Columbia Uni professor heads up a16z’s new crypto research unit
Theoretical computer scientist and Columbia University professor Tim Roughgarden has been appointed the head of Andreessen Horowitz's (a16z) new crypto...
Month: April 2022
Bank of England’s PRA raises budget $31M for ‘emerging risks’ like crypto
The Bank of England’s regulatory arm has raised its budget by $31.6 million (£24.3 million) for the coming financial year...
Bitcoin drops to $40K as FED looks for faster rate hikes
Crypto markets fall as Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell states that they need to move “more quickly” in raising interest...
US levies fresh sanctions against Russian entities, including Bitcoin miner BitRiver
The U.S. has announced new sanctions against entities connected to Russia, and this time around, one of them is a...
How Cardano’s Hydra scaling solution beats the Bitcoin Lightning Network
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson tweeted a link to the Hydra website on April 20. The website contains node installation instructions,...
IMF Official: Regulating Crypto Assets Is High on the Agenda for India
A director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says that crypto regulation is “certainly high on the agenda” for India....
Tesla Hodls Bitcoin: Balance Sheet Shows $1.26B in Digital Assets
Elon Musk’s electric car company, Tesla, is hodling bitcoin. The company’s balance sheet shows $1.261 billion in digital assets. Tesla...
Metrics Show Decentralized Exchange Volumes Continue to Slide This Year
Decentralized exchange (dex) volumes have been dropping since December 2021 according to current statistics. However, last month dex trade volumes...
Broxus CEO Vlad Ponomarev on Everscale and Developing a Universal Bridge Mechanism
Everscale is the most scalable network in DeFi. With the capacity to process over a million transactions per second, Everscale...
EU officials considered Bitcoin trading ban to enforce proposed mining ban
European Union (EU) officials discussed banning Bitcoin trading during a debate on a proposal to ban Proof of Work mining...
3 questions on financial literacy Bitcoiners flunk: Bank of Canada
A study from the Bank of Canada found that Bitcoiners on average have lower financial literacy than those who don’t...
Bitcoin Holds Steady As US Extends Sanctions Against Russia To Cryptocurrency Mining
Sanctions are being imposed on cryptocurrency mining companies for the first time in history. The US Treasury Department announced that...
Hacker bungles DeFi exploit: Leaves stolen $1M in contract set to self destruct
In a rare comedic bungle among DeFi exploits, an attacker has fumbled their heist at the finish line leaving behind...
Upbit owner Dunamu could see ‘monopoly’ curbed after investment controversy
The operator of South Korean crypto exchange Upbit, Dunamu, is facing pushback from regulators due to a controversial investment while...
OCC issues order against Anchorage Digital over AML compliance
The United States Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, or OCC, has said it intends to pursue cease and...
