Category: Economy

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure The US government isn’t waiting for Congress to settle the debate over cryptocurrency regulation. Speaking at Ripple’s Swell conference in New York on October 27, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent outlined how federal regulators could move forward after the CLARITY Act failed to […]

Polymarket’s five-minute Bitcoin contract sampled on Oct. 27 uses averaged opening and closing benchmarks, following an August reform that changed the incentive to move its settlement price. The current design requires a different risk assessment from the single-snapshot rule examined in earlier research. An estimate of about $8.2 million earned by 821 wallets in earlier […]

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Electrum, one of Bitcoin’s oldest software wallets, published a security advisory on Saturday describing a weakness that attackers were already abusing. TL;DR A bug in the Electrum bitcoin wallet let malicious servers slip fake pending payments into users’ transaction history. Users who […]

Staking protocol Lido activated a new permissionless Ethereum module on Oct. 23, allowing independent operators to run validators with effective balances of up to 2,048 ETH. The new route is live, with initial capacity intended for about 32 seed deposits and larger allocations dependent on activation and later funding. The 0x02 Community Staking Module, or […]

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure How a Verified Smart Contract is Changing DeFi Yield Generation A revolutionary smart contract called NOX FUND has just launched on BNB Smart Chain, and it’s already paying users guaranteed 1.5% daily returns on USDT deposits with complete transparency and zero possibility […]

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has dropped a proposed automatic seven-day stablecoin redemption extension, while defining timely redemption as the point at which the issuer sends the money. An issuer can meet its payment deadline before an outside bank makes the proceeds available. The OCC’s final GENIUS Act rule, issued Oct. […]

From QR code payments to DeFi and gaming, Dogecoin Labs wants to give DOGE holders more reasons to use their coins. The oldest meme coin is looking to build a stronger ecosystem as a new organization brings several crucial products and development teams under one roof. Dogecoin Labs has officially launched in partnership with […]

Key Takeaways Bitmine is nearing its 5% ETH supply cap after accumulating about 6 million ETH in just over a year. The company has staked roughly 86.5% of its treasury, shifting focus from buying to productive ETH use. Once Bitmine stops buying, ETF flows and staking demand will matter more for ethereum’s next phase. Bitmine […]

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure TL;DR: Technical documentation for the proposed LendingProtocolV1_1 amendment describes closed-ended vaults with defined subscription and redemption dates on the XRP Ledger. XRP Ledger developers have outlined a more structured approach to lending vaults, adding a design that would let some pools run […]

A Bitcoin wallet linked to convicted Irish drug dealer Clifton Collins moved about $41.5 million after a decade of inactivity. Blockchain analytics firm Arkham Intelligence reported that 500 BTC moved on Oct. 20 from an address associated with Collins to a wallet it identifies as a Coinbase Prime deposit. The transfer marks the fifth movement […]