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Skybridge Founder: Every Wall Street Firm Will Sell Bitcoin ETF to Clients — ‘Next 10 to 20 Years Are Remarkably Bullish’
24.9.2023
Skybridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci has explained why he is still bullish on bitcoin. Emphasizing that every Wall Street firm is going to have a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) in their arsenal that they will sell to their clients, he predicted: “The next 10 to 20 years...
Block.one’s Settlement Offered a ‘Tiny Fraction’ of the $4.1 Billion Raised — EOS Network Foundation CEO
23.9.2023
According to Yves La Rose, the founder and CEO of the EOS Network Foundation (ENF), the blockchain software company Block.one’s failure to financially back the EOS ecosystem after the 2018 initial coin offering (ICO) is one of the many reasons why the community felt compelled to take over....
FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried's Bail Request Rejected Ahead of Trial
22.9.2023
A US court has denied Sam Bankman-Fried's request for release on bail before his trial, which is scheduled to begin next month.
On Thursday, an appeals court upheld the decision to keep the disgraced founder of FTX locked up ahead of his trial.
"We reject [Bankman-Fried's] contention that...
Bitcoin ETFs or not, don’t expect a ‘sexy’ crypto bull run: Concordium founder
22.9.2023
Experts remain divided on when the next bull market is set to kick off, but they all agree on one thing: the next big rally won’t look like the last one
Here’s How FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s Trial May Play Out
21.9.2023
FTX founder and onetime CEO Sam Bankman-Fried will stand trial in just under two weeks to defend himself against allegations he deliberately committed fraud and conspired to defraud crypto investors and customers in FTX and Alameda Research. CoinDesk spoke to several legal experts about how...
Blockchain-Powered Platforms Can Help Event Organizers Overcome the Ticket Scalping Scourge — Maxwell Mayhew
21.9.2023
According to Maxwell Mayhew, founder of the decentralized e-ticketing platform UTIX, event organizers can potentially overcome ticket scalping by switching to smart contract-based event hosting platforms. Such platforms not only help organizers control the amount of event tickets in secondary...
'We Can't Build Something Like This on Ethereum,' Says DYdX Founder as Mainnet Nears
20.9.2023
In an exclusive interview, Antonio Juliano, founder of dYdX (and a former Coinbase software engineer), discusses his project's move to build a new layer-1 blockchain using Cosmos technology
What Are Rollups? Ethereum’s Main Scaling Solution Examined
20.9.2023
Rollups are structures that have been designed as a way of scaling Ethereum’s capacity to process transactions and data. They group a bunch of tasks and compute them offchain, only posting the result of these transactions to Ethereum, allowing more data to be piled up on L1 (layer one)....
The ‘Family Business’ — FTX Founder’s Parents Accused of Siphoning Millions From Bankrupt Exchange
19.9.2023
The parents of disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried are being accused of misappropriating millions in customer funds from the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange. The attorneys for Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried firmly assert that the allegations are “completely false.”...
Biggest Movers: TON Hits 7-Month High, After Rising 50% in the Last Week
19.9.2023
Toncoin rallied to a fresh seven-month high on Tuesday, as Telegram founder Pavel Durov revealed more details about its recent partnership with the blockchain. Generally, the crypto market cap has been higher in the past days, mostly in anticipation of Wednesday’s Federal Reserve interest rate...
‘Embracing Tokenization Now Is a Strategic Move for the Future’ — Metatime CEO Yusuf Sevim
19.9.2023
While tokenization of real-world assets (RWAs) like gold and real estate is a prospect that unnerves stakeholders in traditional financial systems, according to Yusuf Sevim, the co-founder of the decentralized protocol Metatime, this can potentially bring with it “immense benefits.”...
FTX founder’s parents sued, accused of stealing millions from crypto exchange
19.9.2023
According to the allegations, Sam Bankman-Fried’s father Joseph Bankman was a “de facto officer” at the FTX Group
Solana Co-Founder Urges the US to Not Wait for “Perfect” Crypto Regulations
19.9.2023
Anatoly Yakovenko, co-founder of Solana and the CEO of Solana Labs, stressed the importance of the US government’s crypto bipartisan bill passed in July. However, he noted that the government shouldn’t wait for “perfect” legislation to move forward in regulations.
“The bills aren’t perfect....
Tether Co-Founder Sizes Up PayPal’s Stablecoin Ambitions
18.9.2023
Tether pioneer William Quigley, who was also an early investor in PayPal, said he doubts the payments giant will bring much innovation to the stablecoin space
Ethereum Co-Founder Insists ETH Is a Commodity Amid SEC Crackdown on Crypto Securities
18.9.2023
Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin says he stands by his conviction that ether is a commodity despite the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and its chairman, Gary Gensler, trying to assert authority over all crypto tokens, except bitcoin. “I anticipate that, with previous...
Softbank Looking to Invest Billions in AI After Pausing Crypto Investments
18.9.2023
Softbank, one of the largest investment management conglomerates in the world, is reportedly eyeing several investments in the artificial intelligence (AI) field after having paused its crypto investments. According to the Financial Times, Softbank founder and chief executive officer Masayoshi...
Hong Kong’s Friendly Crypto Policies ‘Very Stable,’ Legislator Assures Vitalik Buterin
18.9.2023
A Hong Kong Legislative Council member has assured Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin that the friendly cryptocurrency policies in Hong Kong are “very stable.” In response to Buterin’s comments expressing his unfamiliarity with Hong Kong and its “complicated...
Binance US CEO Is ‘Taking Deserved Break,’ CZ Seeks to Downplay Executive Exodus
17.9.2023
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao has commented on the latest executive departures from his company’s American branch. The changes in the U.S. crypto trading firm’s management, including the release of its chief executive, followed similar developments at the global exchange. CZ Urges Followers...
Bankman-Fried’s House Arrest Writings Reveal Inner Turmoil, Blame Game in FTX Collapse
16.9.2023
According to more than 250 documents sent to the media, the disgraced co-founder of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, said he feels like “one of the most hated people in the world.” The former CEO of the now-defunct crypto exchange further noted in his statements that “there will probably never be anything...
Play-to-earn games are the reason ‘real’ gamers hate crypto: Atari founder
15.9.2023
Crypto games have garnered a bad reputation among traditional gamers, but the future of Web3 games and blockchain-based worlds is far from over, says Nolan Bushnell