The DAO Completes Record-Breaking $150 Million Token Sale as Security Concerns Surface
The decentralized finance ecosystem reaches an inflection point as The DAO concludes its 28-day token sale, having amassed over $150 […]
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Russia Announces Plans for State-Backed Cryptocurrency as Global Powers Watch Closely
The Strategy Outline Russia’s federal financial monitoring service, Rosfinmonitoring, announced on May 27, 2016, that the country is actively developing
Hot Wallet Breaches Expose DeFi Custody Risks as Gatecoin Loses 185,000 ETH to Sophisticated Routing Attack
The Incident On May 13, 2016, Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange Gatecoin discovered a devastating breach that would shake confidence in
Inside The DAO: How a \ Million Smart Contract is Rewriting the Rules of Decentralized Venture Capital
The Strategy Outline By May 15, 2016, the cryptocurrency world witnesses the emergence of a financial instrument that defies every
The DAO Crowdsale Surges Past $30 Million in Its First Week as Ethereum-Based Venture Fund Attracts Thousands of Investors
On April 30, 2016, a new kind of organization launched on the Ethereum blockchain, and within its first week, it
New York Greenlights First US-Based Ethereum Exchange as Gemini Wins Regulatory Approval
The regulatory landscape for cryptocurrency in the United States just shifted in a major way. On May 5, 2016, New
The DAO Raises $18 Million in Record-Breaking Ethereum Crowdsale as Decentralized Finance Vision Takes Shape
A new kind of financial experiment is capturing the imagination of the Ethereum community. The DAO, a decentralized autonomous organization
The DAO Prepares to Launch as Ethereum’s First Decentralized Venture Fund Eyes Historic Crowdsale
The Ethereum ecosystem stands on the verge of a groundbreaking experiment in decentralized governance and finance. In just two days,
Ethereum Uncle Mining Vulnerability Exposes Consensus Protocol Flaw Requiring Hard Fork
A security researcher has uncovered a significant vulnerability in Ethereum’s consensus protocol that could allow miners with sufficient hashing power
The Looting of the Fox: ShapeShift’s $230K Insider Hack Reveals the Dark Side of Crypto Startups
The Incident On March 14, 2016, Erik Voorhees, the CEO of ShapeShift AG — one of the fastest-growing cryptocurrency exchanges