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How could Amazon Web Services be unbundled on Web3 Guest post by @o_rourke of @POKTNetwork https://cryptoslate.com/how-could-amazon-web-services-be-unbundled-on-web3/ Read More: How could Amazon Web Services be unbundled on Web3 Guest post by @o_rourke of @POKTNetwork
BlockFi, one of the leading crypto lenders, raised the mammoth amount in a recent Series D round. BlockFi’s big day Crypto lender BlockFi has raised over $350 million in a Series D round and is now valued at over $3 billion, the firm said in a release today. The firm is one of the few […]
Gary Gensler is edging closer to taking charge at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). With that, the Ripple faithful hold hope that one of Gensler’s first acts, if he clears the final hurdle, will be to withdraw the lawsuit. The suggestion comes from former SEC Commissioner Paul Atkins, who served between 2002-2008. Atkins commented […]
Ethereum appears to be hastening its transition to Proof-of-Stake, with developer Mikhail Kalinin publishing the specifications for the chain merge with Eth2. Read More: Eth2 transition accelerates amid rumblings of a miner rebellion
Brooklyn 99 star Terry Crews is launching his own cryptocurrency, $POWER, where people can own a piece of him and spend it at the local grocery store. Read More: Funny money: Brooklyn 99 star launches own social currency
An NFT collector has turned down a $1 million offer for a token depicting a basketball highlight. Read More: Collector turns down M for NBA Top Shot moment originally bought for 0K
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. Economy news The European Central Bank said it will continue to conduct net asset purchases under the pandemic emergency purchase program with a total envelope of USD 1.85trn until at least the end […]
The demand for video cards and ready-made bitcoin (BTC) and altcoin crypto mining centers is rising astronomically in Russia as more people in the nation flock to the fast-expanding sector. Per a report from the media outlet Gazeta, data from the Russian e-commerce platform Avito revealed that last month demand for GPUs rose by 2.6 […]
The logo of the KakaoTalk chat app. The South Korean chat app operator Kakao says some 0.75 million, or more than 1% of its users are now using its chat app-linked crypto wallet that was launched in June 2020. Per a report from TechM, the service is firmly “en route to the 1 million-user mark,” […]
In this episode of Cointelegraph’s Crypto Duel, professor of computer science at the University of Campinas Jorge Stolfi debates Bitcoin strategist at Kraken Pierre Rochard on whether Bitcoin can be considered a Ponzi scheme. 00:00 Intro 1:29 Can Bitcoin be defined as a Ponzi scheme?10:39 Why Bitcoin should be considered a Ponzi when fiat money […]
What’s it like to be a woman working in the crypto/blockchain industry? Grab a drink, bring a positive attitude, and join Cointelegraph’s International Women’s Day livestream at 3 p.m. ET on March 8 to find out! Guests:Anino Emuwa, founder and CEO at Avandis Consulting, co-founder of 100Women@DavosEfi Pylarinou, blockchain and fintech advisorElissa Shevinsky, CTO at […]
Bitcoin naysayer JPMorgan creates ‘Cryptocurrency Exposure Basket’ (via @shauryamalwa) https://cryptoslate.com/bitcoin-naysayer-jpmorgan-creates-cryptocurrency-exposure-basket/ Read More: Bitcoin naysayer JPMorgan creates ‘Cryptocurrency Exposure Basket’ (via @shauryamalwa)
This U.S. state could legally recognize Ethereum DAOs (via @shauryamalwa) https://cryptoslate.com/this-u-s-state-could-legally-recognize-ethereum-daos/ Read More: This U.S. state could legally recognize Ethereum DAOs (via @shauryamalwa)
A recent survey threw light on how UK investors viewed Bitcoin as an investment. Some said they would invest more, while others think they have already “missed the boat.” Missing the boat? Maybe not A survey by policy think tank Parliament Street found crypto investors in the country had mixed feelings for Bitcoin’s future prices. […]
After 27 long years sitting atop the throne at Amazon’s headquarters, billionaire business tycoon Jeff Bezos has finally decided to call time and step down from his position as CEO – leaving control of his empire to Andy Jassy, who currently heads up the company’s web services department and has done since 2016. Amazon Web […]
Grayscale Halts GBTC Inflows After Trading 15% Below BTC | Bitcoin Demand from Goldman Sachs’ Customers is Rising, COO Says | Israeli Asset Manager Doubles $100 Million Bitcoin Investment in Two Months Read More: Market Analysis Report (11 Mar 2021)
SEC commissioner Hester Peirce is optimistic that the U.S. will eventually offer more clarity for cryptocurrency investors. Read More: Gensler confirmation as SEC chair would be good for crypto, says Hester Peirce
The Bank of Russia hopes to complete a prototype platform for a digital ruble by the end of 2021. Read More: Bank of Russia to start digital ruble trials in 2022
Bakkt will also have a money transmitter license in the state of New York. Read More: New York grants Bakkt coveted BitLicense
European crypto and blockchain players are worried that incoming regulatory frameworks could usher in “excessive requirements” that could “pose significant challenges for crypto-based projects,” particularly in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space, with “irreconcilable” obstacles, a survey has found. The survey was commissioned by the International Association Read More: DeFi Sector May Face Threat from New […]
BlockFi co-founders: Flori Marquez and Zac Prince The US-based major financial services company focused on cryptoassets, BlockFi, was valued at USD 3bn following its recent USD 350m Series D fundraising round. It was led by new investors including Bain Capital Ventures, partners of DST Global, Pomp Investments and Tiger Global, the company said. This round […]
A fragment of “EVERYDAYS: THE FIRST 5000 DAYS” by Beeple. Source: A screenshot, onlineonly.christies.com A non-fungible token (NFT) piece of art thirteen years in the making was just sold for a whopping USD 69.35m at famous British auction house Christie’s, becoming the most expensive NFT ever sold, and positioning the author among the top three […]
Ask ten crypto proponents about the prices of Bitcoin a year from now and you’re likely to hear ten widely different answers. Some use astrology, some use technical analysis, and some use on-chain voodoo art for their predictions. And there are then ex-institutional guys like Tone Vays, who rely on a mix of the staunchest […]
Controversial figure Alex Jones, who was once dubbed America’s leading conspiracy theorist, claims to have lost a laptop containing 10,000 Bitcoin. Following Bitcoin’s renaissance this week, that would equate to a value of $560mn at today’s price. Jones makes fantastical Bitcoin claims Speaking on the Flagrant 2 podcast, when the host broached the topic of […]
The firm invested $100M into the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust late last year, it has sold one third and it’s holdings are still worth $50M more than the purchase pri… Read More: Israeli asset manager doubles its 0M Bitcoin investment in just two months
NFTs are coming under scrutiny as more attention is drawn to the carbon footprint of PoW blockchains. Read More: True or false? A single NFT can power a European household for 1.5 months
People who invested their first stimulus check into Bitcoin in April 2020, would now have more than $10,000. Read More: You’d have K now if you’d invested April’s stimulus in Bitcoin — and more with ETH
Source: A Screenshot, Instagram/metamask.io ConsenSys-owned major Ethereum (ETH) wallet and Web 3.0 browser MetaMask saw its swap feature growing substantially, while non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are also gaining traction. Their token swap feature, which enables users to compare and swap tokens directly within MetaMask, was announced last October, which their Product Lead Jacob Cantele described as […]
If you’re looking for someone to blame for disruptive ethereum (ETH) price corrections, you may be mistaken to look in the direction of miners, per the findings of a new report. Researchers behind a new Coin Metrics study of Ethereum network miner activity have concluded that there was little evidence to collate miner activity with […]
The Japanese courts have sent an ominous warning signal to would-be crypto tax evaders – by jailing a 56-year-old man who pleaded ignorance of how Japan’s crypto tax laws work. Per Chunichi, the man, an office worker named Hideji Matsuda, was given a one-year sentence and fined over USD 202,000 by a judge at the […]