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Ethereum Devs Assess Reducing Data Transfer Cost 5x, EIP-4488 Becomes Possible Solution
28.11.2021
The second leading crypto asset ethereum has been dealing with high fees since the end of June and today the average ethereum transaction fee is between $5 and $34 per transfer. While there’s been a lot of complaints about ether gas costs this year, Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin...
Paytm Founder: Crypto Is Here to Stay and Will Become Mainstream in 5 Years
27.11.2021
The founder of Paytm, a major digital payment company in India, is “very positive about crypto.” Noting that cryptocurrency is here to stay, he expects it to become a mainstream technology in a few years. Paytm Founder Is ‘Very Positive About Crypto’ Vijay Shekhar...
WAX Builds the Largest Cross-Blockchain Ecosystem for NFTS, Gaming, and GameFi With Binance
24.11.2021
“Blockchain Brawlers” NFT Collection Launches Later this Month WAX, (Worldwide Asset eXchange), co-founder William Quigley has a vision for the future. One in which an NFT bridge – built by the company – would enable blockchain and NFT marketplaces to thrive despite...
Founder of Africa-Focused Media Firm Urges Continent’s Governments to Embrace Crypto
23.11.2021
The founder of Africa-focused media and investment company Footprint to Africa, Osita Oparaugo, has urged governments on the continent to embrace cryptocurrency. Africa Must Not Be Left Behind Osita Oparaugo, founder of Footprint to Africa, has argued that a timely embrace of cryptocurrencies...
Bitcoin Mining Company Griid Secures $525 Million Credit Facility From Blockchain.com
23.11.2021
On Monday, the mining firm Griid Infrastructure announced the company has secured a $525 million credit facility from the crypto firm Blockchain.com. According to the announcement, the credit facility will be a four-year term in order to increase the company’s mining capacity. Bitcoin Mining...
Finiko Founder Doronin Offers to Testify Against 44 Accomplices at Crypto Pyramid
22.11.2021
Kirill Doronin, mastermind of the Russian crypto Ponzi scheme Finiko, has proposed to testify against dozens of his former associates he claims violated his order to accept only cryptocurrency from investors. The founder of Russia’s largest financial pyramid in modern times has already...
Fund Managers Increasingly Prefer Bitcoin Over Gold — Say It’s a Better Store of Value
22.11.2021
A growing number of fund managers and institutional investors now prefer bitcoin over gold. They see the cryptocurrency as a better store of value and a better inflation hedge. “I think it’s probably going to be ten times better than gold over a long period of time,” said...
Bloktopia co-founder aspires to build a metaverse with 'hundreds of the best crypto projects'
19.11.2021
In an exclusive ask-me-anything session with Cointelegraph Markets Pro on Discord, Carroll discussed virtual real estate sales, roadmaps, tokenomics, and more regarding the upcoming Bloktopia Metaverse
Watch: Polygon's Co-founder On 'Holy Grail' of Scaling, Ethereum Merge, NFTs, and More
18.11.2021
Polygon (MATIC), a layer 2 (L2) scaling solution for Ethereum (ETH), will continue to focus on zero-knowledge (ZK) technologies as the team believes it is “the ultimate holy grail for blockchain scaling,” Polygon’s Co-founder and Chief Operations Officer (COO) Sandeep Nailwal said in an exclusive...
Tezos NFT Market Hic et Nunc Returns After Founder Steps Back, Begins Transition to DAO
17.11.2021
Last week, the popular Tezos-based non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace Hic et nunc discontinued its services following the market’s rise into the top twenty NFT marketplaces by sales volume. After the market’s founder Rafael Lima stepped back, the community decided to take...
Investment Manager Expects Governments to Clamp Down on Bitcoin, Warns of ‘Intense’ Crypto Regulation
17.11.2021
The founder and chief investment officer of Hayman Capital Management, Kyle Bass, has warned that governments will start to really clamp down on bitcoin. He predicts that “intense” crypto regulation will come out of the U.S. Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) next year....
Meet Dmitry: Co-founder of Ethereum’s creator Vitalik Buterin
16.11.2021
‘Big Short’ Investor Michael Burry Says ‘I’ve Never Shorted Any Cryptocurrency’ — Warns of the Biggest Bubble
16.11.2021
Hedge fund manager Michael Burry, famed for forecasting the 2008 financial crisis, says that he has never shorted any cryptocurrency. He further warned that the current bubble is the biggest one. Michael Burry on Bubbles and Shorting Cryptocurrencies Famous investor and founder of private...
Toy Companies Hasbro, Funko, and Mattel Turn to Wax as Trusted Partner
15.11.2021
William Quigley loved baseball cards during his pre-teens. As the founder of WAX (Worldwide Asset Exchange), you might think Quigley’s crowning achievement may have been to strike a deal with Topps Baseball Card company, so WAX could manage and create NFTs with the MLB. However, Quigley...
SEC Files Action Against Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon Regarding Mirror Protocol
15.11.2021
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has introduced an action against Terraform Labs, the company behind the design of the Terra blockchain, and its co-founder and CEO Do Kwon. The SEC is seeking an order for Kwon to comply with a series of subpoenas he has failed to address....
Integritee Co-Founder Alain Brenzikofer Explains How to Attract Enterprises to Use a Public Blockchain
15.11.2021
In development since 2018, Integritee AG’s solution enables sensitive business or personal data to be securely handled in an interoperable blockchain ecosystem. Using a hybrid of blockchain technology and hardware-enabled trusted execution environments, it enables businesses to securely...
Skybridge Capital Founder Says Bitcoin ‘Will Easily Trade at $500K’ — Urges Investors to Buy Right Now
15.11.2021
Skybridge Capital’s founder says bitcoin “will easily trade at $500,000 a coin,” noting that investors should buy some right now, even at the current price. “I’m trying to do my best to explain to them why they need to own this right now,” he said...
Finiko Fugitives Suspected of Moving 750 BTC From Crypto Pyramid’s Wallet
13.11.2021
A large amount of cryptocurrency has reportedly been withdrawn from a wallet previously controlled by the Finiko Ponzi scheme in Russia. The wallet’s unknown operators have transferred coins worth $48 million this month. The digital currency was split into smaller amounts and deposited...
Put Away the Ethereum ‘Knives,’ We Come in Peace – Solana Co-founder
12.11.2021
Not everyone in crypto is at each other’s throats. And while the rivalry between advocates of competing protocols is real, not all up-and-coming altcoin pioneers say they want to be known as Ethereum (ETH) “killers” – particularly one of the masterminds behind Solana (SOL)....
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Solana Labs co-founder: We don't want to kill 'beautiful' Ethereum
12.11.2021
Solana Labs’ co-founder thinks the fight between Ethereum and so-called “ETH Killers” is unnecessary, as the true aim for people working in crypto should be to onboard “every human” onto Web 3.0