Blockchain

Jae Kwon, founder of the Cosmos network, has stirred up the crypto world by suggesting a chain split. This proposal has coincided with a 3% drop in the value of ATOM (CRYPTO: ATOM), the network’s native token. What Happened: Kwon proposed a split in the Cosmos blockchain following the...

Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), the second-largest crypto token, has gone up by 73% over the past year, climbing 26% in the past month alone. The anticipation of a spot Bitcoin ETF approval has driven the surge. Leveraging the boom, ETH investors have been increasing their holdings, with...

A new report from DappRadar reveals that on four separate days in October, crypto-powered games achieved an impressive milestone, recording 1 million daily unique active wallets (dUAW). That's an increase from three days recorded in September when the same milestone was reached. A similar...

Binance's (CRYPTO: BNB) Japan subsidiary announced that 13 new tokens will be added to spot transactions, effective Nov. 27. The new tokens include Hedera Hashgraph (HBAR), Near Protocol (NEAR), Optimism (OP), ImmutableX (IMX), Arbitrum (ARB), The Graph (GRT), Render Token (RNDR), Decentraland...

JPM Coin, the digital token launched by JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE: JPM), is forecasted to handle up to $10 billion in daily transactions within the upcoming one to two years, marking a significant growth from the current $1 billion daily transactions. What Happened Since its launch in 2019, JPM...

Blockchain technology has the potential to enhance transaction security and efficiency in various sectors, and the capacity to coexist with traditional assets, a panel of financial experts including Rajeev Bamra, head of DeFi and digital assets strategy at Moody’s Corp. (NYSE:MCO), and...

Betsabe Botaitis, a seasoned finance professional, co-founder of AIKON, and CFO at Hedera, states that the company aims to strike a balance between the positive and negative aspects of digital blockchain. They achieve this by ensuring transparency across all levels, from making council meeting...

Blockchain security firm SlowMist announced a new phishing attack involving a fake Skype app that stole crypto funds from an unsuspecting victim. Industry titans BlackRock, DTCC, OCC, State Street, Société Générale, Hedera,...

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has expressed interest in a possible collaboration with Kraken to create a Layer-2 network. On Sunday, he took to his X (previously Twitter) handle to tag the Kraken co-founder Jesse Powell stating, “I'm game if you are…” What Happened: ...

Tori Samples, Senior Product Manager at Stellar Development Foundation will be speaking at the upcoming Benzinga's Future Of Digital Assets. Mark Nov. 14 on your calendar for the must-attend gathering in the industry! The views expressed belong to the author and do not...

At the forefront of pioneering the next wave in the cryptocurrency world, Andrew Winn, CFO of Unicoin, took the stage Monday to introduce what he terms a "second generation crypto" at the Benzinga Fintech Deal Day & Awards. The session, moderated by Luke Jacobi, president at Benzinga, offers...

MakerDAO (CRYPTO: DAI) transferred $250 million, half of the $500 million it holds, from its Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) custody account to DAI’s peg stability module (PSM). The goal is to protect the peg for its DAI stablecoin, as reported by Blockworks. PSM is a collateral pool that lets users...

Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) has seen a jump of 11% in its past 7-day trading while monthly gains stand at 6.7%. In the past 24 hours, the trading volume of the token has surged 106.6% while single-day trade gains are at 6.8% at the time of writing, taking it to the highest levels since the end of...

Blockchain technology firm Yuga Labs develops non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and digital collectibles, with its flagship collection being Bored Ape Yacht Club which was launched in April 2021. A judgment passed Thursday protected the company from infringement, a widely prevalent issue that NFT...

JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE: JPM) digital token JPMorgan Coin handles $1 billion worth of transactions daily and intends to continue widening its usage, Bloomberg reported, citing JPMorgan Chase & Co. Global Head of Payments Takis Georgakopoulos. He added the token trades mostly in U.S....