Cryptocurrencies’ essential underpinning architecture is comprised of blockchains. A common feature of these distributed ledgers is the sequential updating of a cryptographically secure, verifiable transaction record by a network of peers acting under a set of rules imposed by the software itself. This record is publicly held and can be used by anyone, anywhere.
Despite years of study on shared ledger technology, the Bitcoin blockchain provided the first distributed ledger completely decentralized and immune to interference, seizure, and censorship.
At CryptoAnnals, we track the development of the blockchain sector. Is it a revolution, or is it just hype? the two? Will it lead to a secure future for global trade and finance? What percentage of transactions on the blockchain will there be in the upcoming years?
American financial firms who desired to perform both crypto transactions and traditional banking services had, up until this point, been forced to choose one or the other path to take. That might shift in the near future. This afternoon, the Federal Reserve Board of Governors issued official guidelines to oversee the process by which “institutions … Read more
Vitalik Buterin, one of Ethereum’s co-founders, has dropped hints that the much-anticipated integration ‘The Merge’ could take place around the 15th of September. The merge, which refers to the shift from a proof-of-work (PoW) consensus method to a proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus mechanism, is widely considered to be the most significant software upgrade in the Ethereum … Read more
Users have voiced their displeasure with the policy of OpenSea, which, according to certain customers, penalizes users who have accidentally acquired previously stolen NFTs. Because of the surge in the number of fraudulent NFT transactions, Web3 platforms are increasingly being obliged to deal with the identification and management of stolen assets. OpenSea has taken the … Read more
Privacy supporters consider Crypto mixers an essential piece of equipment for maintaining anonymity. Officials in the government refer to crypto mixers as instruments of money laundering. Crypto mixers have been responsible for transferring billions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency. As a result of penalties announced by the Treasury Department against Tornado Cash, an Ethereum crypto … Read more
Hackers took advantage of a flaw in the liquidity pool of the decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Acala, which is based in Polkadot, and caused its aUSD stablecoin to fall by 99%. This caused the list of not-so-stable stablecoins to gain a new entry. According to data provided by CoinGecko, the value of the stablecoin dropped … Read more
Axie Infinity removes prizes from the original game, gently encouraging pay-to-play gamers to switch to the new mode. Axie Infinity (AXS), a play-to-earn (P2E) blockchain game, has completely eliminated the token incentives from its original game mode in order to attract its fans to a new game mode called Axie Infinity Origin. The developers of … Read more
Defi lending protocol Maple Finance has initiated a liquidity pool with a total value of thirty million dollars, which is supported by Maven 11, a crypto-native investment firm based in the Netherlands. Maven 11 has announced that the introduction of the lending pool will assist institutional businesses in their search for new income alternatives. Liquidity … Read more
It was announced on Wednesday that the government of Uzbekistan had restricted access to a number of large international cryptocurrency exchanges due to allegations of non-licensed activity. This comes after the government of Uzbekistan had previously made significant strides toward a more moderate approach to cryptocurrencies. In a statement dated August 10, the National Agency … Read more
It appears that the Discord server and Tornado DAO governance forum that were tied to the crypto mixing service Tornado Cash, which was recently sanctioned, have been disabled. The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury blacklisted Tornado Cash on Monday. Tornado Cash is a mixing tool that focuses on Ethereum transactions. … Read more
Li intends to sell sixty percent of his investment in Huobi for one billion dollars. Following the publication of the Bloomberg report, the price of HT shares increased by over 25 percent, reaching $5.43. The potential buyers reportedly include Justin Sun and Sam Bankman-Fried of FTX. Leon Li, the founder of the leading cryptocurrency exchange … Read more