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Blast’s TVL is Fast-Approaching $2 Billion – Check Eligibility for the Airdrop Here
23.2.2024
Ethereum Layer 2 protocol BLAST is nearing $2 billion in TLV ahead of its mainnet launch at the end of the month. Notably, commenters argue that the protocol – created by the BLUR team – already has an entire ecosystem ready to go, while the community and developers are eagerly awaiting the Blast...
Two-Thirds of Public Commenters Oppose US Adopting Digital Dollar: Cato
27.7.2022
With more than 2,000 people responding to the Federal Reserve’s invitation to weigh in on whether it should start a digital dollar, a Cato Institute examination has interpreted two-thirds of their comments as raising objections to the idea
US central bank digital currency commenters divided on benefits, unified in confusion
8.6.2022
Like a Rorschach ink blot, the Federal Reserve Board’s CBDC discussion paper provided stakeholders with an opportunity to find what they wanted to see in it
Racist Xbox Commenters Duped By Popular Impersonator Just In Time For Black History Month
4.2.2022
It would be so satisfying if corporations and brands more often called out racism and other ills in their comments sections on social media. In the responses to a recent Xbox post on Facebook, it appeared at first glance that the console-maker had done exactly that. And while it’s not quite what...
Religious Ban on Cryptocurrencies Provokes Social Media Reproach in Ingushetia
29.5.2021
A decision by a prominent religious body in Ingushetia to prohibit dealings with cryptocurrency has sparked controversy in the predominantly Muslim Russian republic. Critics have taken to social media to express their disagreements with the ban, pointing out that the treatment of bitcoin in Islamic...
Critics Savage Research Paper Alleging Lone Whale Caused Bitcoin’s 2017 Rally
5.11.2019
Crypto commenters have torn into a new research paper alleging a single whale caused bitcoin’s 2017 price rally. The paper, reported prominently in Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal, has been criticized for failing to understand that mass inflows of tether (USDT) to the cryptoconomy...