The dispute between Blockstream and the party claiming to be a white-hat hacker has taken a sharper turn, according to Samson Mow’s latest update. The hacker has accused Blockstream of serious security failures, while claiming that the company allocated only $1.5 million, or possibly nothing, to secure $5 billion in assets. Fresh Clash With Blockstream […]
XRP’s weekly Super Trend indicator flipped bullish on August 17, after the token rallied about 70% from $0.98 to $1.70. The catch, according to analyst ChartNerd, is that this exact signal has marked local tops before deep pullbacks in every previous cycle going back to 2019, and XRP is already stalling at the resistance level […]
XRPL has pulled its Permission Delegation amendment after a bug bounty report found a high-risk flaw during testing, with a hardened V1.1 now completing security review and QA checks. The episode shows why delegation at the protocol level needs safeguards that extend beyond the basic feature itself. XRPL Reworks Permission Delegation After Bug Report Permission […]
Consensys has announced it will separate into two independent companies, MetaMask for consumer self-custodial finance and Consensys for Ethereum (ETH) protocols and institutional infrastructure, with the split expected to close by the end of 2026. The reorganization ends a single-company structure that has held for over a decade. MetaMask takes the self-custodial wallet, which the […]
It was less than a month ago when the US Treasury Department announced it would double the maximum size of liquidity-support buybacks for longer-dated government debt. Bitcoin’s price reacted at the time with an immediate leg up. The Treasury now said it would triple it to $6 billion, but BTC remained flat and even dipped. […]
DBS and Citi settled a US dollar cross-border payment between Singapore and New York on September 5 using tokenized deposits on SWIFT’s shared ledger, clearing the transfer in minutes over a weekend when a conventional payment can take up to two business days. The banks used tokenized deposits, commercial-bank money issued on a blockchain, with […]
Bitcoin dipped below $80,000 as strong US jobs data raises the chances of another interest rate hike. Markets now put the odds of a Federal Reserve rate hike on September 16 at about 60%. According to the recent Bitfinex Alpha report, the US added 162,000 jobs in August, while unemployment stayed at 4.1%. The data […]
All crypto eyes have turned to the two major events next week (and the CPI inflation data on Friday), with some favoring the FOMC meeting, while others put more emphasis on the CLARITY Act vote on September 15. The XRP community appears to be in the second camp, as the countdown to the vote has […]
Bitcoin staged a strong rally in August, surging by almost 30%. While some believe that the bear market is over, others argue that the risk of a devastating plunge still lurks over the world’s largest crypto asset. Alphractal founder Joao Wedson said that BTC’s Balanced Price currently stands near $38,400, but historical evolution does not […]
Chainlink has staged a strong rally after the mid-August breakout. But its momentum may be cooling down. A new analysis suggests that LINK’s latest price move is facing several signs of caution after it surged 95% from around $7 to a recent high of $13.77 in just two months. Three Red Flags Ali Martinez has […]