Solana faces slowdown in block production, network restarted

    The issue is linked to the recent network upgrade from 1.13 to 1.14, which slowed block finalization. Solana network faced a slowdown in block production on Fev. 25 following the upgrade in the validator software. The incident resulted in disruptions to transactions and led validators to downgrade the software in an attempt to restore network…

    Pharma companies team up with DeSci to accelerate scientific research

    Pfizer is now the first big pharma to participate in a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). Having emerged as a movement in the research community, Decentralized Science (DeSci) initiatives are progressing at a pace even big pharma cannot ignore. In fact, Pfizer is now the first pharmaceutical to vote on decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) proposals of…

    Aussies revealed as prime targets of Israel crypto scam syndicate

    Evidence found that Australians were one of the top countries targeted in a sophisticated cryptocurrency investment scam network, which has suspected kingpins in Israel. Australian residents have been identified as one the primary targets of a sophisticated network of cryptocurrency call-center scammers — which are suspected to be run by Israel-based crime bosses. Evidence uncovered…

    German DZ Bank adds digital currencies to asset management services

    German asset manager DZ Bank collaborated with Swiss technology firm Metaco to add digital asset management into its services. DZ Bank, Germany’s second-largest bank in terms of asset size, will fully integrate digital currencies into its asset management services in collaboration with the digital asset firm Metaco. According to the announcement sent to Cointelegraph, DZ…

    ‘It would be absurd’ for a US court to rule private NFTs as securities: Lawyer

    The comments from the hosts of lawyers comes as Judge Victor Marreo said that Dapper Labs’ NBA Top Shot Moments NFT may constitute a security. Blockchain Association’s chief legal officer says “it would be absurd” for a United States court to rule that digital assets on private blockchains are securities, following a federal judge’s decision…

    Coinbase staking ‘fundamentally different’ to Kraken’s — chief lawyer

    After the Securities and Exchange Commission’s crackdown on Kraken, Coinbase chief legal officer Paul Grewal outlined the differences between that exchange’s staking product and its own. The staking services offered by cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase are “fundamentally different” to what was offered by its peer exchange Kraken — which recently came under fire from the United…