The blockchain project launched by Neal Stephenson, who coined the term “metaverse” in his 1992 book, Snow Crash, is pushing forward with its vision despite waning interest in it and some declaring that it’s “dead.” Compared with its peak in 2021 and 2022, search interest for the metaverse has declined in 2023,...
Author: Gal Mobiech
Ether futures ETFs launching, SBF trial to begin and 3AC’s Su Zhu arrested: Hodler’s
Top Stories This Week Ethereum futures ETFs to start trading next week Investment firm Valkyrie will start offering exposure to Ether futures in the coming days. On Sept. 28, the firm told Cointelegraph that its Bitcoin Strategy ETF will allow investors access to Ether and Bitcoin futures “under one wrapper,”...
Pond0x DEX claims $100M in trading volume as critics allege it’s a scam
The Pond0X decentralized exchange (DEX) has reached more than $100 million in total trading volume, according to a Sept. 28 social media post from its official channel. Investors previously lost over $2 million in the launch of the exchange’s native token, PNDX, when it turned out to have a function...
Mixin Network offers $20M bug bounty to hackers in $200M hack
Mixin Network, a decentralized cross-chain protocol, in a message to the hacker behind the $200 million exploit on Sept. 23, has offered a $20-million bug bounty for the return of the remaining funds.Mixin Network encrypted the message with the exploiter transaction, requesting the exploiter to return the funds as the majority...
Bitcoin Ordinals creator Casey Rodarmor pitches BRC-20 alternative ‘Runes’
The inventor of Bitcoin Ordinals is proposing a new Bitcoin-based fungible token protocol as a potential alternative to the BRC-20 token standard.The BRC-20 standard was launched in March by anonymous developer “Domo.” Within two months, the BRC-20 market cap reached $1 billion, with PEPE and ORDI among the most notable BRC-20...