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- ‘Big Four’ accounting firm EY to use Polygon PoS for business contracts
EY plans to move the service to Ethereum mainnet and a layer-3 in the future, its blockchain head told Blockworks
https://blockworks.co/news/ey-uses-polygon-proof-of-stake-for-business
- Landmark
- Bitcoin ETFs hit volume record of $ 7.6B
https://blockworks.co/news/bitcoin-etf-7b-record-volume
- Satoshi warned against labeling bitcoin as an ‘investment’
New emails from Satoshi Nakamoto show that the bitcoin creator warned against pushing bitcoin’s anonymous angle.
https://blockworks.co/news/satoshi-emails-elaborate-bitcoin-origin
- Coinbase CEO fulfills pledge to sell 2% stake — now he could sell another 5%
Brian Armstrong isn’t done selling Coinbase stock just yet.
https://blockworks.co/news/coinbase-stake-sale-brian-armstrong
- Cross-chain app Wormhole continues zero-knowledge push with AMD collab
The Wormhole team hopes to minimize trust assumptions in its protocol through zero-knowledge proofs.
https://blockworks.co/news/wormhole-zero-knowledge-amd-collab
- Japan’s crypto policy takes a positive step forward
A proposal to allow venture firms to own cryptoassets, first put forward last year, moves closer to law.
https://blockworks.co/news/japan-crypto-policy-step-forward
- Web3 Watch: Pandora ERC-404 collection tops $ 90M in sales, token falls 55%
Plus, Sotheby’s auctions an EtherRock and telecom giants get in on Web3.
https://blockworks.co/news/new-nft-standard-pandora
- Wall Street is missing out on DeFi
If DeFi can just figure out how to improve both security and compliance, nothing would stop traditional finance from entering the game.
https://blockworks.co/news/wall-street-defi-security-compliance
- From Razzlekhan to SBF: Here are crypto’s most iconic couples
In honor of Valentine’s Day, here’s a look at some of crypto’s biggest couples.
https://blockworks.co/news/iconic-crypto-couples-valentines-day
- Web3 Watch: Farcaster’s most popular posts are NFT and altcoin promos
Plus, NBA faces lawsuit over Voyager marketing, and ‘Nobody’ NFT collection books significant volume.
https://blockworks.co/news/web3-watch-farcaster-nfts-memecoins
- Traditional gaming needs Web3 more than ever
Deep issues across the traditional gaming sector make Web3 the obvious next move.
https://blockworks.co/news/traditional-gaming-web3-blockchain
- US bitcoin mining giant ‘looking at Africa’ amid expansion efforts
Bitcoin miners can incentivize the buildout of the continent’s power sources by serving as the customers of such projects, Marathon Digital exec says.
https://blockworks.co/news/bitcoin-miner-eyeing-africa-move
- Ethereum’s Dencun is now live on the Holesky testnet
Dencun upgrade will introduce “proto-danksharding” on Ethereum.
https://blockworks.co/news/ethereum-dencun-upgrade-live
- Polish town adopts stablecoin for local commerce
Up to 10 local businesses will accept payment with the new token at launch.
https://blockworks.co/news/polish-city-adopts-stablecoin
- Web3 Watch: A16z-backed Scene Infrastructure hopes to show crypto is ‘not just money’
Plus, crypto gets its own Shark Tank, and Dwight Howard’s NFT project seemingly flops.
https://blockworks.co/news/a16z-backed-social-dao
- Web3 Watch: A16z-backed Scene Infrastructure hopes to show crypto is ‘not just money’
Plus, crypto gets its own Shark Tank, and Dwight Howard’s NFT project seemingly flops.
- Funding Wrap: Investors bet on a cross-chain future
Plus, a $ 315 million fund eyes crypto and PayPal Ventures uses PYUSD for an investment.
https://blockworks.co/news/the-future-is-multichain
- Meta’s Reality Labs reports revenue of $ 1B, losses of $ 4.6B
Reality Labs notched over $ 1 billion in revenue during Q4 last year, up from $ 727 million in 2022’s Q4.
https://blockworks.co/news/metas-reality-labs-reports-revenue-of-1b-losses-of-4-6b
- It’s Vitalik’s birthday today — and he’s optimistic on crypto-AI integrations
AI-related tokens were up following the Ethereum co-founder’s blog post.
https://blockworks.co/news/vitalik-buterin-crypto-ai-integrations
- If you think Web3 is all about money, you’re wrong
We all need money to live, but building, improving and maintaining public goods at the same time is a win-win for the world. +×
https://blockworks.co/news/web3-money-price-public-good
- Forget NFTs. Let’s go back to basics and make Web3 games fun first.
Without a fun game to play, adding in NFTs and Web3 to gameplay just doesn’t make sense.
https://blockworks.co/news/nft-ownership-web3-gaming-fun
- Funding Wrap: Zero-knowledge is back in the spotlight.
Plus, the Beacon accelerator has its third demo day and a VanEck subsidiary invests in CCData.
https://blockworks.co/news/funding-zero-knowledge-in-spotlight
- Buying bitcoin when CZ tweets ‘gm’ has paid off so far — but so has stacking sats.
https://blockworks.co/news/cz-tweets-gm-bitcoin-goes-up
- DeFi is Bitcoin’s missing ingredient
Crypto needs to attract more users, but a sizeable target already lurks in plain sight.
https://blockworks.co/news/bitcoin-web3-defi-adoption
- SEC’s X account fell victim to SIM swap attack
The SEC’s X attack happened after the agency disabled two-factor authentication in July 2023.
https://blockworks.co/news/sec-confirms-sim-swap-attack
- Web3 Watch: GameStop waves goodbye to NFT marketplace
Plus, a game that creates 3D versions of NFTs and Pudgy Penguins’ price floor hits an all-time high.
https://blockworks.co/news/gamestop-shuttering-nft-marketplace
- If you care about crypto adoption, ‘not your keys, not your coins’ is a disaster.
https://blockworks.co/news/crypto-adoption-private-keys-disaster
- Manta Network harmed by DDoS attack during token issuance
Its developer team is actively working on resolving congestion issues on Manta Network.
https://blockworks.co/news/manta-network-harmed-by-ddos-attack-during-token-issuance
- Jamie Dimon is crypto’s most boring villain
Even though he’s head of one of America’s largest banks.
https://blockworks.co/news/jamie-dimon-crypto-boring-villain
- Jamie Dimon is crypto’s most boring villain.
- We’ll be thanking Web3 for Hollywood’s revival.
https://blockworks.co/news/web3-nfts-hollywood-creators
- Web3 Watch: X calls it quits on NFT profile pics
Plus, a bitcoin moon delivery may not make it.
https://blockworks.co/news/x-profile-pictures-and-failed-bitcoin-moon-landing
- Crypto Hiring: Crypto hiring ‘picking up nicely’ at 2024 open
https://blockworks.co/news/crypto-dodges-tech-market-layoffs
- Parallelized EVMs are gaining popularity, but they won’t scale blockchains alone.
https://blockworks.co/news/parallelized-evms-gaining-popularity
- House Republicans offer rare praise to SEC after bitcoin ETF approval
https://blockworks.co/news/republicans-respond-etf-approval
- SEC will investigate, ‘determine appropriate’ steps following X account compromise
https://blockworks.co/news/sec-investigating-x-account-unauthorized-access
- Web3 Watch: Ready Player One-style metaverse launches with Warner Bros support.
https://blockworks.co/news/ready-player-one-metaverse
- Web3 is our best safeguard of public liberty. It’s time to defend it.
Freedom inherently carries the risk of misuse by the minority — the choice is ours to make
https://blockworks.co/news/web3-safeguard-public-liberty
- Grayscale, Fidelity join expanding fray in final stretch for a possible spot bitcoin ETF
https://blockworks.co/news/11-firms-waiting-on-bitcoin-etf-decision
- The future of Web3 lies in the Asia-Pacific.
https://blockworks.co/news/apac-web3-2023
- Privacy is going mainstream
2024 could be the year for privacy applications to cross over to non-crypto internet users.
https://blockworks.co/news/privacy-crypto-mainstream-2024
- Bitcoin begins 2024 by rising above $ 45K
Bitcoin is in the green today after a price jump above $ 45,000
https://blockworks.co/news/2024-begins-bitcoin-price-45000
- Web3 Watch: Crypto commercials are back
https://blockworks.co/news/web3-watch-crypto-commercials
- BlackRock names Jane Street, JPMorgan as authorized participants for its proposed bitcoin ETF.
https://blockworks.co/news/blackrock-names-jane-street-jpmorgan-in-proposed-bitcoin-etf
- States, not Washington, will lead crypto regulation in 2024
Blockchain enthusiasts focusing only on what’s happening around Washington are missing the forest for the trees.
https://blockworks.co/news/states-crypto-regulation-2024
- Web3 isn’t taking cybersecurity seriously enough
I have noticed a clear progression and build up to the dire situation we are currently facing with crypto cybersecurity.
https://blockworks.co/news/web3-cybersecurity-hacks-problems
- The best Crypto Twitter moments of 2023
We doom scrolled so you don’t have to
https://blockworks.co/news/best-crypto-tweets-2023
- Xmas came early.. so glad I got this after a year and 3months striving to get.
So grateful 🙏 @lens/phaver truly appreciate the gift. We keep phavering..