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Illicit crypto volumes have been diminishing year-over-year, with scams making the largest drop, according to research by blockchain analytic firm Chainalysis, reports Blockchain.news. Chainalysis points out: “Total scam revenue for 2022 currently sits at $1.6 billion, 65% lower than where it was through the end of July in 2021, and this decline appears linked to […]

One of the world’s most prominent and mission–critical uses of the blockchain – The Australian Securities Exchange’s (ASX) project to replace its CHESS core trading systems with a distributed ledger – has struck further trouble, reports The Register. As The Register has previously noted, the project commenced in 2017 but saw its go-live date pushed […]

Another day, another hack – and another blockchain bridge burned, writes Reuters. When thieves stole an estimated $190 million (€185 million) from US crypto firm Nomad last week, it was the seventh hack of 2022 to target an increasingly important cog in the crypto machine: Blockchain “bridges” – strings of code that help move crypto […]

AMD, Accenture, IBM, Fujitsu, Siemens AG, Allianz Technology, and Hitachi are just some of the more familiar names among the speakers listed for the Hyperledger Global Forum 2022, in Dublin in September. Joining those will be speakers from Blockdaemon, Zeeve, Kaleido, Indicio, Equideum Health, and many more to explore existing developments and new directions in […]

The crypto rebound is alive and kicking, according to Forbes. Over the past week, Forbes reports, the price of Bitcoin soared 4.2%, currently trading at $23,800, and the Ethereum price jumped 7.9% to just over $1,700. Most altcoins are following the major’s suit. XRPXRP +0.2% is up 2.1%, Cardano 5.1%, BNBBNB +3.6% 8.9%, Solana 1.5%, […]

European Tech School is described a first-of-its-kind online blockchain school set to disrupt the way we learn about Blockchain technology. Its mission is to educate and empower the Web3 and Crypto community around the world.  Attendees will learn through live classes with world-class instructors, self-paced materials, business cases with real blockchain founders, personalized feedback, coaching, curated readings, community-led […]

Colombia’s government has launched a partnership with Ripple Labs, the company behind the cryptocurrency XRP, to put land titles on the blockchain, part of a plan to rectify land distribution efforts so unfair they’ve led to decades of armed conflict, reports Decrypt.co. The project, built by blockchain development company Peersyst Technology and Ripple, will permanently […]

The Hyperledger Global Forum for 2022 takes place in Dublin from 12-14 September at the Convention Centre Dublin, and Blockchain Ireland is proud to support it as a Community Partner. The Hyperledger Global Forum, by the Hyperledger Foundation, will offer the unique opportunity for more than 700 users and contributors of Hyperledger projects from across […]

Decentralised Web3 protocol Pocket Network has partnered with open source liquidity market and lending platform Aave, which will enable it to utilise Pocket’s distributed network of more than 44,000 nodes to access on-chain data from multiple blockchains. The partnership also benefits developers building Aave-powered dApps, allowing them to access reliable blockchain data from Pocket Network […]

Climate change has become one of the biggest global challenges for humanity. At the same time, the dependence on hydrocarbon energy sources such as coal, oil and natural gas is still strong. Supply lines around these energy sources are further vulnerable to geopolitical tensions. Due to the current sanctions against Russia, experts now expect rising […]

Blockchain security firm Halborn has raised $90 million (€89 million), reports Bloomberg News. The deal is described as an outlier in a climate where venture capital investing in crypto start-ups has slowed and digital currency prices have nosedived. Summit Partners led the Series A financing for Miami-based Halborn, which also included Castle Island Ventures, Digital […]

A blockchain can be seen as a distributed database whose information is stored across every node running the network. Because the database is distributed among those running the network, it guarantees data stored within it is accurate and securely stored, writes Francisco Rodrigues at CoinTelegraph. As the name implies, blockchains store their data into blocks […]