More than 100,000 Ether, valued at $60 million, has already been locked up for Eth2 staking using Kraken within four days of the exchange launching the service. Just four days after it launched its Eth2 staking service, customers of the popular U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange Kraken have deposited more than 100,000 Ether, worth north of $60 […]
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Despite its recent Phase 0 launch, the fully realized transition to Eth2 could still be years away from completion. Ethereum 2.0 launched its Beacon Chain on Tuesday, marking the project’s transition to a proof-of-stake, or PoS, mining algorithm. With Phase 0 now in the rearview mirror, the founder and CEO of MyEtherWallet, Kosala Hemachandra, recently […]
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Crypto-friendly regulation may be in the eye of the beholder. With nations around the world each holding significantly different regulations, what is the most crypto-friendly country? Kosala Hemachandra, CEO and founder of MyEtherWallet, labeled the query as a tough one. “First we have to define what crypto-friendly means,” Hemachandra told Cointelegraph. “Some countries, like China, […]
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Hype can be hectic and unorganized. The crypto space’s decentralized finance niche has reached frenzied status within the crypto industry, signaled by exuberant price highs and rampant speculation. “DeFi is the new overhyped concept in Ethereum,” MyEtherWallet, or MEW, CEO and founder Kosala Hemachandra told Cointelegraph in an interview. “The noise is too much, so everyone […]
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Ethereum’s oldest user-friendly wallet is staking territory in DeFi. MyEtherWallet is expanding its integrations with decentralized finance through its dedicated wallet communication tool, MEWconnect. On Thursday, the project announced an integration with Aave and Ren, which marks the first time that third parties are using the MEWconnect technology. MEWconnect is a wallet linking system developed […]
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The collapse of the initial coin offerings provided invaluable lessons on how to avoid a similar fate, MEW’s Kosala Hemachandra says. The boom of the initial coin offerings defined the blockchain industry in 2017 and the first half of 2018 as capital flowed to finance many new projects and the associated services. Ahead of Ethereum’s […]
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MyEtherWallet’s founder believes ETH 2.0’s beacon chain will launch this year but says the ‘full reality’ is still some way off. Kosala Hemachandra, the founder of MyEtherWallet (MEW), has told Cointelegraph the fully-fledged version of ETH 2.0 is still years away. The first phase of the Ethereum 2.0 upgrade was originally set for Jan 2020 […]
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The Advertising Standards Authority and the Internet Advertising Office joined forces to launch a system to remove scam ads. The United Kingdom Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and the Internet Advertising Office (IAB) launched a new system on June 16 to detect and remove online fraud ads. According to the Telegraph, the system will allow people […]
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MyEtherWallet has partnered with Unstoppable Domains to offer decentralized domain names featuring the extension ‘.crypto’. Popular online Ethereum (ETH) website and app MyEtherWallet has partnered with decentralized domain provider Unstoppable Domains to become the first reseller for ‘.crypto’ domain names. MyEtherWallet’s million or so monthly users will now be exposed to the blockchain domain names, […]
Continue ReadingDue to significantly increasing numbers of mobile users worldwide, Ethereum should focus on mobile applications to adjust to reality. We live in an increasingly mobile world where I can order a vehicle driven by a complete stranger to take me anywhere, I can get food delivered in minutes, and I can conduct almost all my […]
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