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PostFinance, a Swiss state-owned bank, has announced the launch of crypto staking for its customers. On Jan. 16, PostFinance announced that it has expanded its crypto trading and custody solution to include staking. The bank will offer Ethereum (ETH) staking and plans to extend the service to other cryptocurrencies in the future. PostFinance’s move positions it alongside other major banks offering crypto staking, allowing their customers to earn passive income from their ETH deposits. Customers will be able to access ETH staking via the bank’s e-finance and PostFinance App. This development comes nearly a year after the bank added support…

What Defines a Strong DeFi Crypto?For a DeFi project to succeed, it must meet certain criteria. Below are the key attributes most decentralized finance projects should possess:Clear and Accessible DocumentationDocumentation must explain technical details in a way everyone can understand. Transparency builds trust.Robust Security FeaturesSecurity is critical, as many still consider blockchain technology experimental. Features like insurance and safety measures are essential.UniquenessProjects need distinct features to stand out. Without innovation, they risk losing traction.Community GovernanceDecentralization is the core of DeFi. Projects should empower users to shape their future.Strong TokenomicsTokens must be well-distributed. Developers holding most tokens can lead to distrust.…

There have been a number of very interesting developments in cryptography in the past few years. Satoshi’s blockchain notwithstanding, perhaps the first major breakthrough after blinding and zero-knowledge proofs is fully homomorphic encryption, a technology which allows you to upload your data onto a server in an encrypted form so that the server can then perform calculations on it and send you back the results all without having any idea what the data is. In 2013, we saw the beginnings of succinct computational integrity and privacy (SCIP), a toolkit pioneered by Eli ben Sasson in Israel that lets you cryptographically…

Telegram mini-app SEED has announced a partnership with the Sui Foundation to create a web3 gaming ecosystem with the goal of reaching 100 million players. By leveraging Sui’s Layer 1 blockchain, the developers aim to make blockchain gaming more accessible to players and developers alike.The initiative will also include the SEED Combinator Program, an accelerator designed to support startups in creating games and applications on the Sui network. With over 60 million existing users, SEED is positioned to drive substantial growth within the blockchain gaming space.Although financial details of the investment were not disclosed, the partnership promises innovative features like…

Aurora Labs has launched its self-serve zero coding platform Aurora Cloud Console, designed to help developers and businesses to build custom blockchains. The Aurora Labs team announced the launch of the self-serve, no-code platform via a press release shared with crypto.news on Jan. 16. According to the platform, Aurora Cloud Console will allow users to deploy customized Ethereum Virtual Machine-compatible blockchains and benefit from key features of the NEAR Protocol (NEAR). With the Console platform, users can quickly launch scalable blockchains, create meme coins, or scale global communities. Given the growing importance of blockchain technology in today’s innovation landscape, such…

The global GPU and data center market is expanding at an incredible rate. According to Global Market Insights, Graphics Processing Unit Market size was valued at USD 52.1 billion in 2023 and is projected to grow at a CAGR of over 27% from 2024 to 2032 Projections suggest continued growth over the next several years, due to the needs of artificial intelligence (AI) development, big data analytics, and cloud computing. Companies large and small rely on GPU-driven computing to handle complex tasks, train and run machine learning models, and support the infrastructures that power modern applications. Yet, while the top…

A memecoin named after Coinbase co-founder Brian Armstrong’s cat is surging after the top US crypto exchange added the digital asset to its listing roadmap. Toshi (TOSHI), a memecoin built on the Ethereum (ETH) layer-2 scaling solution Base, soared by triple percentage points as Coinbase made the announcement. A day before the listing, TOSHI hit a low of $0.00001161 and then surged to a high of $0.0003679 after the news, a 216% gain. The memecoin has since retraced. TOSHI is trading for $0.0002953 at time of writing. With a market cap of $126.5 million, TOSHI is the 507th largest crypto…

Thailand is deepening its involvement in the crypto space by exploring the potential approval of Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Simultaneously, the country is considering stricter scrutiny of the online betting platform Polymarket. Thai SEC Mulling Bitcoin ETF Approval According to a recent Bloomberg report, the Thai Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is evaluating the listing of local Bitcoin ETFs as part of efforts to bolster the country’s native crypto economy. This move aligns with a global trend of increasing acceptance and regulation of cryptocurrencies. Thai SEC Secretary-General Pornanong Budsaratragoon highlighted the regulator’s intention to enable both individuals and institutions…

  Bitcoin (BTC) ha registrato un rally esplosivo all’inizio di novembre dopo il trionfo di Trump, segnando massimi su massimi fino a raggiungere un nuovo all-time high di 108.268 dollari il 17 dicembre. In seguito l’asset ha subito una correzione, scivolando sotto la soglia dei 95.000 dollari. Ieri la crypto di maggior valore ha ripreso slancio e ha superato nuovamente la soglia dei 100.000 dollari spinto dai dati sull’inflazione americana. Oggi si sta mantenendo leggermente al di sotto e attualmente sta scambiando al livello di 98.859 dollari. Grafico del valore di Bitcoin. Fonte: CoinMarketCap   A spingere l’impennata dell’asset è…

Bitcoin developer Gregory Maxwell writes the following on Reddit: There is a design flaw in the Bitcoin protocol where its possible for a third party to take a valid transaction of yours and mutate it in a way which leaves it valid and functionally identical but with a different transaction ID. This greatly complicates writing correct wallet software, and it can be used abusively to invalidate long chains of unconfirmed transactions that depend on the non-mutant transaction (since transactions refer to each other by txid). This issue arises from several sources, one of them being OpenSSL’s willingness to accept and…