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‘DeFi in Europe has no lobby,’ says co-founder of Unstoppable Finance
18.5.2022
Peter Grosskopf, co-founder of the DeFi project Unstoppable Finance, tells Cointelegraph auf Deutsch what he thinks about new regulations for DeFi
Web3 Gaming Company Metatheory Raises $24 Million With Backing From A16z, Pantera, and FTX
18.5.2022
Metatheory, a Web3 gaming company founded in 2021, has announced it has raised $24 million in a Series A funding round. The investment round, which was led by big VC names in the crypto space like a16z, also had the participation of Pantera Capital and FTX Ventures. Kevin Lin, CEO of the company...
BitMEX Starts Spot Exchange on Eve of Co-Founder Hayes' Sentencing
17.5.2022
BitMEX, one of the longest-running crypto futures exchange, has pushed its spot markets live
Twitch co-founder raises $24M for Web3 gaming firm Metatheory
17.5.2022
The funding round led by Web3-focused venture capital firms will be used for upcoming nonfungible tokens, comics and a play-to-earn game slated for late 2022
Onecoin ‘Crypto Queen’ Ruja Ignatova Listed Among Europe’s Most Wanted
13.5.2022
Ruja Ignatova, mastermind of the notorious pyramid Onecoin, is now one of Europe’s most wanted fugitives. Also known as the “Crypto Queen,” she disappeared almost five years ago, after the Ponzi scheme she led collected billions of dollars from defrauded investors around...
Partisia Enters Partnership With Cardano Co-Founder Emurga Ventures
4.5.2022
Cardano levels up its privacy infrastructure with a partnership deal closed by Emurga Ventures, a founding entity of the Cardano blockchain. This deal with Partisia Blockchain will bring a suite of privacy tools like privacy-preserving Zero-Knowledge (ZK) and Multi-Party Computation (MPC)...
After Solana’s Co-Founder Said BTC Should Change Its Consensus Algo, Solana Mainnet Loses Consensus for 7 Hours
1.5.2022
While Ethereum users participating in the Otherside metaverse land sale caused network fees to rise and created issues for the blockchain explorer Etherscan, it overshadowed Solana’s blockchain network outage. It seems a flood of inbound transactions on Saturday caused Solana’s...
Solana Co-Founder Believes Bitcoin Needs to Change to Proof-of-Stake Consensus to Remain Relevant
1.5.2022
Anatoly Yakovenko, one of the co-founders of Solana, the proof-of-stake based, smart contracts enabled blockchain, issued a series of statements criticizing bitcoin’s consensus algorithm. In an interview on CNBC, Yakovenko stated that bitcoin might lose adoption if it doesn’t change...
Polygon Reveals Supernets Project to Bolster Web3 Adoption, Pledges $100 Million to Early Users
23.4.2022
On April 22, the layer two (L2) scaling network Polygon introduced the new Supernets network, a blockchain protocol that’s built to bolster Web3 technology. Furthermore, Polygon is pledging $100 million to early Supernet users “who can help fast-track adoption.”...
Game Space: One of the First GaaS “GameFi as a Service” Platform
23.4.2022
On April 22nd Michael Cameron the CEO and Co-founder of Game Space announced that it has released one of the first GaaS “GameFi as a Service” Platform. Game Space also announced that it had received more than US $7 million in financing. This round of financing is jointly led...
India Needs a Single Crypto Regulator, Says Polygon Co-Founder
22.4.2022
Tezos co-founder Arthur Breitman discusses the untapped potential of DeFi
21.4.2022
Breitman revealed that Tezos’ solution to the blockchain trilemma is using optimistic rollups in an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph
Co-Founder of Zimbabwean Fintech Startup: ‘Everyone Has a Right to Access Funds and Financial Freedom’
21.4.2022
Cryptocurrencies have been proven to be a financial tool that can be used to store value or make payments by those excluded from the financial system. Yet, despite this being true in many jurisdictions, many of those that might benefit from cryptocurrencies are still not using them. Regulatory...
Doge Day Then and Now: Lackluster Buzz as Dogecoin’s Price Is 65% Lower Than Last Year
20.4.2022
While April 20 or 420 is synonymous with cannabis culture, the day is also considered “Doge Day,” by a great number of dogecoin supporters. The day prior on Twitter, the Doge network’s co-founder Billy Markus asked what people should expect on Doge Day and for dogecoin’s...
Blockchain.com co-founder thinks the EU and UK are 'progressive' crypto regulators
19.4.2022
In a conversation on stage at Paris Blockchain Week Summit and in an exclusive interview afterwards, Nicolas Cary shared his insights on inflation, regulation and Web3
Robinhood’s CEO, Elon Musk, and DOGE Co-Founder Billy Markus Discuss Improving Dogecoin
15.4.2022
On Thursday, following Robinhood’s listing of shiba inu, the co-founder and CEO of Robinhood, Vladimir Tenev, spoke about dogecoin being the future currency of the internet on Twitter. Tenev’s Twitter thread got a lot of comments and also received responses from the co-founder of...
OlympusDAO Co-Founder Doxxed? Lawsuit Claims to Unmask 'Apollo'
14.4.2022
In the lawsuit, an early Olympus investor alleges he was cheated out of millions of OHM tokens when key smart contracts were rendered inoperable
Vitalik Buterin Becomes Citizen of Crypto-Friendly Montenegro
14.4.2022
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has been granted Montenegrin citizenship. Buterin joins other members of the crypto community with global experience who have been invited to help the small Southeast European nation attract investments and develop its blockchain sector. Vitalik Buterin Obtains...
Nicholas Douzinas, Co-Founder of Ajuna Network in Conversation with CryptoNewsZ
13.4.2022
Team CryptoNewsZ is in conversation with Nicholas Douzinas, the Co-Founder and Head of Business Development at Ajuna Network, a Swiss-based platform bringing blockchain gaming into the mainstream by integrating GameFi functionality with the world’s leading development engines, Unreal and Unity....
Terra’s Cross-Chain Bridge Now Supports Solana, Avalanche, Fantom, Moonbeam, Osmosis
13.4.2022
Terra Bridge, the cross-chain bridge protocol now supports Solana, Fantom, Moonbeam, Osmosis, and Avalanche according to Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon. “Easiest way to move funds in crypto,” the Terraform Labs CEO explained in a tweet. Terra Bridge Adds 5 New Chains On April 12, 2022...