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FTX Insider Reveals New Document, Musk Catches Flak for SBF Comments, Nobel Prize Laureate Krugman Warns of Eternal Winter for Blockchain — Week in Review
11.12.2022
It’s been another wild week in crypto, with a claimed FTX insider revealing a controversial document related to former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison’s account at FTX. In related news, Elon Musk has been criticized for suggesting that former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF)...
Looking at DeFi's Untapped Potential
11.12.2022
Gwendolyn Regina is Investment Director at BNB Chain.__________
Decentralized finance (DeFi) is the largest and most innovative crypto vertical in the last two years. DeFi has used smart contract platforms as a base to develop a network of interconnected layers for decentralized financial...
Astar Network CEO: Webassembly Smart Contracts Are Going to ‘Pull a Lot of Talent From Web2 to Web3’
11.12.2022
Ethereum is almost universally credited for kickstarting the Web3 revolution after it brought to life the concept of smart contracts. However, some in the Web3 community, like Astar Network’s Sota Watanabe, believe the protocol cannot “build the innovative future of blockchain...
A Supreme Court case could kill Facebook and other socials — allowing blockchain to replace them
11.12.2022
If the Supreme Court decides to strike down Section 230, it's going to become considerably more difficult for centralized social media companies to operate
Sam Bankman-Fried Finally Agrees to Testify Before House Committee Next Week – This is What Happened
10.12.2022
Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and former CEO of FTX, has eventually agreed to participate in the upcoming U.S. House committee’s hearing and testify on the collapse of his crypto empire.
In a Friday tweet, Bankman-Fried said he still does not have access to much data regarding his crypto empire...
Crypto.com Crypto Exchange Provides Proof of Reserves After Panic by Investors – Here’s What You Need to Know
10.12.2022
Crypto.com has become the latest cryptocurrency exchange to release its Proof of Reserves data from auditing firm Mazars Group, proving that its clients' assets are fully backed one-to-one.
According to a Friday blog post, auditing firm Mazars conducted the verification process, revealing that...
Argentina Organizes National Blockchain Committee to Implement State Level Strategy
10.12.2022
The government of Argentina has designated a national blockchain committee in order to establish the directives for a state-level blockchain adoption strategy. In a document, Argentina remarks on the importance of this tech for the future and presents several use cases that would benefit from...
Data shows the Bitcoin mining bear market has a ways to go
9.12.2022
The 2022 bear market is impacting BTC miners in more extreme ways than previous downturns, especially with so many publicly listed miners struggling with their debt obligations
Shares of Bitcoin Miner Argo Blockchain Suspended in UK and US
9.12.2022
The struggling firm said at the end of October that it might have to cease operations if it was unable to secure additional financing
Symbiont.io, Which Tried to Bring Blockchain to Traditional Finance, Files for Chapter 11
9.12.2022
Investors chase Web3 as blockchain industry builds despite bear market
9.12.2022
Cointelegraph Research asked top venture capitalists and industry professionals, “What is Web3, and what does it mean for the industry?”
The SEC Wants Firms to Publicly Disclose Their Exposure to Crypto – More Regulation Coming?
9.12.2022
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has made it clear that they want companies to disclose any crypto-related risks they may be exposed to, saying that both direct and indirect exposure must be described.
The SEC now says firms should describe how company bankruptcies and subsequent...
Billionaire Tim Draper Says El Salvador Will Become One of the Richest Countries on Earth For This One Reason
9.12.2022
American venture capitalist and billionaire Tim Draper argues that bitcoin (BTC) will lead El Salvador to become one of the richest countries in the world.
In an interview with investor Anthony Pompliano, published on Monday, Draper discussed governments turning to bitcoin and adopting 'the...
Cardano Price Prediction as Cardano is Named Top Blockchain For Daily Development Activity – ADA to the Moon?
9.12.2022
The Cardano price has risen by 1.5% in the past 24 hours, in line with a 2% rise for the cryptocurrency market as a whole. At $0.315694, it's basically flat in the past week but down by 15% in the last 30 days....
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Starbucks Unveils Web3 Loyalty Program, Inviting Customers on an 'Odyssey' of Rewards and Benefits
9.12.2022
Seattle-based major coffeehouse chain Starbucks is expanding its exposure to Web3 and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) with the launch of the beta version of Starbucks Odyssey, a new loyalty program made available to a small group of waitlist members comprising customers and employees in the US. ...
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Paradigm’s open-source Ethereum execution layer client Reth
9.12.2022
Paradigm is extremely pleased and excited to announce that they have successfully created their free and open-source Ethereum execution layer client, which goes by the name of Reth. This creation Reth, which in actuality is a short form for Rust Ethereum, happens to be a freshly built Ethereum...
Revealed: Shark Tank Superstar Kevin O’Leary Was Paid This Much by FTX to Promote Platform
9.12.2022
Investor and Shark Tank Judge Kevin O'Leary has revealed that he has lost almost all the $15 million the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX paid him to be its official spokesperson....
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FTX-Hosted NFTs Point to Broken Metadata, Issue Illuminates Flaws With NFTs Tied to Centralized Clouds
8.12.2022
On Wednesday, non-fungible token (NFT) supporters discovered that NFT metadata hosted on the platform FTX US points to broken metadata, and the links now point to FTX’s restructuring website. Specific collections that were minted on the Solana blockchain via the FTX US NFT platform do...
New Report: November Month Alone Saw Record-Breaking $4.88 Billion Worth of Crypto Lost or Stolen – Here’s What Happened
8.12.2022
As much as $4.88bn worth of crypto were either lost or stolen in November, with one incident alone accounting for a whopping $2.8bn, a new report from DappRadar has revealed.
According to the report, the single largest case to impact crypto users in November was the halting of withdrawals from...
Today in Crypto: PayPal to Expand its Crypto Service to Luxembourg, ByBit Integrates ApeX Pro DEX, Nomad Preparing Relaunch
8.12.2022
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