Blockchain & crypto news from India
Small government services for citizens are slowly incorporating blockchain technologies to reduce paper work and increase efficiency. California’s Santa Cruz County has recently shared its decision to experiment with blockchain wallets to offer services such as user registrations for parking bikes and recreational vehicles, licensing of pets, and building permits given over the counter. The…
Two major events this week have set new expectations in the otherwise lacklustre cryptocurrency industry hit hard by scams and hacking. The Ethereum chain had moved earlier to the eco-friendly PoS system for validating transactions, but the validators cold not withdraw their staked Ether. The recent Shanghai upgrade now allows them to do so. In…
India founded Polygon blockchain, which is a preferred second level Ethereum scaling solution, recently crossed 138,081 unique active wallet addresses (UAWs) that are related to gaming. Data from DappRadar in a recent Blockchain Games Report shows a 53% rise in active wallets on Polygon compared to February. The other popular blockchains for gaming are Hive…
Play-to-Earn games attract people who want to make a quick buck, and the distressed Indian public has recently seen rapid bombardment of such online or game apps. Crypto business too is involved in such payout games. The FBI in the US has recently shared a note warning about the risk of theft while falling victim…
The private keys are confidential stings of text to access a cryptocurrency wallet. Until now, losing private keys meant losing access to one’s Ethereum account and its funds. A new tool called “Account Abstraction” has been launched by Ethereum that will allow an owner to recover their ETH in the absence of private keys. Referred…
The blocks on bitcoin blockchain have consistently begun to breach the 3MB size. The first time this occurred was on February 1, 2023. Bitcoin.com reports that history was made this day when the mining pool Luxor became the first to mine block #774,628 with a size of 3.96MB, the largest so far. Bitcoin blocks are…
After a damp affair with its switch to a POS based blockchain, Ethereum’s next big step as far as staking is concerned is the upcoming Shanghai upgrade, expected to happen sometime in March this year. As a preparatory move, the second most important crypto after bitcoin has moved closer to the aim with a shadow…
The collapse of FTX has spoiled the crypto party has never before. Little scams and hackings were common, but a mainstream player admitting to wrongdoing and playing around with investor funds has shaken the faith and trust of the global community. Here is a look at the funding scenario in the year gone by and…
In a post titled “This is what the future holds for cryptocurrencies”, the World Economic Forum has surveyed the dark past of crypto and indicated the course that can shape its future. The WEF is an international NGO and lobbying organization founded by engineer and economist Klaus Schwab in 1971, and based in Geneva, Switzerland….
Crypto exchange Huobi has release its 2022-23 market report, “Global Crypto Industry Overview and Trends”. Two major highlights of the report are Asia dominating in terms of crypto user base, and the popularity of NFT on search engines. Major highlights & stats of crypto industry in 2022 The total number of “crypto users” globally are…