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Ethereum's Pectra Upgrade to Enhance Wallet Functionality and User Experience

With the introduction of its Pectra update in late 2024 or early 2025, Ethereum hopes to significantly enhance cryptocurrency wallets by adding new features and improving user experience. Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) 3074, one of the main recommendations of the update, would allow regular cryptocurrency wallets to operate like smart contracts, including transaction bundling and … Continue reading Ethereum's Pectra Upgrade to Enhance Wallet Functionality and User Experience

IRS Hoping to Deanonymize Monero and ZCash Privacy Coins to Prevent Cybercrime

The Criminal Investigation Division (CID) of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is actively hiring private contractors to study and analyze privacy coins, as there has quite been a lot of fraudulent activities revolving around their usage.  Monero — a Popular Choice for Fraud While the world has undergone coronavirus cybercriminals have been hard at work conducting their habitual illicit operations with the help of privacy coins. Monero (XMR) and Zcash (ZEC) are quite an attractive option for cyber scammers, as they offer more anonymity and privacy than Bitcoin. The … Continue reading IRS Hoping to Deanonymize Monero and ZCash Privacy Coins to Prevent Cybercrime

Blockchain.News Interview with Managing Partner of HEX Alessio Quaglini on Digital Asset Custody

We conducted an interview with Alessio Quaglini, the Managing Partner of HEX Trust who has extensive experience in Investment Banking, Financial Services, and regulation. He shared with us his views on the digital asset custody sector. What is the difference between custody of traditional vs digital assets? To answer this question, we can look at the … Continue reading Blockchain.News Interview with Managing Partner of HEX Alessio Quaglini on Digital Asset Custody

Exclusive: Will Everipedia Replace Wikipedia in the Future?

Following Part 1 of our interview, Larry took a deeper dive into Everipedia in terms of governance model, staking mechanism, and public awareness. He also addressed the question that has drawn the widespread curiosity of the public: Will Everipedia replace Wikipedia in the future? For the governance module of Everipedia, the only viable alternative for updating the … Continue reading Exclusive: Will Everipedia Replace Wikipedia in the Future?

Exclusive: Can Web3 Foundation Achieve a Truly Decentralized Web?

Exclusive interview with Jack Platts: Part 2 Following the technical underpinnings of Polkadot in Part 1, Jack Platts, Head of Collaborations Web3 Foundation reveals their effort towards the goal of the decentralized web! He also explained the governance and technical challenges in achieving a decentralized web! How Web 3 Foundation can achieve a truly decentralized … Continue reading Exclusive: Can Web3 Foundation Achieve a Truly Decentralized Web?

Exclusive: How Significant is Consensus As-a-service Model?

While Amazon and Microsoft launched the blockchain-as-a-service (BaaS) platform in 1H 2019, Hedera Hashgraph collaborated with IBM to launch a consensus as-a-service model. Is this the next upcoming tech trend for giants to follow? Sami Mian, Head of Korea, and Japan of Hedera Hashgraph revealed the significance of the consensus as-a-service model! He also explained … Continue reading Exclusive: How Significant is Consensus As-a-service Model?

Walmart Files Patent Application for Blockchain-Based Drone Communications

The American commerce giant Walmart filed for a patentapplication for a drone communication system entitled “Cloning Drones Using Blockchain” in January 2019. The United States Patent and Trademark Office published the patent on August 1.   Blockchain technology is utilized to transmit information such as drone identification numbers, flight speeds, flight routes to other drones.    The filing outlines a system … Continue reading Walmart Files Patent Application for Blockchain-Based Drone Communications

Current Crypto Sector in Dire Need of Professional Education, Asserts Ripple Executive

Ken Weber, the social impact head at Ripple, has asserted that global universities ought to expand their educational scope so that they can offer digital assets and blockchain programs. The training courses should correlate with the actual tasks needed in the crypto and blockchain industries. Weber noted the huge deficit witnessed in this sector’s workforce, … Continue reading Current Crypto Sector in Dire Need of Professional Education, Asserts Ripple Executive

R3 Partners with Dubai Fintech Firm to Revolutionize the Sukuk Market

Enterprise software firm R3 recently entered into a strategic partnership with a Dubai-based fintech firm, Wethaq. The partnership aims to bring together a platform for issuing and trading Sukuk securities by utilizing R3 Corda’s blockchain.       Wethaq’s platform will be building the next generation of financial market infrastructure for issuers, investors, central banks, and regulators to transact easily in … Continue reading R3 Partners with Dubai Fintech Firm to Revolutionize the Sukuk Market

US Investment Giant Charles Schwab Not Interested in Direct Trade of Crypto

Charles Schwab the US-based brokerage giant, which manages over $3.2 trillion in assets, are dismissing cryptocurrencies for the time being. This decision comes in spite of their competitors ‘Fidelity’ rushing to embrace this new market. According to Rob Farmer, Schwab’s managing director for communications, the firm is not looking to offer direct trading services of … Continue reading US Investment Giant Charles Schwab Not Interested in Direct Trade of Crypto

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