Ethereum (ETH), the second most valuable digital asset by market capitalization, has seen a wave of buying over the past 24 hours and past seven days, leaving bitcoin (BTC) in the dust behind it. As of press time on Tuesday (11:55 UTC), ethereum was up by more than 13% over the past 24 hours, trading…
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Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. Crime news A South Korean scam operator has reportedly gathered around USD 4.9 million in ethereum (ETH) as part of a multi-level marketing (MLM) scheme. Per Joongang Ilbo, the Seoul-based outfit,…
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Ethereum 2.0 (ETH 2.0) (aka Serenity) has left its auditors satisfied, though critical issues have been pointed out. Working with the Ethereum 2.0 team, security consultant Least Authority reviewed Ethereum’s network update to Proof of Stake (PoS) from Proof of Work (PoW), specifically its upcoming initial phase – Phase 0: Beacon Chain. Eth2 phase 0…
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Vitalik Buterin. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, Business Insider Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, finds money to be a type of game, but out of that game, there may be a solution for people to act towards the common good. In a recent episode of Artificial Intelligence Podcast with Lex Fridman, the podcast host and…
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An important spreadsheet has been making its way through the Cryptoverse – that of an Ethereum conference attendees who have tested positive for coronavirus – potentially as a warning to others. Popular Ethereum Community Conference (EthCC) took place from March 3 until March 5 this year in Paris, with some 600 people attending it, including…
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Source: a screenshot, Instagram/opera American users of the Opera mobile and desktop web browsers will be able to make faster and easier crypto purchases – with United States-based Android users now able to buy using their debit cards, and iOS users able to buy both bitcoin (BTC) and ethereum (ETH) directly from the browser’s own…
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Friday 13 proved to be an unlucky day for a South Korean cryptocurrency exchange, and for one staff member in particular – with an employee error at Coinone leading to the platform apparently frittering away some USD 82,000 worth of ethereum (ETH) in fees on a transaction worth a fraction of a cent. It appears…
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Zhen Ju Yong (Zen), CEO and Co-Founder of Singapore-based distributed private key management solution, Torus Labs, said he has been diagnosed with Covid-19 virus and is currently staying at an isolated ward in a hospital. "I fell ill yesterday and have just been diagnosed with" Covid-19, writes Zen today. He felt the symptoms commonly associated…
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Due to a recent crypto market crash, Ethereum (ETH) locked in DeFi (decentralized finance) is on the rise, while industry players are fixing the flash loan manipulation problem and MakerDAO raises the governance delay. In early February, total value locked (TVL) in DeFi surpassed USD 1 billion. It fell back and now, a month later,…
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A noncustodial smart wallet for both cryptocurrencies and DApps has sealed fresh funding as its attempts to challenge existing offerings in the industry. A noncustodial smart wallet for both cryptocurrencies and decentralized applications has sealed fresh funding as its attempts to challenge existing offerings in the industry. Speaking to Cointelegraph on March 9, Itamar Lesuisse, the…
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