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Tech

Ethereum Scaling System Immutable X Allowing Ether-to-Dollar Withdrawals

The tool is one of the first layer 2 services to allow users to take out U.S. dollars.

The Financial Action Task Force wants to outlaw dirty money flows through crypto. (Richard Levine/Corbis/ Getty Images)

Tech

Chainlink’s Smart Contract Products Go Live on Fantom

Two protocols, Keepers and VRF, will allow developers to deploy more sophisticated applications on the Fantom network.

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Tech

THORChain Mainnet Goes Live on 7 Networks; RUNE Spikes

The much-awaited network went live after nearly four years of development.

Thor's hammer (Anirudh/Unsplash)

Opinion

Lunarpunks, Privacy and the New Encryption Guerillas

A growing group of cryptography experts are using tools to carve "dark" spaces out of the surveilled web. This article is a preview of Rachel-Rose O'Leary's talk on the 'Big Ideas' stage at Consensus.

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Tech

Zcash’s NU5 Upgrade Goes Live, Boosting Privacy and Removing ‘Trusted Setups’

The privacy coin now allows transactions that are shielded by default, so users no longer have to opt in to hide payment details on the blockchain.

Zooko Wilcox, creator of Zcash and CEO of Electric Coin Company, in 2019. (CoinDesk archive)

Tech

Bitcoin Miner Argo Blockchain 'Leans Toward' Designing Custom Miners With Intel Chips

Custom bitcoin mining rigs will allow miners to design their own machines instead of having to settle for ready-made ones from a duopoly of manufacturers.

Bitcoin mining ASICs submerged in immersion cooling liquid at a facility in South Spain. (Eliza Gkritsi)

Finance

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Down as Market Braces for Fed's 50 Basis Point Rate Hike

The latest moves in crypto markets in context for April 29, 2022.

Lower rates may be behind bitcoin's big move (© Eugene Mymrin)