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Tech

Ethereum blockchain beats its own speed-ups, but there's a catch

Ethereum’s daily active addresses climbed above major layer-2 networks in January as lower fees revived on-chain activity.

Major tokens look to have resumed the slow grind higher. (NEOM/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk))

Markets

Truebit token crashes 99.9% after hacker drains $26.6 million in ether

The attack exploited a flaw in an older smart contract, allowing the attacker to buy TRU at no cost and sell it back to extract ether.

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Policy

Illinois Legalizes Blockchain Contracts

With the new year Illinois became the latest state to recognize smart contracts and other blockchain-based records as legal instruments.

Illinois image via Shutterstock