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Paris Blockchain Week 2023: Latest updates by Cointelegraph
20.3.2023
Pre-summit events such as the Talent Fair, the Startup Competition as well as the Investors Day made up the day on March 20 at the Paris Blockchain Week
Nifty News: Find love in Paris Hilton’s metaverse, BTC CryptoPunks soar and more
10.2.2023
The “Parisland” metaverse experience will launch in time for Valentine's Day to give budding lovebugs a space to meet, at least virtually
Darknet Forum Dread to Relaunch After Month-Long Downtime Due to DDOS Attack
6.1.2023
According to web portal darkdot.com and anonymous journalist Darkdotfail, the popular darknet forum Dread has been down for a month. The well-known forum, which was a place for darknet market (DNM) patrons to discuss operations security, rate specific vendors, and talk about stealth delivery ideas...
From Fine Art to Bored Apes and Punks: Blue Chip NFTs Owned by Celebs Lose Significant Value
22.11.2022
During the week of Jan. 30 to Feb. 5, 2022, the search term “NFT” had a Google Trends (GT) score of 90 and today the GT score has dropped a great deal down to a score of 12. Not only has interest declined, but blue chip non-fungible tokens (NFTs) don’t hold the value they once...
Web3 had a small, yet important presence at Paris Fashion Week
6.10.2022
A handful of designers showcased Web3 initiatives at Paris Fashion Week, demonstrating inclusion, sustainability and creativity
NFT space bridges passions for tennis legend Maria Sharapova
1.10.2022
Maria Sharapova sat down with Cointelegraph at Binance Blockchain Week Paris to discuss her growing interest in NFTs and passion for bringing more women into Web3
‘Ultra Sound Money’ — Post-Merge Stats Show Ethereum’s Issuance Rate Plunged After PoS Transition
19.9.2022
Months before Ethereum transitioned from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoS), a simulation of The Merge had shown the network’s issuance rate would drop following the ruleset change. Statistics now show that the simulation’s predictions have come to fruition as...
Ethereum Devs Successfully Complete Merge Shadow Fork With No ‘Client Incompatibility Issues’
10.9.2022
Next week or roughly around four days from now, The Merge is expected to be implemented and Ethereum will transition from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoS). According to Ethereum developers, prior to the Paris upgrade, programmers successfully completed the 13th and last shadow fork....
Ethereum Implements Bellatrix — Network’s Upcoming Paris Upgrade to Trigger The Merge, Validator Block Production
6.9.2022
The blockchain network Ethereum has officially activated the Bellatrix upgrade, the final change before The Merge, the highly anticipated transition from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoS). Bellatrix was successfully codified into the codebase at epoch 144,896 on the Beacon chain...
South African Court Releases Former Monero Developer Riccardo Spagni From Custody
18.7.2022
A South African regional court recently ruled to release former Monero lead maintainer, Riccardo Spagni, from custody. The ruling came just a few days after his arrest by local law enforcement agents, a report has said. Prior to his release, Spagni aka Fluffypony told the court he had returned...
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
Ledger Enterprise's Alex Zinder is all about blockchain, crypto and the future of finance
21.4.2022
"There was a tremendous amount of interest activity experimentation happening in the (crypto) space, but not a tremendous amount of adoption from real use cases," said Zinder
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
Law Decoded: Paris is always a good idea, even for talking crypto policy — April 11–18
18.4.2022
Ripple rejoices, the SEC gets challenged to a narrative battle and Brazil moves ahead with crypto legislation
Missed Paris Blockchain Week Summit? Here are 5 key takeaways from the event
15.4.2022
The event included commentary from CZ, Brad Garlinghouse and Paolo Ardoino on topics of crypto regulation, the SEC lawsuit and European nations adopting digital assets
Ripple CEO: SEC case is going ‘much better than I hoped’
15.4.2022
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse told attendees of the Paris Blockchain Week that the ongoing case with the SEC is going exceedingly well
Algorand founder Silvio Micali wants to usher in the democratization of finance
14.4.2022
Cointelegraph conducted an exclusive interview with Silvio Micali at the Paris Blockchain Week Summit
Paris Blockchain Week, April 14: Latest updates from the Cointelegraph team on the ground
14.4.2022
The second day of the year's biggest blockchain event would see the likes of Eric Anziani, Greg Scullard, Paolo Ardoino and many other significant figures on the stage
Regulating crypto firms: 'It's important that policymakers are involved,' says Web3 Foundation COO
13.4.2022
According to Bertrand Perez, some lawmakers are still making decisions “too fast or without having education” on crypto, but Libra may given them a push to develop a framework
Stablecoins are the perfect trojan horse for Bitcoin, says Tether CTO
13.4.2022
Bitfinex and Tether CTO, Paolo Ardoino spoke to Cointelegraph about cryptocurrency adoption in Europe