Arbitrum Boss Brushes-off Start of Its First Ever Mainnet zkEVM
Steven Goldfeder, one of the people who started Arbitrum, has said that a zkEVM is “not 12 days away from mainnet.” The co-founder of OffChain Labs, the company behind the layer-2 scaling solution Arbitrum, has spoken out against companies that are marketing the launch of products built on an upcoming zkEVM. zkEVMs are a type […]
Ripple launches EVM sidechain for XRP Ledger
Ripple has launched the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) sidechain on the XRP Ledger, the bridge will be available and crucial for Ethereum smart contract developers. Ripple announced a bridge between an EVM-compatible chain and the XRP Ledger Development Network. Developers now have access to Solidity-based smart contracts thanks to the sidechain release. It will particularly […]
TempleDAO Hacker Moves $2.5M Worth of Ether to Tornado Cash
Last week, more than $2 million was stolen from TempleDAO. The person who hacked TempleDAO’s decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol last week has moved all of the money they stole to Tornado Cash in multiple transactions over the past 24 hours. Temple DAO, which lets its users earn interest on their crypto holdings, was one of […]
Gemini Founder Cameron Winklevoss Steps Down as Director
A Companies House filing from October 12 says that Gemini Europe no longer has Cameron Winklevoss as a director. Winklevoss is a billionaire and one of the people who started Gemini. Gemini Europe is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Gemini cryptocurrency exchange in New York, which serves 29 European countries at the moment. Cameron […]
Meta’s latest VR headset Quest Pro raises privacy concerns
Quest Pro, Meta’s latest VR headset, includes a new eye and facial movement tracker to enhance a better digital experience. However, the community raises concerns over privacy and fear of data breaches. At the Meta Connect 2022 conference on October 11, Meta—the organization that owns Facebook and Instagram—announced its most recent virtual reality VR headset […]