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The newly developed processor for the proof-of-work algorithm can deliver up to 580 GH/s hash rate and can operate up to 26 J/TH power efficiency. The tech giant believes the new processing chip, Blockscale ASIC, will be a gamechanger that empowers blockchain applications to maintain decentralization via proof-of-work while asserting the principle of environmental sustainability. Scalability and Sustainability Intel, one of the largest semiconductor chips manufacturers in...

The Cardano Foundation – a non-profit overseeing Cardano’s development – has announced a three-year collaboration with the University of Zurich (UZH) to bolster academic blockchain research and education. The organizations’ research topics will include consensus protocol efficacy and Ouroborus attack vectors, among other things. Helping Cardano and All of Blockchain “Ouroborus” is the name of Cardano’s consensus mechanism, which Cardano.org calls  “the first provably secure...

Chengpeng Zhao, aka CZ, CEO of Binance – believes that cryptocurrencies are a terrible option for evading sanctions. Cryptocurrencies have come in aid to the Ukrainian government as well as the several NGOs that have managed to secure donations to help the war-stricken country distribute emergency resources and push back against Russian invasion. However, concerns regarding deep-pocketed Russian oligarchs trying to slip past the impact of Western sanctions by using...

A group of Ledger users has filed a class-action lawsuit in the United States District Court of Delaware against Global e-commerce platform Shopify, its third-party data consultant TaskUs as well as the hardware wallet maker itself. Another Lawsuit According to the official document, the plaintiffs accused Shopify and TaskUs of their “failure to exercise reasonable care in securing and safeguarding” user data connected to the 2020 data breach that affected Ledger SAS crypto...

Frankfurt’s Central Office for Combating Cybercrime (ZIT) and the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) conducted a joint operation against the Russian Darknet Marketplace “Hydra Market.” The authorities shut down its server infrastructure and seized over $25 million worth of bitcoin. ‘Hydra Market’ is Down According to a federal police statement, German law enforcement agents “secured the server infrastructure of the world’s largest illegal Darknet marketplace Hydra Market...

CELO’s price went up by more than 60% since the start of April to its highest point in over three months. This comes amid the project’s latest initiative that plans to spend $20 million to incentivize the development of Celo on- and off-ramps. Celo’s Connect the World Project The announcement from earlier this week informed that the Celo Foundation had allocated $20 million for the new Connect the World campaign. The main focus is to invest in teams and projects wanting to...

Thailand-based venture capital firm SeaX Ventures secured a $60 million fundraiser to accelerate the development of global startups throughout Southeast Asia. The company vowed to invest the proceedings in various sectors, including blockchain and Web3. Engaging With Blockchain via the Latest Fund A recent press release revealed that SeaX Ventures raised $60 million to help international startups expand their operations in Southeast Asia. Initially, the fund target size was...

A study conducted by the cryptocurrency exchange Gemini determined that approximately 41% of the surveyed individuals from Brazil and Indonesia own digital assets. The United States and the United Kingdom are far behind with respectively 20% and 18%. Brazil and Indonesia: the Global Leaders The US-based crypto platform Gemini questioned nearly 30,000 people across 20 countries to find out what chunk of the population has jumped into the digital asset universe. Per the...

Adrian Grenier – an American actor best known for his role as Vincent Chase in the TV series “Entourage” – opined that cryptocurrencies can “fix a lot of the systems that are broken currently.” He also defended bitcoin mining, which many criticize due to environmental concerns. ‘Crypto Can Fix Many Industries’ It is safe to say that in current times of post-pandemic crisis, military conflicts, and surging inflation, the global financial system needs a shot in the arm. A vast...

Since the new crypto tax came into effect on April 1, Indian digital asset exchanges have witnessed a sharp fall in transaction volumes. The final days of March also saw a panic selling.  Crypto Transactions Plummet in India Sharing volume graphs of four leading crypto exchanges, CoinDCX, BITBNS, ZEBPay, and WazirX, on April 3, a crypto industry insider tweeted, “Indian Exchanges saw Volume drop after New Crypto tax rules became applicable on April 1.” A news report...