Author Archives: pdgweb

Why Bitcoin and Ethereum are taking different paths to address future cryptographic risks and long-term blockchain security. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/explained/bitcoin-and-ethereum-quantum-threat-strategy?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Polymarket’s potential $15 billion valuation would still put it below the $22 billion valuation of competitor platform Kalshi in its latest funding round. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/polymarket-seeking-400-million-raise-report?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

EasyDNS CEO Mark Jeftovic said the social engineering attack was highly sophisticated and the company is conducting further investigation to determine how the breach occurred. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/eth-limo-domain-hijack-dnssec-social-engineering?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Bitcoin briefly crashed below $74,000 on Sunday as Iran threatened retaliation for a US military seizure of an Iranian cargo ship. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-erases-weekend-gains-us-iran-ceasefire-falls-under-pressure?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

The Aave token fell nearly 20% to $89.5 in just over 24 hours as users withdrew billions of dollars from the lending protocol. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/aave-tvl-falls-8-billion-after-kelp-dao-hack?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

A prohibition on yield-bearing stablecoins and robust payments infrastructure in the US means stablecoins will not eat into banks’ market share. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/stablecoins-not-a-threat-to-banking-sector-in-the-near-term-moody-s?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Volatility and upside have been declining with each Bitcoin halving cycle, but the new dynamics may not be permanent, according to Galaxy’s Alex Thorn. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-cycle-dramatically-underperform-halving?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

The contagion from the Kelp exploit could have been contained, but at the cost of capital efficiency, according to the founder of Curve Finance. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/kelp-exploit-non-isolated-defi-lending?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Bitcoin foreshadows fresh market mayhem as it appears that the US-Iran war has returned, including the closure of the Strait of Hormuz oil route. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-price-drops-75k-new-hormuz-closure-focus-oil?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Alcoa is nearing a deal to sell its idle Massena East smelter to NYDIG as US industrial sites increasingly shift toward Bitcoin mining and AI data centers. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/alcoa-sells-massena-smelter-nydig-bitcoin-mining-ai-data-centers?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound