It’s designed to capture attention from high-profile people that others want to hear from. A new kind of cryptocurrency tipbot allows users to pay others to answer their questions on social media, providing a new tool to pool data in the ecosystem. Liser Lee of CCTip told Cointelegraph that the system can help drive engagement […]
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Inside the Ethereum co-founder’s mental model of Satoshi. In a recent Cointelgraph interview, Ethereum co-founder and Cardano founder Charles Hoskinon said that he believes that Adam Back “checks all the boxes” as a Satoshi Nakamoto candidate. The puzzle of Satoshi’s true identity never seems to get old. Although Hoskinson admits that he does not have […]
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Despite Bitcoin’s bearish price action, top traders on Binance Futures are aggressively longing cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and Ethereum. The majority of top traders on Binance Futures are longing Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), and 8 other cryptocurrencies. In fact, more than 50% of traders are long on 10 crypto assets despite the current decline in the […]
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Ethereum 2.0’s “many clients” approach is sometimes criticized for slowing down progress, but a Nimbus developer believes this will make the network more resilient. Progress on Ethereum 2.0 has picked up pace recently as the Schlesi multi-client testnet revealed itself to be a more-or-less stable network. Cointelegraph spoke with Zahary Karadjov, R&D lead for Nimbus, […]
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Blockstream seems to be taking a page out of Ethereum’s book as it sponsored a game that uses Liquid to issue non-fungible tokens, despite earlier criticism of the platform. At Consensus Distributed on May 12, Blockstream presented Lightnite, a Fortnite-like game that uses the Liquid Network for storing non-fungible tokens (NFT) representing game items. While […]
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Swiss DeFi startup Eidoo partners with principal member of Visa Europe to issue a new Visa crypto debit card. Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) aren’t really easy to spend in day-to-day life, mainly because retailers prefer to stay away from crypto’s volatility. In order to build a bridge between traditional finance and emergent assets like Bitcoin, […]
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While Ethereum 2.0 is still not set in stone, three key metrics show us that users and investors are optimistic about the price of ETH. The Ethereum developer community is nearing the launch of Ethereum 2.0, a major multiyear milestone for the blockchain network. Ethereum 2.0 will mark the start of a shift from the […]
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Floyx, a social media platform for the crypto community, aims to prevent crypto impersonation scams by developing a novel system. Floyx, a Malta-based social media platform for the crypto community, is trying to prevent crypto impersonation scams by developing a novel system. Floyx CEO Kamil Kępiński explained to Cointelegraph that the platform can prevent malicious […]
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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin suggested that stablecoins could serve as instant cross-blockchain bridges. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin thinks that the stablecoin industry is missing a valuable opportunity to improve interoperability between different blockchains. In a lengthy Twitter thread on May 20, Buterin suggested that stablecoins could enable users to move value across different blockchains: “In […]
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Crypto fund manager Grayscale Investments is believed to have purchased one-third of new Bitcoin for three months. Grayscale Investments, a crypto investment fund manager and subsidiary of Barry Silbert’s Digital Currency Group, is estimated to have purchased up to one-third of all newly minted Bitcoin during the past three months amid the run-up to the […]
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