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Polkadot Tokens Valued at $75 Pre-Launch in Crypto ‘Futures’ Offering

They don't exist yet, but you can soon buy Polkadot tokens from CoinFLEX via a new mechanism: the initial futures offering (IFO).

Polkadot founder Gavin Wood

Markets

Staking Isn't Just a Way to Earn Crypto Money – And It Shouldn't Be

Staking is getting attention for all the wrong reasons, and it’s time to re-examine its role, argues Decred's Jake Yocom-Piatt.

chips, bets

Markets

Ethereum Classic's Next Crypto Code Upgrade Set for September

After dissent earlier this month, ethereum classic developers decided today to recommit to a hard fork activation date in September.

Ethereum classic (CoinDesk archives)

Markets

Tendermint Says Last Month's Cosmos Vulnerability Exposed Security Loophole

Tendermint, the firm behind the core technology of Cosmos, has released a full disclosure about a past vulnerability in the Cosmos SDK.

Zaki Manian

Markets

Inside Monero's 'Last Ditch Effort' to Block Crypto Mining ASICs

The Monero community is making one last attempt to block specialized mining hardware devices from the network.

Monero

Markets

Initial Exchange Offerings Are Providing Big Returns, But Why?

IEOs are some of the hottest crypto investments of 2019, with many having already provided triple-digit returns. Better yet, there may be a way to help predict their price movements.

coins-buckets

Markets

Enigma Launches Second Testnet for 'Secret Contract' Blockchain

Ethereum developers can now start coding specialized smart contracts called "secret contracts" that leverage the Enigma protocol for data privacy.

Enigma CEO Guy Zyskind

Markets

Why Academics Love Bitcoin – and Crypto

For academics, bitcoin, and more broadly crypto, is an exciting space where the ideas they write up in papers actually get built and tested.

Academia, Bitcoin at 10

Markets

Ethereum Classic to Test Code for 'Atlantis' Upgrade This Month

Ethereum classic developers are speeding up plans to test a proposed upgrade for the blockchain network later this month.

ethereum, classic

Tech

NEO Releases Detailed Financials Ahead of Cryptocurrency Relaunch

Many of the companies associated with NEO have proven to be a lucrative boon for token cofounders Erik Zhang and Da Hongfei.

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