Former Ethereum Foundation researcher Virgil Griffith has seen a sentence of 63 months in prison for charges related to helping North Korea. He was also ordered to pay a $100,000 fine. North Korea Trip Lands Griffith Over Five Years In Prison Virgil Griffith traveled to North Korea in April 2019 […]

Billionaire investor and entrepreneur Mark Cuban says that he is “very bullish” on the upcoming Ethereum upgrade that will transition the network towards greater energy efficiency.  Cuban is the majority owner of the professional basketball team Dallas Mavericks, as well as one of the “sharks” on the highly popular reality show “Shark Tank” (which […]

Axie Infinity Hacker Moves the Funds Between 02:00 and 16:00 UTC The team at SlowMist also captured the movement of the stolen Ethereum, further pointing out that the hacker preferred to move the funds between 02:00 and 16:00 UTC. Axie Infinity Players Lost $400 Million in the Hack According to […]

In a recent report titled “Get Smart on Smart Contract Platforms”, cryptoasset manager Grayscale Investments compared Ethereum to New York City. Grayscale’s report, which was published last month, said that Dragonfly Research had “pioneered a useful framework for understanding blockchains by comparing blockchains to cities, the thesis being that blockchains […]

In an interview earlier this week, Gitcoin Co-founder, Scott Moore, explained that the fundraising towards the humanitarian effort was being held in a democratic way and according to the will of many versus that of a few.  He said: The goal is essentially…you have a pool of say twenty guarantees. […]

An ETH2 merge is also expected at the end of Q2, bringing with it an increase in yield for staking ETH. With more stakers entering the network, the amount previously earned by miners will now go towards the former type of validator, naturally increasing their revenue. The merge is a […]