Leading Ethereum developers are confident that the second version of the blockchain will begin to work this year. Vitalik Buterin, Justin Drake, Danny Ryan and others at a conference in the Reddit chat “Ask Me Anything” expressed the opinion that for the full launch of Ethereum 2.0 it is necessary that the testnet, supported by three clients, be stable for about eight weeks.
Blockchain Capital venture capital company plans to raise $ 250 million to open another investment fund. This enterprise will be the fifth such fund of the company.
The Swiss regulator introduced the mandatory passage of personal identification when making cryptocurrency transactions on exchanges in the amount of more than 1000 francs. The Financial Markets Supervision Service (FINMA) intends in this way to combat money laundering on cryptocurrency sites.
The amount of funds blocked on smart contracts of decentralized finance applications reached $ 1 billion, although as early as December 31, 2019, the figure did not exceed $ 670 million. The most popular DeFi application is MakerDAO.
Startup Blockstack suggested using Bitcoin to verify transactions on the Stacks blockchain when miners receive rewards in native STX tokens. As part of the introduction of the new Proof-of-Transfer (PoX) consensus mechanism, developers plan to distribute bitcoins between owners of full nodes.