Get the weekly summary of crypto market analysis, news, and forecasts! This Week’s Summary The crypto market ends the week at a total market capitalization of $2,17 trillion. Bitcoin continues to trade at around $62,300. Ethereum experiences no changes and stagnates at around $2,400. XRP is down by 2%, Solana by 1%, and Dogecoin by 3%. Almost all altcoins are trading in the red, with very few exceptions. The DeFi sector decreased the total value of protocols (TVL) to around…
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How Smart Contract Audit and KYC Secures the DeFi Space
The decentralized finance (DeFi) space has developed substantially in the past three years. However, the threat of hacks and scams still looms on the horizon, leading to FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt) in users and projects. Fortunately, smart contract audit and KYC services can tilt the balance towards this sector's secure, more lucrative future. Auditing companies ensure that investors get behind real and feasible projects. Moreover, KYC standards guarantee the reliability of development teams and reduce malicious participants. These are…
3 years ago
Edge Rolls Out First Crypto Mastercard Without KYC Requirements
Edge, the firm behind the Edge crypto wallet, has rolled out Edge Mastercard, a one-of-a-kind crypto virtual card. The company announced this news yesterday, noting that the card is confidential. This means users do not have to submit know-your-customer (KYC) information or any personally identifiable information to use it. According to the announcement, Edge Mastercard uses Mastercard’s open-loop merchant network. This network allows the spending of crypto at over 10 million merchants across the US. At the moment, the card…
3 years ago
SolidProof to Open Smart Contract Auto-Audit Tool for Large Scale Access
SolidProof – a German-based security company – will soon make its automatic smart contract auditing tool available for development teams everywhere. The product is meant to support the growing decentralized finance (Defi) space by addressing its all too common security threats. The Need for Security Defi is a popular application for blockchain technology that builds on the original monetary function that Bitcoin was designed for. Whereas Bitcoin was created as a form of trustless money, defi enables trustless financial services…
3 years ago
Solidproof Obtains Licenses for its Transformational Auto Audit Tool Solution
Solidproof is proud to announce that they have secured licenses for their auto tool, which has the potential to take DeFi auditing to the next level. The tool’s beta version is available to dedicated parties who will help with testing and final development. Dubbed the Solidproof Automated Audit Tool (SAAT), the newly-launched product seeks to speed up the audit process, allowing the firm to bring certainty to multiple blockchain projects. SAAT introduces advanced code analysis that is much more efficient…
3 years ago
Magic Eden Implements Stringent KYC Procedures Following Scams
NFT creators on Solana marketplace Magic Eden will now be subject to stricter procedures. The company announced a new doxing policy for creators who want to drop their collections on the marketplace. This policy would ensure stringent safety and project quality checks that would protect the interest of minters. The recent development unfolds against a backdrop of rug pull scams that saw minters lose thousands of dollars on Magic Eden. Minters lost $58,000 (645 SOL) in the first scam because…
3 years ago
How SolidProof Ensures Transparency and Security through Audit and KYC Systems
Solidproof is among the most trusted blockchain security and smart contract auditing companies in the crypto market today. The Germany-based company aims to fix the security and transparency issues smothering the crypto space. But, unfortunately, as the industry attains more progress, so do the opportunities for bad actors to victimize honest investors. According to a yearly report on crypto crimes by Chainalysis, $14 billion of all transactions in crypto in 2021 were associated with scams or money laundering. These figures…
3 years ago
Top 6 Smart Contract Auditing Companies
Deploying a smart contract on the blockchain without auditing can quickly spell "suicide" for most projects. Nowadays, hackers are constantly looking for potential code errors and vulnerabilities. Furthermore, most users have the experience of knowing they cannot trust unaudited DeFi and crypto protocols. Fortunately, no project has to launch unaudited, especially with the abundance of professional auditors in the industry. These experts can investigate smart contracts, detect errors or vulnerabilities, and suggest fixes. Simply put, they increase a protocol’s chances…
3 years ago
SolidProof Introduces KYC and Audit Services for DeFi projects
SolidProof, a German-based blockchain auditing company, has finalized the development of its auto audit tool and plans to launch the solution soon. Dubbed the SolidProof Automated Auto Tool (SAAT), the product is designed to streamline and speed up the entire smart contract auditing process. Retail and institutional adoption of decentralized finance (DeFi) is growing stunningly. However, rampant hacks, scams, and other security breaches targeting DeFi protocols threaten to derail the success of the budding sector. SAAT aims to help blockchain…
3 years ago
Solidproof Continues to Grow with Crucial Industry Partnerships
Solidproof is one of the fastest emerging audit companies in the crypto sphere. The German company specializes in project auditing, KYC procedures, and high-security data storage. And, its recent industry partnerships show that its premium-quality services are in high demand. Furthermore, one of Solidproof’s innovative products, the Automated Audit Tool, is receiving increasing attention. The company has just integrated the placeholder for the auto tool. So, now, users can increase the certainty of their smart contracts with automatic project auditing.…
4 years ago