transaction, according to user reports and blockchain data. The scam only works on tokens that comply with the ERC-2612 token standard, which allows for “gas-less” transfers or transfers by a wallet that does…

    Web3 game Pixels now valued at $2.7B after migration to Ronin
    23 Feb 2024
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    Pixel, one of the largest Web3 games by daily active user count, has approached a valuation of $3 billion shortly after its token listing on cryptocurrency exchange Binance. At the time of publication, the PIXEL token is currently trading at $0.5385, representing a gain of 1,246% from its listing price of $0.04 on Binance on Feb. 19….

    Empirical analysis identifies blockchain as highest performing information security startup investment
    23 Feb 2024
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    A team of Swiss researchers, under grant from Switzerland’s Cyber-Defence Campus, recently published an empirical study showing blockchain as the top performer among information security startup investments. The study, titled “Measuring the performance of investments in information security startups: An empirical analysis by cybersecurity sectors using Crunchbase data,” identifies and ranks 19 information security startup sectors ranging…