News and Analysis

Tether Limited, issuer of USDT stable coin, has announced a partnership with Blockchain protocol Tron to introduce USDT as a native token to the Tron network.

After successful Constantinople/St. Petersburg update on February, 28, Ethereum’s core developers are looking for new hard fork coordinators.

As blockchain technology celebrates its tenth year, it is clear the ecosystem has evolved significantly. Nefarious activity has long tarnished the sector, from those who favored bitcoin’s anonymity in illicit online marketplaces through to high-profile thefts from exchanges. What we began to see in recent years, however, is a new, pragmatic approach to these issues, […]

Blockstream’s engineering team has announced the release of v0.7 c-lightning, the company’s implementation of Lightning Network protocol.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced it is starting to review a rule change proposal filed by NYSE Arca and Bitwise Asset Management in regard to launch of a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF).

Largest Canadian crypto exchange Coinsquare has acquired StellarX, a Stellar-based zero-fee decentralized crypto exchange and payment network. According to the announcement, StellarX will be a fully owned subsidiary of Toronto-based Coinsquare and will seek regulatory approval to operate and expand its service under Coinsquare’s compliance.

In a surprising move, banking giant JPMorgan has announced the release of its cryptocurrency JPM Coin, claimed to be the first to be issued by a bank. The token will be used mainly to settle payments using the money, securities, and other assets by between the company’s payment business clients.

As a result of a partnership with New Zealand-based Brave New Coin, stock exchange operator Nasdaq is adding Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) indices to its global data service later this month.

A new bug in Constantinople, the planned upgrade of the Ethereum platform, has been discovered, potentially affecting a limited number of smart contracts that utilize self-destruct.

ForkLog is happy to announce that our own Lighting node is now live and running. The setup has been completed and the node can be found at ln.forklog.com.

U.S.-based digital wallet Abra has introduced new features enabling global investors in 155 countries to invest in shares and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) using Bitcoin (BTC).

A bug found in the Parity node/wallet software threatened a considerable proportion of the Ethereum infrastructure. Fortunately, the company has already issued a patch to fix the vulnerability.