“The way in which crypto is used has shifted. Individual crypto assets and blockchains are no longer isolated systems and have become part of a larger, interconnected crypto economy,” Tom Robinson, co-founder and chief scientist at Elliptic, said. Source
Crypto mining firm Riot Blockchain reported it produced fewer Bitcoin (BTC) in July 2022 than that in July 2021 after scaling down operations at its Texas facility. In a Wednesday announcement, Riot said its miners had produced 318 Bitcoin in July, more than 28% less than the 443 BTC the firm reported generating in July 2021. According to Riot CEO Jason Les, the firm curtailed operations by 11,717 megawatt-hours in July in response to increasing demand on Texas’ energy grid. Many parts of the Lone Star State experienced several days with temperatures…
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Michael Alan Stollery, CEO of Titanium Blockchain Infrastructure Services Inc. (TBIS), has admitted of involving multiple fraudulent accounts in a 2018 initial coin offering (ICO). In May 2018, Stollery and his company were charged by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with conspiracy to defraud investors. Stollery admitted that he had conspired to defraud millions of cryptocurrency investors through ICOs. And by forging the white paper of TBIS’s ICO, implanted false customer recommendations to create ICO’s planned marketing activities and legitimacy and publishing misleading and false information with development…
Kali Durgampudi, the CTO of healthcare payments company Zelis, believes that the implementation of blockchain tech is vital for protecting patients’ sensitive data from cybercriminals. Speaking with Health IT News on July 20, Durgampudi noted that some of the biggest issues in healthcare are privacy and data security as the industry works to digitize its “archaic paper-based processes.” “Blockchain technology has the potential to alleviate many of these concerns,” he said, as he highlighted the importance of utilizing a digital ledger that is “impenetrable” to protect sensitive patient and financial…
New Daily Addresses refer to first-time wallet users on any blockchain network, which can signal growth and adoption. On Solana, new users peaked at over 400,000 in May before gradually declining to 240,000 users this week. These figures are a jump from December 2021’s levels of 150,000 to 170,000 new users each day. Source
The excitement surrounding Web3 is palpable — and undeniable. Projects are flooding into the space to build cutting-edge versions of the sites and apps served up by centralized Web2 rivals, covering every sector imaginable. But at this point, it’s worth taking a step back and reflecting on the challenges that the Web3 world still needs to tackle. This technology isn’t inherently private — and the transactions bouncing around on blockchains are mostly transparent. Privacy coins, and the anonymizing blockchains they’re normally based on, are normally viewed with suspicion by critics.…
The blockchain industry’s impact on the energy sector has been a major source of controversy over the past five years. Governments and environmental protection advocates have routinely expressed concerns about the amount of energy required to keep the Bitcoin network secure. Data shows the network’s energy consumption now rivals the yearly energy consumed by some small countries. Historical Bitcoin network power demand. Source: CCAF While much of the debate has centered around the negative environmental impacts of Bitcoin (BTC) mining, the drive to maximize earnings from mining and integrate blockchain…
The Graph announced it will urge developers to migrate to its Etheruem-based indexer network as it shuts down its centralized service by early 2023. Source
“Terraform Labs was extremely good to us as developers so we want to support them in launching the fork, but we can’t commit to building yet,” a Terra developer told CoinDesk. “The thinking is, there’s not any downside with aligning with Terra until things with the new chain become clearer.” Source