Ethereum

TRON has partnered with cryptocurrency services provider BitGo to create two new tokens on its blockchain, wrapped bitcoin and wrapped ether. These new tokens will reportedly be backed 1:1 by bitcoin in the case of wrapped bitcoin and by…
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Two Electrum software wallet users have recently reported the loss of large sums of Bitcoin (BTC). One victim described the disappearance of 1,400 BTC, totaling $14,595,000 at press time, while another claimed 36.5 BTC, worth $380,512, as…
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An Electrum wallet user has revealed he lost a total of 1,400 BTC, worth over $16 million, to an old exploit because he was using old software. According to a post on GitHub, the user lost the funds after he started using an…
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The Ethereum Classic (ETC) network was hit by another 51% attack on August 29, causing the reorganization of more than 7,000 blocks just weeks after proposing security upgrades. In…
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The Ethereum Foundation has launched public “attack networks” for Ethereum 2.0 based on existing stable clients. The networks are designed to give security researchers a sandbox environment where they can try to break Ethereum…
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Bitcoin has seen a number of scaling improvements over recent years. For instance, Segregated Witness (SegWit) has seen mass adoption by cryptocurrency users and service providers, decreasing transaction fees by increasing the number of…
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The Ethereum Foundation awarded a $650,000 grant to Nimbus for continuing its work on light Ethereum 2.0 clients, a Jan. 28 press release announced. The project’s goal is to allow smartphones and embedded devices to run smart…
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While Bitcoin rallied by over 90% in 2019, Ethereum didn’t have it so hot. In a year where literally all mainstream asset classes posted near-record gains (the Nasdaq gained a jaw-dropping ~40% and gold surged over 15%), the second-largest…
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Ethereum’s price action has been closely mirroring that of Bitcoin’s in recent times, which led ETH to drop as low as $120 this morning before posting a massive surge back up to the $130 region. ETH’s strong reaction to the $120 level…
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If you’ve been on Crypto Twitter at all, you likely know that Bitcoin hasn’t done all too well over the past day. The leading cryptocurrency is down some 3% on the day after plunging by over $200 within a few minutes’ time. While already…
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