Ultime da Jennifer Sanasie
What Cardano’s Highly Anticipated Vasil Hard Fork Will Bring; Iran to Start Testing a Digital Rial Soon
“The Hash” hosts discuss the Cardano hard fork expected to take place on Thursday, Sept. 22. Plus, a closer look at the Central Bank of Iran’s plans to start a central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot soon.
Crypto Market Maker Wintermute Hacked for $160M; MicroStrategy Buys 301 More Bitcoins
Cryptocurrency market maker Wintermute has lost $160 million in a hack relating to its decentralized finance (DeFi) operation, according to a tweet from the company’s founder and CEO Evgeny Gaevoy. Plus, a new SEC filing reveals MicroStrategy bought 301 bitcoins (BTC) between Aug. 2 and Sept. 19 for about $6 million.
Ethereum Already Showing Signs of Increased Centralization; El Salvador’s Debt Rating Downgraded
In the hours following long-awaited Ethereum Merge on Thursday, over 40% of the network’s blocks were added by just two entities: Coinbase and Lido. Plus, seven months after lowering El Salvador’s long-term foreign currency issuer default rating (IDR), Fitch Ratings has downgraded it again.
The Merge Opens a New Era for the Ethereum Blockchain; Crypto Regulation Turf War
“The Hash” hosts discuss today’s top stories, including the Ethereum Merge that transitioned the world’s second largest blockchain from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake, and the CFTC chairman’s testimony in front of the Senate Agriculture Committee, in which Rostin Behnam said the agency is the “right regulator” to oversee digital assets trading.
