New technology is allowing bitcoin miners to play a part in reducing the amount of harmful, climate change-causing methane flare gas released into the atmosphere by oil and gas mining companies.

The blockchain industry is giving rise to new platforms and tools including decentralized finance, non-fungible tokens and payment solutions, so why not computer games that could provide opportunities for crypto-enabled in-game commerce that generates additional revenue for game publishers and players? Some traditional gamers are entirely against the idea of…

Competition is heating up between the large layer 1 blockchains as they vy to be the “one” who attracts the greatest number of skilled developers. “Layer 1” blockchains are the railroads and highways of the crypto ecosystem, providing the structure and framework for software developers to create the decentralized applications…

Increasing economic development in regional areas is vexing public policy makers globally. Meanwhile, a growing number of cities, states and nations are proactively pursuing blockchain policy, organisations and startups to cement themselves into the crypto economy. The Swiss city of Lugano recently announced the launch of a public, private partnership…

Crypto stablecoins are largely ignored by the media who are more inclined to focus on Bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies. Despite the long term gains made by Bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies, many find them a challenging asset class to invest in because of their short term volatility. For example…

As the Russian economy reels from the growing list of financial sanctions including cancellation of access to the international SWIFT payments system effectively freezing Russian government assets overseas and cancellation of the Russia to Germany Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. …

NFT holders transacting on leading NFT platform Opensea have suffered two connected hacks in the last four weeks draining millions of dollars worth of NFTs and Ethereum from the wallets of users. Sunday 22nd January 2022 —The Beginning of Hack #2 A hacker creates a malevolent smart contract 945bD that…

Non-Fungible Tokens or NFT’s are a new class of assets that live on the blockchain, essentially creating a new and tradable form of property for anyone holding any asset or file that can be digitized. The process of creating an NFT requires the blockchain “minting” of a digital file into…

Twenty million cryptocurrency investors living in India could be breathing easier as they learn that their Finance Minster, Nirmala Sitharaman, just a few days ago declared that India is moving forwards with a proposed regulate and tax policy position on crypto and virtual assets. A remarkable change of heart and…