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Why On-Chain Governance Is Critical for Blockchain Growth and Longevity Blockchain

Why On-Chain Governance Is Critical for Blockchain Growth and Longevity

The decentralized properties that make blockchain architecture unique can also be its Achilles heel, demonstrating the importance of bringing network governance on-chain to promote a more inclusive and democratized consensus on network upgrades. Governance Transformation Is the Key To Unlocking Decentralization’s Innovative Potential There are many bitter arguments over blockchains,…
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June 3, 2021
Crypto and Blockchain Use Scrutinized for Illegal Betting in Asia Blockchain

Crypto and Blockchain Use Scrutinized for Illegal Betting in Asia

In a recent report published by the Asian Racing Federation Council on Anti-illegal Betting & Related Financial Crime, crypto and blockchain solutions are targeted for their facilitation of illegal betting in Asia.  Blockchain and cryptocurrencies are playing an ever-increasing role in the betting and gaming industry. Blockchain-based betting platforms like…
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June 2, 2021
RenVM Integration Enables Fantom to Provide Superfast Bitcoin Transactions with Lowest Possible Fees Blockchain

RenVM Integration Enables Fantom to Provide Superfast Bitcoin Transactions with Lowest Possible Fees

RenVM’s latest upgrade includes support for Fantom’s blockchain, bringing popular crypto-assets BTC, BCH, DGB, DOGE, FIL, Zcash and LUNA to Fantom’s ultra-fast, low fee DeFi ecosystem. Fantom users enjoy significantly reduced transaction wait times and greatly decreased transaction fees. But unfortunately, users holding native assets on the other major blockchains…
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May 31, 2021
June 18th Deadline: Celo Foundation Wave IV grants program Blockchain

June 18th Deadline: Celo Foundation Wave IV grants program

The Celo Foundation, a nonprofit supporting the development of the Celo open blockchain platform, recently announced a new grants program. Providing entrepreneurs with capital along with mentorship to projects that are accelerating technical development and expanding the Celo ecosystem; the Celo Foundation grants program is an open initiative where anyone…
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May 31, 2021
XRP lawsuit: If Ripple’s Fair Notice defense ‘survives,’ what does that mean for the SEC? Blockchain

XRP lawsuit: If Ripple’s Fair Notice defense ‘survives,’ what does that mean for the SEC?

In the month of December last year, the SEC filed a lawsuit against Ripple Labs for allegedly selling unregistered securities. In retaliation, the San Francisco-based blockchain firm raised two crucial defenses. One of the defenses raised by the defendants was a “fair notice affirmative defense.” The regulatory body, however, has…
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May 29, 2021
OFAC Requests Chainalysis Subscription For Bitcoin Blockchain Surveillance Blockchain

OFAC Requests Chainalysis Subscription For Bitcoin Blockchain Surveillance

The U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control wants a renewed subscription to Chainalysis blockchain surveillance tools for monitoring Bitcoin. The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), a financial intelligence and enforcement agency within the U.S. Treasury Department, has requested a second subscription to license, training and support packages from blockchain…
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May 28, 2021
US-Sanctioned Actors Use Crypto in New Ways to Evade Restrictions Blockchain

US-Sanctioned Actors Use Crypto in New Ways to Evade Restrictions

Source: iStock/oushie Sanctioned actors and jurisdictions worldwide are finding new ways to use cryptoassets to evade restrictions and continue their illicit activities, per a recent report by blockchain analytics firm Elliptic. Some of the ways this is accomplished is using privacy coins, coinswap services, privacy wallets, decentralized exchanges (DEXes) and…
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May 28, 2021