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US Lawmaker: FTX Collapse Isn’t a Crypto Failure — It’s a Failure of SEC, Bankman-Fried, Centralized Finance
24.11.2022
U.S. Congressman Tom Emmer says the FTX meltdown is not a crypto failure but a failure with SEC Chairman Gary Gensler, former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, and centralized finance. “We need to get to the bottom of this. We need to understand why Gary Gensler and the SEC were not doing their...
Uniswap Decentralized Exchange New Privacy Policy Says Platform Will Collect User Data – Here’s What’s Included
22.11.2022
Major decentralized exchange (DEX) Uniswap has upgraded its privacy policy and now collects certain on-chain and off-chain data from users, a move that has attracted the ire of some members of the crypto community.
Uniswap Labs, the development firm behind Uniswap, announced the news in...
Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin Discusses FTX Collapse — Says ‘Centralized Anything Is by Default Suspect’
22.11.2022
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin says many people in the Ethereum community see the FTX collapse “as a validation of things they believed in all along: centralized anything is by default suspect.” However, he warned that automatically downgrading every single thing former FTX CEO...
Decentralized Social Media - Has the Moment Come?
21.11.2022
With Elon Musk's Twitter seeing a backlash, users are flocking to web3 alternatives. Will the trend last?
Serum price soars 140% in one week amid FTX 'exit pump' fears
21.11.2022
FTX exposure risk has not stopped Serum price from a massive rally despite major cryptocurrency exchanges delisting SRM
FTX funds on the move as thief converts thousands of ETH into Bitcoin
20.11.2022
According to Chainalysis, “Reports that the funds stolen from FTX were actually sent to the Securities Commission of The Bahamas are incorrect.”
Bitcoin․com Announces ‘CEX Education Program’ to Reward Victims of Centralized Crypto Failures and Bolster DeFi
20.11.2022
Bitcoin.com announced the creation of a program that will reward people affected by centralized crypto company insolvencies while encouraging the adoption of decentralized finance and self-custody. The CEX Education Program will draw its resources from Bitcoin.com’s wallet token VERSE, which...
UK Law Commission Seeks Evidence on DAOs — Expert Says ‘New Legal Forms Are Required’
19.11.2022
The United Kingdom Law Commission recently asked experts and users to participate in a ten-week exercise whose objective is to help the commission better understand how decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) operate. A blockchain expert says the commission’s call shows that the U.K....
Defi Chain Co-Founder: FTX’s Collapse Has Rekindled Interest in Defi and Associated Products
18.11.2022
According to Julian Hosp, co-founder of the decentralized finance entity Defi Chain, the fall of the crypto exchange FTX and the domino effect it has had may have rekindled interest in decentralized finance (defi) and associated products. Hosp, however, conceded that the crypto exchange’s...
Twitter closes offices, staff resign while users eye decentralized options
18.11.2022
Twitter employees are not the only ones ditching the platform as users flock to a decentralized alternative
Nigerian Web3 Startup Says Funds Are Stuck With FTX, Lays Off Employees
17.11.2022
Nestcoin, a Nigerian Web3 startup which got an investment from Alameda Research in 2021, revealed on Nov. 14 that it had “a significant proportion of stablecoin investment” stuck at FTX. According to the startup’s CEO, laying off some employees allows the company to focus...
Investment Firm Paradigm Still Optimistic About Crypto — Says ‘Issues at FTX Are Precisely Ones Defi Can Solve’
17.11.2022
Investment firm Paradigm is still optimistic about crypto’s potential following the collapse of FTX. “The blowup of FTX has caused some to question crypto’s value. But the issues at FTX are precisely ones that decentralized finance [defi] can solve through increased transparency...
Value Locked in Defi at Its Lowest Point Since March 2021, Smart Contract Tokens Shed $22 Billion in 36 Days
16.11.2022
Smart contract platform tokens and decentralized finance (defi) protocols have taken a beating since the FTX collapse last week. The market capitalization of all the smart contract platform tokens in existence lost more than $22 billion during the last 36 days. The total value locked (TVL) in defi...
How are ‘lite’ versions of crypto apps helping adoption?
16.11.2022
Crypto exchanges use technology and basic design principles to attract a new wave of users into the crypto ecosystem
1inch seeks to optimize gas costs with its new v5 router
15.11.2022
The new router features a number of updates, including an improved smart contract error processing system
Binance CEO urges crypto buyers to 'hold' amid 'unpredictableness'
15.11.2022
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) said people should invest in crypto if they're using "cash that you don't need for a long time" as the market sees high volatility amid FTX's fallout
FTX collapse followed by an uptick in stablecoin inflows and DEX activity
14.11.2022
Investors piled into stablecoins following FTX’s collapse and an uptick in DEX activity suggests a rising interest in self-custody options
Hackers keeping stolen crypto: What is the long-term solution?
12.11.2022
In the long run, the industry needs to come together and step up its cybersecurity game in a big way rather than seek out such temporary fixes
BudBlockz to unveil the world’s first decentralized cannabis ecommerce platform
12.11.2022
BudBlockz, the new crypto in town, aims to be the first to operate a decentralized cannabis ecommerce platform. The goal is to revolutionize the cannabis industry through blockchain technology. It unites two popular products that have yet to become mainstream: cannabis and cryptocurrency. What...
Shaky USDT Price Stirs Speculation Tied to Alameda Reserves, Tether Freezes 46 Million Tokens
10.11.2022
Amid the market fluctuations on Thursday, data shows the stablecoin tether temporarily tapped a low of $0.961 per unit. Tether’s market fluctuations have affected the decentralized finance (defi) protocol Curve’s 3pool, as the stablecoin pool has become unbalanced Thursday morning....