Benjamin Powers

Powers is a tech reporter at Grid. Previously, he was privacy reporter at CoinDesk where he focused on data and financial privacy, information security, and digital identity. His work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Daily Beast, Rolling Stone, and the New Republic, among others. He owns bitcoin.

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Tecnologia

During Market Boom, Monero Cryptojacking Fell for First Time Since 2018

New research from Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 tracks the rise and fall of illicit XMR mining in the cloud.

Monero

Tecnologia

Decentraland Launches Dapp Portal With Polygon to Bypass High Gas Fees

Decentraland launched an account portal where you can move MANA to Polygon.

Yorio's avatar hanging out in Decentraland.

Tecnologia

Scams and Fraud Bubble Up as NFT Mania Takes Hold

Scams are a common occurrence in the crypto ecosystem. NFTs are no different.

Fake NFT dog art

Tecnologia

Sentinel’s Decentralized VPN Protocol Launches on Cosmos Mainnet

App developers can use the Sentinel Network to access Sentinel’s bandwidth marketplace for dVPN applications.

Sentinel mainnet

Tecnologia

Coinbase and ZenGo Spar Over QR Code Standards That Could Strand ERC-20 Tokens

Users who must use QR codes should verify transaction details before finally confirming the transaction to save themselves money and headaches.

Not all wallets employ the same QR code standard for ERC-20 tokens. That's a problem.

Tecnologia

‘Analysis Ongoing’: Nifty Gateway Addresses NFT Security Concerns

The popular NFT marketplace suggests users use strong passwords and enable two-factor authentication.

Developing_CD_Courts

Mercados

Beeple Says NFTs Are in a Bubble; $69.3M Mystery Buyer to Be Revealed Soon

Appearing on CoinDesk TV a day after his record-setting sale, Mike Winkelmann questioned whether NFTs will democratize art.

Beeple's "Everydays"

Tecnologia

The Graph to Host Protocol Governance on Decentralized GitHub Alternative Radicle

Radicle enables collaborative permissionless code in a decentralized way.

Actual radicle graph

Tecnologia

Start9 Labs to Build on Its Self-Sovereign, Private Internet Solutions With $1.2M in Funding

The funding round will be followed by a range of upgrades to the computing platform.

Graph radicle

Mercados

Half the Professionals Surveyed in Anonymous Poll 'Trust' Crypto

The survey asked 1,800 respondents whether they “trusted” cryptocurrency and if they'd want to get paid in it.

But do you trust crypto?