PayPal’s new stablecoin on Solana will offer ‘confidential transfers’
Confidential transfers allow merchants to provide confidentiality for transaction amounts to their consumers while maintaining visibility for regulatory purposes.
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US Treasury report outlines potential financial risks of NFTs
The government department outlined potential concerns with the NFT market, including terrorist financing, theft, and funding nuclear proliferation.
Mastercard’s crypto credentials P2P pilot program goes live
The credit card company hopes to streamline transactions and limit user error through an alias credentialing system.
Former Consensys employee launches new stablecoin amid regulatory uncertainty
Former Consensys employee Jack Jia, co-CEO of Stable.com, launches new stablecoin USD3 amid regulatory uncertainty and shifting stablecoin narratives.
Celo integrates Chainlink’s CCIP interoperability protocol
The Ethereum layer-2 solution is leveraging Chainlink for blockchain interoperability and real-world price data.
Blockchain can help eliminate cybercrime threats
Cybercrime is a growing scourge that shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon without a serious game changer to...
Majority of gamers still unaware of blockchain gaming — survey
A OnePoll survey found that more than three-quarters of adult gamers have never heard of blockchain gaming or have never...
Pessimistic proofs: ZK tech’s next step or mere cynicism?
Polygon Labs introduces pessimistic proofs via SP1 zkVM, enhancing cross-chain security and simplifying ZK development.
Memecoin mania sees Cardano knocked out of the top 10 crypto rankings
Two memecoins, Dogecoin, with a market cap of $23.8 billion, and new entrant Shiba Inu are currently in the top...
ESMA labels MEV as ‘market abuse’ in latest consultation paper
The European Union's Securities and Markets Authority has recommended treating miner-extracted value (MEV) as a form of market abuse under...
$2.7B worth of electricity spent on US Bitcoin mining in 2024 — analyst
Miners' profitability were slashed after the Bitcoin Halving event in April dropped rewards from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC per...
Starknet launches $25M token incentive for top projects
This marks the first installment of Starknet’s Catalyst program, aiming to incentivize blockchain development on the network.
Crypto awareness key for US presidential candidates, says survey
Seven out of ten respondents claim they have invested, and almost one in five (19%) say they hold cryptocurrency
Mt. Gox moves $9.6B worth of Bitcoin. Are creditors now being repaid?
The transfer represents the first significant on-chain movement from Mt. Gox-related wallets in the past five years, ahead of the...
DDoS attacks in blockchain networks, explained
A DDoS attack can severely compromise the security of a blockchain network by taking down nodes and bloating the network...
