MakerDAO co-founder Nikolai Mushegian dies at 29 in Puerto Rico
Mushegian was an important figure in the crypto community, contributing to multiple projects, including MakerDAO, BitShares and Balancer. Nikolai Mushegian,...
Tag: 1. November 2022
Bitcoin resistance mounts pre-FOMC as Dogecoin sets 17-month BTC high
DOGE continues to outperform among major cryptocurrencies with macro volatility incoming thanks to the Fed.
Chinese central bank exec says digital yuan will offer ‘controllable anonymity’
China’s digital yuan is one of the earliest CBDCs whose pilot phase has expanded to include millions of users and...
South Korean regulators aim to toughen crypto fraud punishments
The legislation, separate from the upcoming Digital Asset Basic Act, may came into force already in 2023. In the aftermath...
El Salvador’s Bitcoin purchase information can’t be made public: Trustee
As a development bank for El Salvador, BANDESAL created a $150 million trust fund to guarantee the convertibility to dollars...
Shanghai Upgrade Is Coming: Ethereum Pulls Off Shandong Testnet
Shanghai, the next major upgrade of Ethereum post-Merge, now has a testnet. Recently, the Ethereum Foundation JavaScript team announced the...
Victory of President-Elect ‘Lula’ in Brazil Might Bring the Rise of a Common Currency for Latam
The victory President-Elect Luis Inacio Lula Da Silva obtained on Oct. 30 over the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil might...
Vitalik Buterin Says Crypto Is a ‘Better Bet’ Than ‘Incredibly Inconvenient’ Gold
The Ethereum blockchain co-founder, Vitalik Buterin, insisted in a recent tweet that crypto is a better bet than gold, which...
Mastercard Study: African Fintech Sector Had One of the Highest Year-on-Year Growth Rates in Funding in 2021
In 2021, African fintech startups accounted for 61% of the $2.7 billion in venture capital funding that was deployed on...
Twitter monetization and free speech drove Binance’s $500M injection: CZ
Binance will also assist Twitter’s integration into Web3 by implementing crypto payments and deploying a dedicated team of on-chain specialists...
Nifty News: GameStop NFT market goes live, Hong Kong’s NFT concept and more
The latest Web3 offering from GameStop sees the official launch of its NFT market, and the Hong Kong government is...
I’m the captain now: Musk chops Twitter board, becomes sole director
According to an SEC filing, Twitter’s nine board members lost their place on the board as part of Elon Musk’s...
Scary stats: $3B stolen in 2022 as of ‘Hacktober,’ doubling 2021
Blockchain security firm Peckshield shared the stats on Halloween night, but also added the month saw $100 million in crypto...
Huobi Global denies ‘large-scale layoffs’ and key exec resignations
A spokesperson from Huobi Global says rumours of layoffs are "untrue" and the "senior management team is performing their duties...
