It was only a matter of time — Some NFTs now have human DNA sequences
Nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, haven’t quite reached the level of awareness to take over the human race — yet — but at least one of them contains the chemical building …
European Central Bank releases results of digital euro consultation
The European Central Bank has published the results of a public consultation on a potential digital euro as the institution inches closer to deciding whether to formally study such an initiative. According …
DeFi’s critical missing piece: Credit scores
Over the last 12 months, the remarkable growth in decentralized finance has been driven by one thing: the ability of users to earn strong yields on their crypto assets by …
Encrypted messaging app Signal enables private payments using MobileCoin
Encrypted messaging app Signal has begun testing a payments feature that allows users to send cryptocurrency to other users privately. Signal announced on Tuesday, Apr. 6, that it is integrating …
Singapore PM tells followers to ‘remain vigilant’ on crypto after seeing name used to sell tokens
Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore, claims someone set up a profile on the social token platform BitClout to sell tokens using the information from his Twitter account. In …
Federal judge’s decision could be a blow for the privacy rights of crypto users
A federal judge has implied that an individual may not have the right to force the Internal Revenue Service, or IRS, to expunge financial records it obtains from crypto exchanges. …
China’s digital yuan will offer best privacy protection, says official
Chinese authorities are willing to ensure maximum user privacy for the country’s central bank digital currency, or CBDC, according to an official at the People’s Bank of China. Mu Changchun, …
DPN vs VPN: The dawn of decentralized web privacy
The internet has undoubtedly revolutionized the way we live. It has changed how we work, access information, travel, communicate and interact with each other. Along with it comes a greater …
Signal encrypted messenger now accepts donations in Bitcoin
Users of major privacy-oriented messaging app Signal can now support the project with cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC). Signal officially announced Monday that the platform has started accepting crypto donations as …
New staking and governance features back Ocean Protocol’s 40% rally
Data collection, aggregation and analysis have become some of the largest profit generators for companies like Facebook and Google who have designed an array of algorithms purposed with harnessing user …