India tests offline functionality of digital rupee

The Reserve Bank of India is testing the offline functionality of its recently launched digital rupee, which has completed 800,000 transactions worth $134 million since its wholesale segment pilot launched on Nov. 1, 2022. (Read More)

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Solana suffers 7th outage in 2022 as bots invade the network

NFT minting bots on Solana contributed over 4 million transactions per second, knocking validators out of consensus and crashing the network for around seven hours.

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Ghana Examining Offline Use of Its “E-Cedi” CBDC

Ghana is exploring the ability to carry out secure offline transactions for its Central Bank Digital Currency. (Read More)

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Game Boy Owners Can Soon Convert Iconic Devices Into Secure Hardware Wallets

In the near future, Game Boy owners will have the opportunity to convert their devices into a hardware wallet for cryptocurrencies. The project, known as the Game Wallet, was unveiled by Joseph Schiarizzi, a developer hailing from Keyp, a Web3 startup. By employing a physical cartridge, this innovation enables users to harness the power of [...]

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Digital euro preparation continues as holding limit, privacy debated

Preparation for the launch of the digital euro CBDC continues with an eye toward a potential October 2025 launch decision.

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How to use a crypto hardware wallet

Investing in cryptocurrencies is widely known to be associated with risk, given the crypto market’s volatility, regulatory dilemmas and high-profile incidents of hacks, scams and fraudulent activities. According to Chainalysis’ midyear report on cryptocurrency-related crimes in 2022, approximately $1.9 billion worth of cryptocurrency was stolen in various hacking incidents and fraudulent activities compared to under [...]

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Near patches Web3 Ping of Death vulnerability that could crash network

Researchers found a vulnerability in NEARs peer-to-peer networking protocol that could have crashed any node, but it was patched before an attacker could discover it.

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Crypto ATM Numbers Drop by 13.91% Since December 2022, Over 3,600 Went Offline in March

According to data from the cryptocurrency automated teller machine (ATM) aggregation website Coin ATM Radar, over 3,600 crypto ATMs went offline in March. Since the end of 2022, the number of crypto ATMs has declined by 13.91% in the last three months. Crypto ATM Numbers Decline in 2023 According to data from Coin ATM Radar, [...]

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