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Morgan Creek CEO Says FTX Co-Founder SBF Was a ‘Pawn’ Used to ‘Punish’ the Crypto Industry
6.12.2022
Following FTX’s collapse, many industry executives, influencers, luminaries, and politicians have shared their opinions about the carnage the event has caused to crypto markets and a great deal of innocent bystanders. On Dec. 2, the CEO and founder of Morgan Creek Capital, Mark Yusko...
Demand for Cryptocurrency Miners Rises in Russia Amid Low Prices of Hardware
4.12.2022
Russia’s market for specialized crypto mining equipment has been seeing high demand over the past couple of months, with buyers attracted by the low price tags. Russian experts also predict an increase in the supply of used coin minting hardware as large foreign companies leave the industry....
The Pros and Cons of Web2 Joining Web3
20.11.2022
Li Gong is Partner at venture capital firm Youbi Capital.__________
Forget the “crypto bro”, web3 is rapidly maturing. Next-gen tech, funding interest, and emerging platforms contribute to a sector growing 40% every year. As a result, thought leaders, founders, and entrepreneurs are jumping ship...
Moving From Crypto Winter To Winter Spring: Lessons from Bear Market and When the Winter Will End
19.11.2022
Lex Sokolin is Head Economist at major blockchain company ConsenSys.__________...
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Binance sees record 138K BTC inflows as opinions differ on what Bitcoin price will do next
18.11.2022
BItcoin exchange inflows echo 2018 crypto capitulation, but the reasons for the largescale moves from Binance remain unclear
Zimbabwean Central Bank Launches CBDC Consumer Survey
11.11.2022
The Zimbabwean central bank has said it is “conducting a CBDC [central bank digital currency] Consumer Survey to solicit opinions on the design and nature of the CBDC and its overall acceptance by the public.” The bank said the information obtained via this process will...
Conflicting Opinions on Future of US Economy, Bitcoin Added to Guinness World Records, and More — Week in Review
23.10.2022
Economist and gold bug Peter Schiff has warned that the United States Federal Reserve’s actions to rein in inflation could lead to a “massive financial crisis” or flight away from the dollar on a global scale. Meanwhile, Joe Biden says the economy is “strong as hell,”...
How Augmented Reality Can Humanise the Metaverse
15.10.2022
Diego Di Tommaso is the COO and Co-Founder of OVER, an open-source, AR platform powered by Ethereum Blockchain.__________
When the metaverse and Web3 are discussed, we hear a lot about virtual reality (VR). Augmented reality (AR) rarely comes up in conversation, and the two are often mistaken...
Blockchain Consensus Mechanisms and Their Role in Sustainable Blockchain Development
9.10.2022
Gwendolyn Regina is Investment Director at BNB Chain, the blockchain developed by major crypto exchange Binance.__________
Blockchain sustainability has become essential. As the technology scales, new blockchains must be green.
You might have heard the saying, “Bitcoin uses more electricity than...
L2 Wars: The Competition for Top Layer-Two Scaling Solutions on Ethereum
8.10.2022
Vitaly Yakovlev is CTO at DeFi platform ZKX.__________
This article will explain how ZK-Rollups technology has the potential to revolutionize decentralized finance (DeFi), address common problems in the landscape, and make a case for future derivatives trading. ...
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Cryptocurrency as Money — Store of Value or Medium of Exchange?
6.10.2022
**The following article was written by Kristoffer Mousten Hansen and Karras Lambert and published on September 28, 2022. Cryptocurrency as Money — Store of Value or Medium of Exchange? was originally published on mises.org. The opinions expressed in this article are the authors’ own....
The Post-Terra Era: Incentivising Innovation and Longevity Through Regulation
2.10.2022
Vincent Chok is the CEO of First Digital Trust, a Hong Kong-based technology-driven financial institution powering the digital asset industry and servicing financial technology innovators including blockchain clients, payments companies, and virtual banks.__________...
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Crypto is Thriving Through Offshore Corporate Structures
1.10.2022
Marc Piano, Senior Associate at global offshore law firm Harneys, is a member of the Investment Funds, Corporate, and Banking & Finance teams in the Cayman Islands office. Phil Graham, Partner at Harneys, is global head of the Investment Funds and Regulatory groups and head of the transactional...
Crypto Payments May Not Help Russia Bypass Sanctions, Experts Say
26.9.2022
Russia is preparing to authorize international crypto payments but people involved in the industry doubt this would allow the country to circumvent sanctions. At the same time, the United States has been tightening the noose, recently targeting the use of cryptocurrencies to dodge the financial...
Cross-chain Bridging is Broken - But We Know How to Fix It
25.9.2022
Kadan Stadelmann is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Komodo (KMD), a decentralized, open-source blockchain and a major player in blockchain interoperability and atomic swap technology.__________
As of August 2022, there’s been $2 billion total in crypto losses, with 69% of stolen crypto funds...
Merchant Crypto Payments: Clever Marketing or Signs of Real Adoption?
24.9.2022
Andrey Diyakonov is the Chief Commercial Officer at Choise.com, a MetaFi (CeFi/DeFi) ecosystem based on Crypterium CeFi solutions and Charism DeFi protocol.__________
Earlier this year, all the news about digital assets was about the ongoing crypto winter, the bankruptcy of lenders and other...
One Misconception and Severe Design Flaw of the Ethereum Merge
4.9.2022
Sergey Vasylchuk is the Co-founder & CEO of the staking provider Everstake.
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The Merge is nigh, and there are some misconceptions about it that even the wonderfully written FAQ on the dedicated page can't answer. Understanding the new reality is paramount, especially as you prepare...
The Future of Web3 Will Be Multichain and Chainless at the Same Time
3.9.2022
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Why Regulation Is Key to Crypto Industry
2.9.2022
Tom Stuart, CEO of Nous Systems, a Web3 marketplace for investment._____
The recent collapse of Terra, the issuer of once the third-largest stablecoin, was a low moment for crypto and put the reputation of the industry in question. Wiping out tens of billions of dollars in market capitalization...
Soulbound Tokens vs Self-Sovereign Identity: Web3’s Search for a Digital ID Solution
28.8.2022
Fraser Edwards is the Co-Founder and CEO of cheqd, a network for creating digital credential businesses.__________...
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