An Indian startup has created a decentralized Ethereum Push Notification Service (EPNS) notification protocol that allows dApps to send pop-up notifications to users. EPNS founder Richa Joshi said the project team developed the protocol after discovering striking similarities between how applications worked in the early days of the Internet and how they work on Web 3.0. She explained that Gmail or Orkut didn’t send notifications at first. Users had to check every time if they

The FATF recommends that regulators and exchanges create profiles of cryptocurrency users to detect criminal activity. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) said in its report on Monday that it has identified certain behaviors and characteristics of cryptocurrency users that may be considered suspicious. Such models can be applied by regulators when detecting illegal transactions. One of the main methods suggested in the report is to compare the user’s transaction activity with that in their

The head of the Argyle Coin cryptocurrency pyramid, which offered investments in diamonds, has been charged with fraud. The US Federal Attorney’s Office of South Florida accused Jose Angel Aman of electronic fraud while running a cryptocurrency scheme offering diamond investments. According to the investigation, from May 2014 to May 2019, Aman and his partners urged people in the United States and Canada to invest in contracts for the purchase of diamonds. They promised investors

As the Executive Vice President of the European Commission Valdis Dombrovskis said, the European Union plans to issue stricter laws to regulate stable cryptocurrencies. On Friday, September 11, finance ministers from several countries, including Germany and France, called for tighter regulation of stablecoins in the region. Already on September 12, Valdis Dombrovskis issued a statement that officials are aware of the problem and are preparing a bill to regulate stable cryptocurrencies. He emphasized: “Some ministers

Jelurida co-founder Lior Yaffe claims to have discovered a potential vulnerability in the Ethereum 2.0 testnet – low staking participation could allow the whales to disable the network. Jelurida co-founder and lead developer of the Ardor and Nxt blockchains Lior Yaffe discovered a vulnerability in Ethereum 2.0. As a reminder, the blockchain is currently running on Medalla and other testnets to check for problems. Yaffe considered a situation where the level of participation in staking

The launch of the Utility Settlement Coin (USC) project, supported by major commercial banks, has been postponed until 2021 pending regulatory approval. Last June Barclays, Banco Santander, Credit Suisse Group AG and ten other largest banks in the world announced a $ 63 million investment in the Utility Settlement Coin project. The USC project partners became the founding shareholders of a new commercialization firm called Fnality International. As previously reported, the USC platform aims to

Researchers from the University of South Australia have concluded that blockchain technology needs to be improved to improve user privacy. The research results, described in a blog post from the University of South Australia, show that the features that make the blockchain secure pose privacy concerns for users, especially in line with new European standards. The study was conducted by advanced technology researcher Dr. Kirsten Wahlstrom in collaboration with Dr. Anwaar Ulhaq and Professor Oliver

Dutch non-profit organization dGen says in its report that three or more nations will replace their fiat currencies with digital ones by 2030. DGen, an independent non-profit research institute focused on blockchain research, has released a report examining the issue of government cryptocurrency issuance. The report, sponsored by the European Central Bank (ECB), Standard Chartered Bank and the Frankfurt School of Management and Finance, has made some important predictions about the impact of government cryptocurrencies

Sia developers proposed to hard fork the protocol of the decentralized cloud storage network. This will allow transferring part of the reward for each mined block to the Sia Foundation. The idea of ​​a decentralized data warehouse is being implemented by several projects at once – Sia, Storj and Filecoin. However, this concept still fails to gain widespread popularity. According to CoinMarketCap, Siacoin is currently trading at $ 0.003 and the crypto asset has a

Developers are exploring a proposal to improve Ethereum EIP-2751, which can contain the growth of blockchain fees by eliminating “tokenized” gas. GasToken are loopholes in Ethereum smart contracts that help send transactions cheaply by “tokenizing” gas. This feature allows an Ethereum user to purchase gas tokens for the future at a low price, store them, and then spend them when the commission grows again. While the matter is still under debate, some developers fear that