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Terra Founder Do Kwon Denies Assets Frozen by South Korean Authorities - Here's How Much
6.10.2022
“No funds have been frozen,” claims Terra founder Do Kwon in response to reports that some $67m of his crypto has been put in a metaphorical freezer by South Korean authorities.
After reappearing on social media just days ago, and following a massive, now infamous collapse of the Terra / LUNA...
Blockchain Game Splinterlands Reveals Gamefi Platform Sold 10 Million Packs of Chaos Legion Series Cards
6.10.2022
On Wednesday, the team behind the blockchain game Splinterlands announced that it reached a new milestone after the project sold more than 10 million packs from the fantasy-themed battle game’s Chaos Legion series of cards. The achievement follows the project’s recent partnership with...
South Korea Reportedly Freezes Do Kwon’s Crypto Worth $40M — Luna Founder Says the Funds Are Not His
6.10.2022
South Korean authorities have reportedly frozen $40 million in crypto assets, including bitcoin, allegedly belonging to Luna founder Do Kwon. However, Kwon denied that any funds of his have been frozen. “I don’t even use Kucoin and Okex, have no time to trade, no funds have been...
Terra Founder Do Kwon's Passport 'Invalidated,' S. Korea Says
6.10.2022
The South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs posted a public notice on its website Wednesday announcing it would invalidate Terra creator Do Kwon's passport
Billionaire Hedge Fund Founder Ray Dalio Steps Down as Co-CIO of Bridgewater Associates
5.10.2022
Billionaire hedge fund founder Ray Dalio has stepped down as chief executive of Bridgewater Associates, according to a transfer of voting rights on September 30. Bridgewater’s co-chief executive explained on Tuesday that “Ray no longer has the final word,” in regard to...
Insolvency not in 'Nexo's reality,' says co-founder during AMA
5.10.2022
Co-founder Kalin Metodiev stated that comparisons between Celsius, Voyager and Nexo are “very far from reality” and that the firm is focused on building in a sustainable way
Anchorage co-founder sees 'tons of opportunity' as it expands into Asia
5.10.2022
Anchorage Digital has marked its plans for expansion into the Asian crypto market, with co-founder Diogo Mónica noting that Singapore is just a starting point
Celsius’ co-founder Daniel Leon follows Mashinsky out as crypto exec flight continues
4.10.2022
Leon is at least the eighth crypto sector executive who has resigned in recent months; Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky resigned a week ago
Crypto Lender Celsius Co-Founder, Chief Strategy Officer Leon Resigns: Report
4.10.2022
Crypto lender Celsius's co-founder and CSO S. Daniel Leon resigned Tuesday, becoming the second company executive to depart in recent weeks
Man and Machine: Nansen’s analytics slowly labeling worldwide wallets
4.10.2022
Nansen CEO Alex Svanevik sat down with Cointelegraph for an exclusive interview during Token2049
Disclosures Show Shopify’s CEO Bought $3M Worth of Coinbase Shares During the Past 2 Months
4.10.2022
Public records show that Shopify’s CEO Tobias Lütke has purchased close to $3 million in Coinbase shares during the last 60 days. Lütke became a Coinbase board member last February and because he is a Coinbase associate, he’s required by law to submit his trades to the U.S....
Celsius founder reportedly withdrew $10M before bankruptcy filing: FT
3.10.2022
The details of the withdrawal will reportedly be part of upcoming court filings, and it's possible the founder and former CEO of the crypto platform could be forced to pay it back
Ex-CEO of Bankrupt Crypto Lender Celsius Withdrew $10M Weeks Before Company Froze Customer Accounts: Report
3.10.2022
Mashinsky resigned as CEO last Tuesday; the company filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in mid July
Solana Network Suffers Another Outage — Cyber Capital Founder Says Downtime Is ‘Another Consequence of Bad Design’
1.10.2022
The proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain network Solana suffered another outage on September 30 and the network restart did not take effect until six hours later on October 1. Solana has suffered a myriad of network outages during the last year, and the blockchain’s latest downtime caused...
CFTC Charges Digitex Founder Adam Todd With Running Illegal Crypto Derivatives Trading Platform
30.9.2022
Adam Todd, the founder of crypto futures and spot market exchange Digitex, has been charged by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for multiple violations of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA)
Citadel CEO Ken Griffin Says Inflation May Have Peaked — Warns a Recession Is Coming
30.9.2022
Citadel CEO Ken Griffin says inflation may have peaked but a recession is coming. “We’re in a very uncertain time for investors,” the executive cautioned, adding that the Federal Reserve “is grappling with a level of inflation we haven’t seen in a long...
Ethereum Merge was 'executed flawlessly,' says Starkware co-founder
29.9.2022
Starkware co-founder Eli Ben-Sasson told Cointelegraph that none of the things that people feared about the Merge happened, and everything happened as it should
Nexo ‘surprised’ by state regulators' actions, says co-founder
29.9.2022
Kalin Metodiev emphasized that Nexo has been navigating through conversations with regulators for the past couple of years to ensure compliance, and was surprised that this news was “thrown out there in public.”
Illuvium co-founder shares plans for new ‘interoperable blockchain game’ model
29.9.2022
Illuvium’s co-founder says they want to build a series of blockchain games connected to each other, forming an ecosystem of interconnected titles which share NFTs
Tron Founder Justin Sun Thinks Crypto Could Learn Something From TradFi
28.9.2022
“We want our 100 million customers to know that we really take their money and their data seriously,” he said in an interview with CoinDesk