The symbiotic relationship between AI and crypto is still in its nascent stages, according to tech execs.

As of May, AntPool and Foundry USA controlled more than 50% of Bitcoin's hash rate. That could become a problem for Bitcoin users in the near future.

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Progress has been made in streamlining the Web3 onboarding process, but the flood of mainstream users has not yet arrived.

In a highly technical overview of an exploit that has since been patched, government prosecutors find that exploiting code is a crime. CoinDesk reached out to several experts in the Ethereum community to get their views on the case.

From the bear market until now Bitcoin has seen its dominance go from 38% all the way to now 53% pretty much in a straight line.

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Optimism has released its Q1 2024 report, which shows that the number of daily active addresses has reached 89,000 (a 23% increase compared to the previous period), and the daily transaction volume has increased to 470,000 (a 39% increase compared to the previous period). These indicators are slightly lower than the historical high point in Q3 2023.

LocalMonero, a peer-to-peer exchange for trading privacy coin Monero (XMR), has disabled all trades and will be taken down in six months, according to parent company AgoraDesk. The company cited a combination of internal and external factors for the decision, but did not provide specifics. The move follows a trend of P2P crypto trading platforms shutting down due to regulatory challenges, including LocalBitcoins and Paxful. LocalMonero's closure also comes amid pressure from regulatory authorities on privacy coins, with exchanges including Binance and Coinbase delisting tokens like Monero and Zcash.

The topic of scaling Bitcoin dates back to its very first mailing post. In response to Satoshi’s original message, James McDonald said, “We very, very much need such a system, but the way I understand your proposal, it does not seem to scale to the required size” — a remark that probably wasn’t the welcome Satoshi had anticipated. Nonetheless, this marked the beginning of a seemingly never ending, complex debate.