Author: Yeek.io

With The Merge now firmly behind us, protocol developers have been making progress across a (record?) number of areas over the past few months. Withdrawals, danksharding, EOF, verkle tries, history expiry, SSZ and more have all seen significant progress recently! In order to help move each of these threads forward, and to run through one more series of Shapella stress tests, client team members gathered in person for a week-long interop event in Austria: Edelweiss 🏔️ Unlike Amphora, which had a singular focus on The Merge, this event had two major tracks, focused on the Shapella and ProtoDanksharding network upgrades…

The crypto industry is known to offer some of the best salaries in the market, creating exciting opportunities for job seekers. To determine whether crypto-related jobs actually pay more than other fields, NFTEvening analyzed 1169 jobs that are related to crypto/blockchain. We then found some notable trends in salary and demand in the job market, which was recorded in this report. Key Findings Crypto-related jobs offer 153% higher salaries than other occupations. Crypto employees earn 46% more than average tech workers. Crypto-related jobs pay 15.86% more than AI jobs. New York offers the highest crypto job that pays up to $1M…

Homepage > News > Finance > Czech Republic to exempt ‘crypto’ capital gains tax in new law Digital currency investors in the Czech Republic will no longer have to pay capital gains taxes if they hold their digital assets for at least three years. Czech lawmakers in the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the bicameral parliament, passed the bill last week. According to Prime Minister Petr Fiala, the bill is part of the country’s implementation of the European Union’s Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) framework. One of the bill’s stipulations is the exemption of capital gains taxes for digital…

Japanese cryptocurrency exchange DMM Bitcoin is reportedly ceasing all efforts to relaunch the hacked trading platform despite initiating recovery plans. According to a Nikkei Asia report, the exchange will shut down operations and sell all assets to SBI Group-owned trading company SBI VC Trade, with the sale expected to be completed by March 2025. A Dec. 2 statement released by SBI VC Trade confirms that the company has reached an agreement with the exchange and will acquire all Japan crypto exchange DMM Bitcoin set for liquidation. The specific date of transfer will be disclosed in an upcoming announcement.  As a…

This week we launched Quests – meaning the best way to discover web3 just got a whole lot better. I wanted to share some notes on why we built Quests, and how they take things to the next level for our Users and Customers. First some context We launched Bounties on Layer3 back in May. Bounties are a fun way to discover and learn about web3 by completing on-chain and off-chain actions. As you complete more Bounties on Layer3, you level-up and gain access to more exclusive opportunities and rewards. And our Users loved Bounties. There’s simply no better way…

The number of Bitcoin addresses holding less than 1 BTC has been steadily growing. According to analyst Axel Adler Jr., CryptoQuant analyst, there are currently 323,000 such addresses, with Bitcoin priced at $101,000. This represents an improvement from 265k addresses when Bitcoin was at $61k. This growth means there is an increase of 21.9 percent in the so-called ‘shrimps’ holders. The average number of addresses holding less than 1 BTC currently stands at 323K (with BTC priced at $101K).This growth began when BTC was at $61K, at which point there were 265K such addresses. Since then, the number of addresses…

The Islamic conceptualisation of finance is built around a set of core principles which give primacy to honesty, fairness and accountability in trade and transactions. As such, Islamic finance seeks uphold justice, transparency, and shared prosperity in economic systems. Arguably, fiat currency achieves the exact opposite of these principles, since it introduces uncertainty, speculation and inequities that punish the poor, who earn and spend fiat, and favours the rich who invest in assets that benefit from inflation. In this backdrop, Bitcoin emerges as a solution that aligns remarkably well with Islamic finance principles. This article explores why Bitcoin, with its…

The Privacy & Scaling Explorations team is excited to announce the winners of the Layer 2 Community Grants 2022. The Layer 2 Community Grants round started on October 24th, 2022 and was open for 6 weeks. In total we received 130+ proposals and thank each project for taking the time to apply. The wishlist compiled sought applications from all areas including Layer 2 explorers, cryptography, and education. This chart shows percentage of initial applicants by category: Due to the high quality of proposals, we raised the budget from an initial 750k USD to a total of 948k USD. The awarded…

Is Ethereum becoming less competitive? Find out who will be the next big winner! Ethereum’s growth potential was recently questioned as it encountered an obstacle near the $4,000 mark. In the middle of this change, Aureal One stands out as a powerful competitor, ready to completely alter the cryptocurrency market. Aureal One is causing concern in the industry with its innovative blockchain technology, eco-friendly strategy, and connection with the growing gaming and metaverse sectors. During the presale stage, its native token, DLUME, provides a profitable entry point and a special chance for early investors to profit from its growth potential.…

HBAR was one of the best-performing cryptocurrencies on Monday, Dec. 2, amid significant whale accumulation and community hype surrounding the HBAR ecosystem. Hedera (HBAR) rose 47% over the past day, exchanging hands at a seven-month high of $0.253 before shedding some of its gains and settling at $0.250 at press time. The altcoin’s recent rally extended its monthly gains to over 450% while its market cap stood at $9.65 billion. Rumours are driving the HBAR rally HBAR’s rally has been driven by its growing involvement in blockchain-powered federal payment systems. Hedera’s integration with the Federal Reserve’s FedNow payment network, facilitated…