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F2Pool co-founder responds to allegations it's cheating the Ethereum POW system

The response comes after researchers in Israel alleged the mining pool has been manipulating Ethereum block timestamps to obtain higher mining rewards.

20M JavaScript devs can now build applications on NEAR: KBW 2022

“A student can build an app without needing to learn new languages without needing to learn new skills,” said NEAR founder Illia Polosukhin.

Trend Micro calls out vulnerabilities in metaverse security development

"Illegal or criminal activities are likely to flourish in the darkverse since it will be difficult to track and monitor," says Trend Micro.

Circle freezes blacklisted Tornado Cash smart contract addresses

Stablecoin issuers can blacklist interactions with the Tornado Cash dApp on the Ethereum smart contract level.

White hat hackers have returned $32.6M worth of tokens to Nomad bridge

The cross-chain bridge was drained of its assets in less than three hours.

Binance sides with Indian regulators in WazirX fallout to cease support for off-chain transfers

Binance denied any equity ownership in the India-based crypto exchange after the latter came under regulatory scrutiny.

A slice of the punk: Cryptopunk NFT to be split into 56,000 pieces

A valuable Cryptopunk nonfungible token is set to be fractionalized as more than 56,000 addresses sign up for a share of ownership.

Ethereum Name Service founder reflects as 2 million registration mark nears

As the Ethereum Name Service edges closer to 2 million domain registrations, its founder reflects on the parallels with the internet’s Domain Name Service.

Ethereum Merge may lessen usage for other chains, says Nansen CEO: KBW 2022

Nansen CEO Alex Svanevik said that while many chains will become ghost towns after the Merge, some will be able to find their own niches.

Chainlink ditches Ethereum PoW forks for PoS after The Merge

The Chainlink protocol will continue operations on Ethereum after the upcoming Merge to the proof-of-stake consensus layer.

Cross chains, beware! deBridge flags attempted phishing attack, suspects Lazarus Group

deBridge Finance survives an attempted phishing attack, points a finger at the North Korean Lazarus Group, and warns the wider community to be on guard.

Korea Blockchain Week, Aug. 8: First-day takeaways from the Cointelegraph team

The first day of the main stage event included a keynote presentation from Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin, 1inch Network's Sergej Kunz, and Klaytn Foundation’s Sam Seo.

Six reasons why blockchain makes sense for commercial real estate: Deloitte

The study reveals that blockchain technology is well-positioned to take over more than 50% of the entire leasing and sale process across commercial real estate.

Web2 adoption key to Metaverse success, Klaytn Foundation founder — KBW 2022

“Even though it's hard, adapting Web3 technologies to Web2 platforms could be a way to bring mass adoption,” says Klaytn Foundation director Sam Seo.

Vitalik: Crypto payments will 'make sense' as tx costs fall to mere cents — KBW 2022

“It's a vision that has been, I think, forgotten a little bit and I think one of the reasons why it has been forgotten is basically because it got priced out of the market,” Vitalik Buterin said.

Aurora Labs exec details 'fascinating and devious' crypto scam he almost fell for

A sharp-eyed escrow agent and a screenshot saved Aurora Labs' head of product Matt Henderson from losing his tokens to scammers.

Once-hacked for $77M, Beanstalk's algo stablecoin protocol relaunches

Beanstalk Farms stablecoin protocol was relaunched on Aug. 6 with the team working to hopefully reclaim the $100 million market cap of its BEAN stablecoin prior to the hack in April.

6 Questions for Tongtong Bee of Panony

What is Chainlink VRF and how does it work?

Using the provably fair and verifiable random number generator provided by Chainlink VRF, smart contracts can access random values without compromising security or usability.

Crypto VC funding hits $30.3B in H1, Michael Saylor steps down as MicroStrategy CEO, and Voyager to return $270M worth of customer assets: Hodler’s Digest, July 31-Aug 6

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