- Save lives, support development, and ‘steer our world to safer roads ahead’: Guterres on June 30, 2022 at 5:48 pm
Road traffic accidents claim nearly 1.3 million lives each year, cost some countries up to three per cent of their annual GDP, and are the biggest killer of five to 29-year olds globally, the UN General Assembly President told a High-level Meeting on Improving Global Road Safety on Thursday.
- Traders debate whether Solana (SOL) is a buy now that it’s down 87% from its all-time highby Cointelegraph By Jordan Finneseth on June 30, 2022 at 5:40 pm
SOL price is 87% down from its all-time high, but do improving fundamentals strengthen its investment thesis?
- Basel Committee wants to limit banks' digital asset exposure to just 1% of equityby Cointelegraph By Zhiyuan Sun on June 30, 2022 at 3:04 pm
Volatile cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin would also be subjected to a 1,250% risk premium.
- Integrating blockchain-based digital IDs into daily lifeby Cointelegraph By Arijit Sarkar on June 30, 2022 at 2:31 pm
Blockchain tech is pushing the boundaries of ID management as governments look for scalable solutions that promote privacy, control and decentralized data management.
- Scientific knowledge essential for sustainable oceans, UN Ocean Conference hearson June 30, 2022 at 2:02 pm
Increasing scientific knowledge, developing research capacity and making the most of new marine technology, are essential to sustainable ocean management, the UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon, Portugal, heard on Thursday.
- Thailand’s Crypto Utopia — ‘90% of a cult, without all the weird stuff’by Cointelegraph By Andrew Fenton on June 30, 2022 at 1:47 pm
- How to start a career in crypto? A beginner’s guide for 2022by Cointelegraph By Wahid Pessarlay on June 30, 2022 at 1:32 pm
Getting started in a cryptocurrency career may appear complicated at first, but it gets easier as one sets out a clear path to follow.
- Infamous North Korean hacker group identified as suspect for $100M Harmony attackby Cointelegraph By Tom Mitchelhill on June 30, 2022 at 11:45 am
A new report suggests that a notorious North Korea-affiliated hacking group may be behind last week’s $100 million Harmony attack.
- Binance taps TikTok star Khaby Lame to drive Web3 adoptionby Cointelegraph By Ezra Reguerra on June 30, 2022 at 9:00 am
Khaby Lame will use his signature content style to debunk myths surrounding the Web3 space.
- 80,000 Bitcoin millionaires wiped out in the great crypto crash of 2022by Cointelegraph By Tom Mitchelhill on June 30, 2022 at 7:57 am
The crypto crash has seen the number of Bitcoin millionaires decline by more than 75% since November last year.
- OpenSea data breach causes massive leak of users’ email addressesby Cointelegraph By Arnold Kirimi on June 30, 2022 at 7:37 am
The NFT marketplace noted that it has reported the incident to law enforcement officials and that an inquiry is underway.
- Contagion: Genesis faces huge losses, BlockFi’s $1B loan, Celsius’s risky modelby Cointelegraph By Brian Quarmby on June 30, 2022 at 5:44 am
A leaked investor call from Morgan Creek Digital suggests BlockFi liquidated 3AC for $1 billion, while Celsius reportedly maintained a highly risky assets-to-equity ratio last year that may have caused its recent liquidity woes.
- Cardano’s Vasil hard fork proposal submitted: Countdown commencesby Cointelegraph By Jesse Coghlan on June 30, 2022 at 1:39 am
From July 3, the four-week window for application developers and exchanges to test the upcoming Cardano upgrade begins before it’s launched onto the mainnet.
- Stratis (STRAX) gains 200%+ after Sky Dream Mall metaverse and stablecoin announcementby Cointelegraph By Jordan Finneseth on June 29, 2022 at 8:02 pm
STRAX price bucked the market-wide bearish downtrend by rallying 200% after the team unveiled plans for a British pound stablecoin and a new metaverse.
- Ronaldo partners with Binance: Nifty Newsletter, June 22–28by Cointelegraph By Ezra Reguerra on June 29, 2022 at 7:00 pm
Eminem and Snoop Dogg switched between themselves and their Bored Ape Yacht Club characters in their newest music video.
- Taiwan central bank governor considers interest-free CBDC design to prevent fiat deposit flightby Cointelegraph By Zhiyuan Sun on June 29, 2022 at 5:30 pm
"Neither of the current CBDCs in circulation, such as the Sand Dollar and the digital yuan, accrue interest on deposits," said Yang.
- Polkadot's founder announces steps toward full decentralization with new governance modelby Cointelegraph By Zhiyuan Sun on June 29, 2022 at 4:21 pm
Gavin Wood said that he seeks to transform the Polkadot blockchain into a full technocracy.
- Flight from cities due to COVID-19 short-lived, says flagship UN-Habitat reporton June 29, 2022 at 4:12 pm
A new United Nations report says that rapid urbanization was only temporarily delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, with the global urban population back on track to grow by another 2.2 billion people by 2050.
- Better than Axie Infinity: Kieran Warwick’s 2032 plan for Illuviumby Cointelegraph By Elias Ahonen on June 29, 2022 at 3:17 pm
- Governments, enterprise, gaming: Who will drive the next crypto bull run?by Cointelegraph By Ariel Shapira on June 29, 2022 at 2:37 pm
With all the recent turbulence in the crypto space, the question of the moment is: What will drive the next crypto bull run?
- Lending network enables transparent credit history in Africa via blockchain partnershipby Cointelegraph By Ezra Reguerra on June 29, 2022 at 2:00 pm
Creditcoin founder Tae Oh said the partnership brings them closer to their goal of giving the unbanked a fairer shot.
- VTB sealed the first deal with digital financial assets in Russiaby Cointelegraph By David Attlee on June 29, 2022 at 1:05 pm
VTB Factoring acquires a tokenized debt pool of industrial companies via the Lighthouse blockchain.
- Flipside Crypto launches NFTs to pull multi-chain databy Cointelegraph By Brian Quarmby on June 29, 2022 at 1:00 pm
Flipside Crypto co-founder and CEO Dave Balter stated the NFTs will save users the trouble of having to “manage nodes, complex data pipelines or petabyte-scale databases.”
- Bitcoin Lightning Network developer updates node software with Taproot supportby Cointelegraph By Arijit Sarkar on June 29, 2022 at 12:17 pm
The latest software release, named lnd 0.15 beta (v0.15-beta), aims to empower developers to create solutions for more use cases by leveraging the Bitcoin Network’s capabilities.
- Bitcoin advocate criticized for backing wallet authentication projectby Cointelegraph By Ezra Reguerra on June 29, 2022 at 11:40 am
After being swarmed by critics, Bitcoin advocate Nic Carter asked crypto Twitter to unfollow him if they disagree with any of his investments.
- Trader puts faith in crypto despite the failed first investmentby Cointelegraph By Ezra Reguerra on June 29, 2022 at 7:35 am
Despite his initial losses in trading, JC Enriquez still strongly believes that crypto will bring him more profit in the years to come.
- Bear market will last until crypto apps are actually useful: Mark Cubanby Cointelegraph By Jesse Coghlan on June 29, 2022 at 5:56 am
The billionaire investor said a bigger focus on applications and utility outside of finance would bring more back to the crypto space and possibly reverse the declining market.
- MakerDAO looks to invest $500M into ‘minimal risk’ treasuries and bondsby Cointelegraph By Brian Newar on June 29, 2022 at 5:27 am
The DAO intends to generate yield with its native DAI stablecoin via traditional investments in U.S. treasuries and possibly even corporate bonds.
- Battle-hardened Ronin bridge to Axie reopens following $600M hackby Cointelegraph By Brian Quarmby on June 29, 2022 at 2:52 am
The Ronin bridge tied to Axie Infinity is back up with a new design after Sky Mavis introduced a circuit breaker system and daily withdrawal limits.
- Bitcoin miner Mawson to defer all major capital expenditures until market conditions normalizeby Cointelegraph By Zhiyuan Sun on June 28, 2022 at 9:00 pm
The bear market is affecting all segments of the crypto industry, including Bitcoin miners, which have seen their revenues decline sharply this year.