Blockchain & Digital Assets

January 4, 2024 @ 11:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Starknet’ has shared its reflections and 2024 predictions with CI. The selection of reflections and predictions are from key players within the Starknet ecosystem and StarkWare. Starkware is reportedly “the main developer behind StarkNet, a layer-2 blockchain in the Ethereum ecosystem.” Eli Ben-Sasson, co-founder and… Read More

January 4, 2024 @ 11:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Marco Manoppo, the Research Director at Digital Asset Research, notes that Vitalik Buterin had revealed the Ethereum 2024 roadmap highlighting key priorities. As noted in a post by Manoppo, it has 6 core elements: the Merge, Surge, Scourge, Verge, Purge, and Splurge. As mentioned in… Read More

January 4, 2024 @ 5:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Wirex, a Web3 money platform, announced a significant enhancement in its measures to combat Dark Web activities and money mule threats. The company has reportedly “incorporated ZeroFox’s Dark Web Monitoring tool into its system, creating a unified solution.” This way, a combination of human and… Read More

January 4, 2024 @ 4:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CertiK has released its latest report, titled Hack3d: The Web3 Security Report for 2023. CertiK’s Hack3d reports offer deep dives “into the exploits, vulnerabilities, and trends that define blockchain and smart contract security.” According to CertiK, they’re an invaluable resource “for anyone seeking to understand… Read More

January 4, 2024 @ 1:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jeff Owens, co-founder of Haven1, says that any impact a potential spot bitcoin ETF rejection by the SEC has on the DeFi market will “be temporary and has nothing to do with fundamentals in the space.” However, he says that “in the short term, lower… Read More

January 4, 2024 @ 9:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Most Bitcoin rallies over the last decade share a theme, they “accelerate as they progress,” according to an update shared with CI. Trading.biz analyst Cory Mitchell notes that “Major rallies often start as a bowl shape, but then the price accelerates and the rally starts… Read More

January 3, 2024 @ 5:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

Two House Financial Services Committee subcommittees have scheduled hearings for next week. The Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Inclusion Subcommittee has scheduled a Hearing Entitled: “Regulatory Whiplash: Examining the Impact of FSOC’s Ever-Changing Designation Framework on Innovation.” FSOC, or the Financial Stability Oversight Council, involves… Read More

January 3, 2024 @ 5:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

Coinshares has provided an update on digital assets and the platform is reporting that digital asset investment products experienced  $2.25 billion of inflows for the full year in 2023, Coinshares states that this is the 3rd largest year based on data from back to 2017…. Read More

January 3, 2024 @ 12:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bitcoin continues to hold recent highs, topping $45,000 at the beginning of 2024 before pulling back a bit. Much of the speculation that is driving BTC higher is the expectation that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will soon approve a spot Bitcoin ETF after… Read More

January 3, 2024 @ 9:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CoinGecko has released a list of top-performing digital currencies throughout 2023. However, it must be noted that these gains could be short-term because many of these projects involve meme coins or initiatives that don’t really have a meaningful value proposition. Despite their lack of real-world… Read More

January 3, 2024 @ 9:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

WISeKey International Holding Ltd. (NASDAQ: WKEY), a global firm focused on cybersecurity, digital identity, and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions operating as a holding company, through its subsidiary WISe.ART, a key player in the field of digital art and luxury collectibles, is pleased to announce… Read More

January 3, 2024 @ 8:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin (BTC)  gained 13% in December 2023 (and is trading at over $45,000 to start off the new year). These price moves punctuate a year of strong returns, but the largest crypto asset was, in fact, “outpaced by other market segments last month,” the team… Read More

January 2, 2024 @ 7:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As 2023 came to a close and we enter the new year, OffChain Labs shared that they believe it’s a great opportunity to look back at all of the progress they’ve made. Offchain Labs introduced new products to the broader industry, while continuing their mission… Read More

January 2, 2024 @ 7:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As we enter 2024, CI has received insights from the CEO’s of crypto industry firms including professionals who are overseeing the operations of digital asset exchanges, custody platforms, payment product developers, and services associated with various other protocols. Bobby Zagotta, US CEO of Bitstamp, which… Read More

January 2, 2024 @ 9:26 am By JD Alois  |  

The Bitcoin bull is back, it seems. Bitcoin (BTC), the most popular crypto in the world, is currently trading at just under $46,000. Bitcoin’s market cap is almost $900 billion. This is below its all-time high, which was in late 2021, when Bitcoin traded around… Read More

January 2, 2024 @ 9:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The year 2024 is set to be an exceptional period for the digital assets and blockchain sector. Throughout most of 2023, there were a number of key developments that will now shape the future of the crypto industry in the coming year and even the… Read More

January 2, 2024 @ 7:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As we get ready for another crypto bull market, with Bitcoin surging past $45,000 in anticipation of expected BTC ETF approvals, it’s worth taking a look back at key industry developments. The crypto industry has reflected on significant developments throughout 2023 and plans towards a… Read More

January 1, 2024 @ 9:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Folks Finance, the DeFi app on Algorand, continues its expansion into new networks by bringing xALGO into the Avalanche ecosystem. Powered by Wormhole technology, this is reportedly “the first Avalanche-Algorand cross-chain DeFi product available.” xALGO is a liquid staking derivative; “a yield-bearing version of ALGO… Read More

January 1, 2024 @ 9:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OKX, a Web3 technology company, announced that QuickSwap, a DEX and automated market maker built on Polygon, Polygon zkEVM and Dogechain, now supports the testnet version of X1. X1 is OKX’s new zkEVM Layer 2 network, “developed using the Polygon Chain Development Kit (CDK).” With… Read More

January 1, 2024 @ 8:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The mainnet serves as the fundamental backbone of any public chain ecosystem, playing a pivotal role in “shaping its development,” according to an update from IOST. IOST’s mainnet was officially “launched on February 25, 2019. Over the course of the past four years since its… Read More