On my late husband’s birthday, I want to pay for every customer at his favorite restaurant. Is this a good idea?
“I’m concerned that my card issuers might freeze or flag the cards when they suddenly see an extraordinary number of transactions.” Source:MarketWatch
Liquid Network resumes block production after $320M exploit
Liquid restarted block production after deploying emergency software updates, though transactions and peg operations remain suspended as recovery efforts…
Threatened with arrest online? Recognizing a law enforcement impersonation scam
Socalled digital arrest scams use false claims of authority to pressure victims virtually into making rapid digital payments, including cryptocurrency…
U.S. Treasury sanctions another widespread cyber-scam hub, Xinbi Guarantee
Chineselanguage platform Xinbi is accused of operating on crypto transactions as it offered services to other criminal networks. Source:CoinDesk
Ethereum Foundation names 2 ‘must ship’ EIPs for Hegotá upgrade
Ethereum’s Hegotá upgrade will center on FOCIL and Frame Transactions as developers weigh dozens of other proposed changes for inclusion. Source:Cointelegraph
Ethereum commits to letting users pay gas fees without having to hold ETH
The Frame Transactions feature was locked into the Hegotá upgrade last month, and Ethereum cofounder Vitalik Buterin says the work has moved quickly since.…
Harmony proposes shutting down layer 1, migrating ONE to Ethereum
Harmony proposed sunsetting its layer1 blockchain and migrating ONE to Ethereum, weeks after an exploit led to plans to discard 109,000 transactions.…
Bitcoin network used by exchanges hit by $320 million exploit. Hackers claim they're the 'good guys'
Liquid Network, a settlement layer used by exchanges, halted all transactions after losing $320 million worth of bitcoin in a security exploit. Source:CoinDesk
QuFi launches post-quantum verification platform with Bitcoin testnet proof
QuFi’s new platform uses postquantum cryptography to verify digital asset transactions without requiring changes to existing blockchain settlement networks.…
G20 members tout ‘clear pathways’ for digital asset innovation
Officials in the G20, under the US’ presidency, recognized that digital assets could support “broadbased economic growth” and called for improvements in…
Core DAO plans emergency hard fork after validators drew excess rewards
Core says the incident is contained and its planned forward upgrade will not roll back the network or reverse previously confirmed transactions.…
Robinhood Chain beats Ethereum in daily revenue as memecoin trading takes over
The twomonthold network processed a record 5.52 million transactions on Aug. 30 as users launched 22,600 tokens and memecoin trading tools drove most of the…