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Telco giant Deutsche Telekom launches Ethereum validator

  • Deutsche Telekom will run an Ethereum validator node via its subsidiary T-Systems Multimedia Solutions and has also partnered liquid staking pools provider StakeWise.

German telecom giant Deutsche Telekom has announced support for the Ethereum network, revealing plans to run a validator node on the world’s largest proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain.

An announcement from the telecommunications giant on Thursday stated that the company move is part of its wider objective of expanding its activities across the blockchain technology and crypto ecosystem.

Deutsche Telekom joins Ethereum staking

According to Deutsche Telekom, its validation infrastructure will be handled by its subsidiary, T-Systems Multimedia Solutions (T-Systems MMS). T-Systems MMS will thus operate a validator node on Ethereum, taking part in the network’s staking mechanism.

Deutsche Telekom also announced that its subsidiary would be partnering liquid staking pools provider Stake Wise, this marking the telco’s entry into liquid staking. 

The StakeWise app allows ETH holders to participate in network validation without having to operate a validator node themselves. This in turn lowers the entry barrier for anyone looking to invest in the cryptocurrency.

“After collaborating with Flow, Celo and Polkadot, we are now taking the next decisive step in the blockchain world and are doing pioneering work here with Ethereum. As a node operator, our entry into liquid staking and the close collaboration with a DAO is a novelty for Deutsche Telekom,” said Dirk Röder, Head of Blockchain Solutions Center at T-Systems MMS.

The German telco behemoth’s move comes a few weeks after Ethereum successfully transitioned from the proof-of-work mechanism used on the Bitcoin network.

The Merge, as the Ethereum software upgrade that ushered in the PoS mechanism was called, is set to see energy consumption for Ethereum fall by 99.95% – making the blockchain a more eco-friendly network.

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MicroStrategy looks to hire a Bitcoin software engineer

  • MicroStrategy wants to hire a Bitcoin software engineer to build a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform on the Lightning Network.

MicroStrategy, a top business intelligence firm that’s the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin (BTC), is looking to hire a software engineer to help build a Lightning Network-based enterprise platform.

Bitcoin software engineer to build SaaS platform 

On Friday, the US-based technology company announced it was on the hunt for an individual who will be tasked with developing a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform. 

According to the firm, the new platform will offer innovative solutions around cyber-security challenges to enterprises as well as enable new e-commerce use-cases.

“The engineers at MicroStrategy are working on some exciting new Lightning apps to help our enterprise customers secure networks, monetize websites, and deploy wallets en masse using Bitcoin,” MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor tweeted, urging those interested in joining the team to apply for the position.

Among other qualifications, one is required to have experience in developing software solutions that leverage the Bitcoin blockchain and Lightning Network, or decentralised finance (DeFi) technologies.

Saylor left his role as MicroStrategy CEO early last month to become the Executive Chairman, stating at the time that he was taking the step to focus more on the company’s Bitcoin strategy. 

Just this month, the company purchased an additional 301 bitcoins to bring its total holdings to 130,000.

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CFTC charges Digitex founder over illegal crypto derivatives platform

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), has brought charges against Adam Todd, the founder of crypto derivatives platform Digitex, according to court documents filed in a US court.

The futures market regulator is suing Todd over his operating of an unregistered derivatives trading venue in violation of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA), the filing showed.

Digitex used multiple entities

As per the CFTC charges filed in the Southern District of Florida, Todd is accused of building and operating the Digitex crypto derivatives trading platform illegally. The defendant is said to have used multiple entities to bring his services to the public, with cited entities being Digitex LLC, Digitex Software Ltd., Digitex Ltd. and Blockster Holdings Ltd. Corp.

The CFTC seeks monetary penalties, disgorgement, a ban against Todd and Digitex.

The action against Digitex is the latest complaint by the CFTC against a crypto entity or individual as regulators increasingly spotlight violations across the industry.

Last week, the agency fined founders of bZeroX Tom Bean and Kyle Kistner for violating the Commodity Exchnage Act in their offerig of leveraged and margined products to retailers. The regulator also filed a complaint against decentralised autonomous organisation Ooki DAO.

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Bitcoin retests key $20K level- can bulls get a higher close?

Bitcoin price rose sharply again on Friday as a dose of volatility helped BTC add nearly $1,000 within hours to top the $20,000 mark. Indeed, the BTC/USD pair rose as high as $20,182 on crypto exchange Coinbase – up from an intraday low of around $19,154 reached earlier in the day.

The price update below shows one instance where price had increased by over $800 in 24 hours.

The upside for the flagship crypto asset cascaded across the altcoin market, with Ethereum also seeing a swift jump to above $1,370 and Ripple’s XRP holding to most gains after ripping higher earlier on another score for the company is its case with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Elsewhere, the US stock market also opened slightly higher, although the muted move is not helped by the prevailing negative sentiment. The S&P 500 trades at levels not seen since 2020 and as is likely, it could slip lower to end the brutal Q3 in the red.

Can bulls see a higher BTC monthly close?

September has been a brutal month across the risk assets market, with Bitcoin oscillating around the $20k level with some painful dips towards the $18,000 support area.

Now with the normal market session just hours away from the monthly close, the attention could be on whether bulls can avoid a second consecutive red month. As seen on the chart below, BTC is about 1.8% in the red, with August seeing the cryptocurrency dump more than 13%. 

Bitcoin has had a red month in four out of the last five, with the last one ending with BTC/USD just above the critical $20k. 

BTCUSD monthly price chart. Source: TradingView

 

A higher monthly candle close Friday could set up fresh bids for the weekend and push BTC/USD higher. It’s an outlook that’s likely if $19,600 holds and a push for $20,300 opens up the $22,000 resistance line.

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