“There’s one central question which hasn’t yet been credibly answered, which is what is the added value …. What can I do with a digital euro that I can’t do with current payment options?” asked Markus Ferber, economic spokesperson for the center-right European People’s Party. “As long as there’s no answer to this question, there’s going to be a great deal of skepticism.” Source
Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied Cryptocurrency hardware wallet provider Trezor collaborates with Wasabi Wallet to integrate the privacy-enhancing CoinJoin feature, allowing users to conduct more secure and private bitcoin transactions. Trezor has partnered with privacy-centric Wasabi Wallet to enhance the privacy of bitcoin transactions. Trezor has introduced the CoinJoin feature on its hardware wallets, enabling users to improve the privacy and security of their bitcoin transactions. The feature is now live on Trezor’s Model T wallet, and the company intends to…
Dogecoin saw a five-day winning streak snapped on Wednesday, with today’s drop engulfing recent gains. The meme coin fell by as much as 6% in today’s session, as sentiment in the crypto market shifted. Solana was also lower, plunging by 9%. Dogecoin (DOGE) Dogecoin (DOGE) plunged on Wednesday, as bears entered the market, snapping a five-day win streak in the process. Following a low of $0.0853 last Friday, DOGE/USD surged to a peak of $0.0950 during yesterday’s session. These gains were wiped today, as the meme coin fell to a…
The OpenZeppelin Defender smart contract security platform has now integrated with Coinbase’s Base network, allowing Web3 app developers on Base to automate security tasks. According to an April 19 announcement from blockchain cybersecurity firm OpenZeppelin, app developers on Base can now use the Defender software to create multi-signature admin contracts and timelocks, employ Relayers to store keys and sign transactions along with creating automated “sentinels” to monitor the blockchain and react when events occur. These tools can be used for routine but sensitive admin tasks such as upgrading contracts, tweaking…
Led by early stage venture firm Electric Capital, the funding round included several well-known Web3 investors and angels. Source
“Partnering with Microsoft makes a lot of sense for us and to build with Azure adds a tremendous amount of value for our organization as we build these pillars to ensure that the world has verifiable data in a time where the complexity of data and the transparency of data is going to be more vital than it’s ever been,” Space and Time co-founder and CEO Nate Holiday told CoinDesk in an interview. Source
Web3 data company Space and Time has announced that developers can now deploy their data warehouse directly from the Azure Marketplace, Microsoft’s online store that provides services and applications to use on Azure. In an announcement sent to Cointelegraph, Space and Time said developers will have an accelerated on-ramp to access, analyze and manage native blockchain data. This allows developers to quickly onboard large enterprise data volumes to smart contracts and new use cases for indexed blockchain data. Through the integration, businesses will be able to access decentralized data without…
Bitcoin (BTC) fought to regain lost ground at the April 19 Wall Street open as traders called for calm on the day’s downside. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView “Unusual” spot sell triggers BTC price suspicion Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView monitored BTC/USD as it crawled toward $29,500 on Bitstamp. The pair had shed $1,000 in minutes earlier on the day as over $200 million in long liquidations accompanied a return below $30,000. Reactions subsequently linked the price action, which originated in a 16,000-BTC market sell on…
During her opening statement, Waters said the bill was a joint effort, but negotiations over its provisions remained incomplete, and “unfortunately, a lot of things happened in between” last fall and Wednesday, such as the collapse of crypto exchange FTX. Source
Tech investor Elon Musk intends to develop an artificial intelligence (AI) platform that will be “truth-seeking” and safe for mankind. Admitting he is starting late, the billionaire nevertheless vowed to try to present a “third option” that will challenge the products of giants Microsoft and Google. Elon Musk Slams Microsoft-Funded Openai, Google Founder for AI Approach Entrepreneur Elon Musk announced he plans to create his own AI that will rival the offerings of tech giants. The new platform, which he referred to as “Truthgpt,” should try to understand the universe…