Uniswap founder Hayden Adams burned 99% of the HayCoin (HAY) supply on Oct. 20, according to an announcement on X (formerly Twitter). The majority of the tokens have been removed from circulation due to Adams’ concerns about price speculation over the previous days. Adams deployed the HAY token for testing five years ago, before the
Month: October 2023
Security researcher and developer Antoine Riard is stepping down from the Lightning Network’s development, citing security issues and fundamental challenges to the Bitcoin ecosystem. According to a thread on the Linux Foundation’s public mailing list, Riard believes the Bitcoin community faces a “hard dilemma” as a new class of replacement cycling attacks puts Lightning in
Top Stories This Week Grayscale files for new spot Bitcoin ETF on NYSE Arca Major cryptocurrency investment firm Grayscale Investments has filed a new application with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a new spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). The new filing aligns with Grayscale’s ongoing effort to convert its Grayscale Bitcoin Trust into
Bitcoin (BTC) passed $29,500 on Oct. 20 after an eventful 24 hours boosted BTC price trajectory while XRP price jumped above $0.50 in response to Ripple’s big legal win. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView Hawkish Fed’s Powell fails to dent BTC price Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView followed BTC/USD as it edged closer to two-month
Greek Prime Minister Kryiakos Mitsotakis announced the establishment of an advisory committee to create a national strategy for artificial intelligence (AI) in Greece on Oct. 19. The Greek government said the “exponential pace” of AI development has created the necessity for an advisory committee under the country’s prime minister. The object of the committee is
Blockchain company LBRY Inc. — the creators of the LBRY blockchain — has issued its final message to the crypto, citing “several million dollars” of debts that have now made it impossible for the firm to continue. “This will be our last post,” said the LBRY Inc. team in an Oct. 20 statement on Odysee,
In an interesting turn of events, the United States Securities and Exchange Securities (SEC) voluntarily dropped its case against Ripple executives Brad Garlinghouse and Christian Larsen on Thursday, October 19. While this move implies that the trial scheduled for April 2024 will no longer hold, the financial regulator is still pursuing other parts of the
Recently, a fraudulent priority withdrawal scam has surfaced, targeting FTX users. Sunil, an advocate for FTX, has utilized the social platform X (formerly known as Twitter) to caution FTX account holders about this phishing scheme and urges them to avoid clicking on any dubious links. Sunil’s message underscores the ever-evolving tactics employed by online scammers
Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you the most significant developments from the past week. The past week in DeFi was dominated by developments in the popular decentralized exchange platform Uniswap after it announced a 0.15% swap fee starting on Oct. 17,
Crypto-friendly Republican Congressman Tom Emmer is pursuing a nomination to become House speaker, with the 62-year-old receiving endorsement from multiple lawmakers. Congressman Patrick McHenry continues to oversee the position on an interim basis, following a first round of voting on Oct. 17 in which the Republican Party’s nominee for Speaker, Jim Jordan, failed to secure
Ripple’s new win in the legal battle against the United States securities regulators has been marred for crypto enthusiasts by news of the blockchain platform LBRY shutting down operations, which has triggered the community to react. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced its intention to dismiss all claims against Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse
Bitcoin (BTC) rose above $30,000 on Oct. 20, indicating that the path of least resistance is to the upside. Grayscale Investments filing a new application with the United States Securities and Exchanges Commission for a new spot Bitcoin ETF may have acted as a bullish trigger. In another positive news for the cryptocurrency space, the
On Oct. 20, the Ethereum layer-2 Base network announced that it’s launching an eight-week training course to turn traditional software developers into blockchain developers. Called “Base Bootcamp,” the new program doesn’t cost anything to attend. However, it’s designed for “mid to senior level Software Engineering individual contributors,” and students must fill out an application and
The Singapore High Court has allowed financial investigation firm Intelligent Sanctuary (iSanctuary) to attach nonfungible tokens (NFTs) containing a legal document to cold wallets associated with a hack, according to United Kingdom-based iSanctuary and local press accounts. A court-issued worldwide freeze order was tokenized as soulbound NFTs and attached to the wallets in question. The
Bitcoin (BTC) tapped $30,000 into the Oct. 20 Wall Street open as analysts directed attention to the weekly close. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView BTC price sets up weekly close showdown Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView captured new two-month BTC price highs of $30,233 on Bitstamp. The pair showed continued strength during the
Over two dozen former employees of Ethereum infrastructure firm ConsenSys have filed a fresh lawsuit against the firm’s founder and CEO, Joseph Lubin, over claims he diluted employee equity shares against earlier promises. The former staff allege that Lubin — who is also a co-founder of Ethereum — breached this “no-dilution promise” made in 2015,
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