Blockchain

Editor's note: This story has been corrected to state the Solana network suffered an outage on Feb. 25, 2023 and to add attribution for this information.  Solana (CRYPTO: SOL), the high-speed blockchain known for its recent surge in activity, faced another hiccup on Tuesday with a...

Blockchain has the potential to be one of  the most powerful distributed ledger technologies invented, surpassing the utility, immutability, and security of current enterprise databases. Blockchain implementations lend itself to unlimited use case improvements to include finance, identity,...

In 2023, Kim Jong Un‘s North Korea-linked hackers targeted a record number of cryptocurrency platforms, stealing over $1 billion in assets, according to a recent report. What Happened: The blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis reported that North Korea-affiliated hackers attacked 20...

Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) will end 2023 on a high note after soaring to a new 52-week high in December and becoming one of the most talked about cryptocurrencies. Solana Solstice: Interest in the digital asset exploded in recent weeks thanks to many items, including airdrops like Jito (CRYPTO: JTO), to...

In a notable move for the Web3 space, Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB), known for its Shiba Inu ecosystem, has announced a partnership with domain company D3 Global in a bid to secure the .shib top-level domain. What Happened: The partnership marks Shiba Inu as one of the first...

Metaplex, a protocol powered by Solana (CRYPTO: SOL), announced plans to launch a new standard for immutable digital assets on its platform. With this, there will be no need for external trust assumptions on the assets stored on the Solana network. Immutability is a key feature of blockchain...

Circle’s euro-backed stablecoin, EURC will now be available on Solana for real-time, global payments and all-time available instant foreign exchange trading. What Happened: The Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) blockchain has now added Circle’s (CRYPTO: USDC) euro-backed stablecoin EURC amid the...

A new survey reveals that 99% of U.S. financial services companies put similar, or more focus, on crypto or blockchain projects in 2023 compared to prior years. What Happened: Paxos surveyed 400 U.S.-based executives from companies with at least $50 billion in assets under management or $50 billion...

Solana-based liquid staking protocol JITO witnessed a trading volume of $1.1 billion in its single day of trade. What Happened: Crypto exchange, Bitget listed the JITO token from the Jito ecosystem of liquid staking built on the Solana blockchain. Post listing and trading, the token saw a...

For Hedera (CRYPTO: HBAR) CFO Betsabe Botaitis, the goal isn't just to build a state-of-the-art network to support decentralized applications (DApps) and digital assets. Sustainability, she says, is key. "We represent that," Botaitis said. "We are the greenest [public network]...

Societe Generale (OTCMKTS: SCGLY) announced the issuance of its first-ever digital green bond on the Ethereum public blockchain in the form of a Security Token. What Happened: SG-Forge, Société’s subsidiary, registered the bond worth around $11 million, and it went live on Nov....

In the world of high technology, the most attention-grabbing events are not always the most important or game-changing ones. Today's headlines revolve around the adoption of ETFs, the trial involving SBF, regulations, new FCA norms, the end of the crypto winter, and the start of a bullish cycle...

Stablecoin issuer Circle announced the integration of its USD Coin (CRYPTO: USDC) with the Cosmos (CRYPTO: ATOM) ecosystem through the newly launched Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP). The protocol was now live on Noble mainnet, marking a step in facilitating cryptocurrency...

Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) has emerged as one of the top gainers among Layer-1 (or base) blockchains, up over 80% in the past month. Other top-performing Layer-1 cryptos in the past month include Avalanche (CRYPTO: AVAX) up 82%, Cardano (CRYPTO: ADA) up 28%, and Tron (CRYPTO: TRX) which gained...

Messaging protocol Wormhole announced on Monday a raise of $225 million, reaching a valuation of $2.5 billion. This funding round saw participation from major investors such as Brevan Howard, Coinbase Ventures, Multicoin Capital, Jump Trading and others. Messaging protocol...