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Coinbase’s $3.6M Dutch Fine Shows Crypto Will Hit Road Bumps as It Goes Mainstream
26.1.2023
As crypto comes within the regulatory fold, there will be disputes over rules, procedures and jurisdiction – and the relatively compliant may end up bearing the brunt of regulators’ wrath
ConsenSys slashes headcount 11% as chief economist reveals formula for adoption
19.1.2023
ConsenSys CEO Joseph Lubin confirmed the company would be cutting 96 of its staff to focus its resources on its core businesses
What is institutional DeFi and how can banks benefit?
5.1.2023
Institutional DeFi could be a new paradigm that banks can leverage for product innovation, new pricing models and operational efficiencies
ReFi Is Going Mainstream
20.12.2022
The successful Ethereum Merge is just the start of a growing movement to leverage crypto rails to fight climate change
New York Times, FT, Bloomberg Blasted for Attempting to Get FTX Creditors’ Names Unsealed
11.12.2022
Amid the ongoing FTX bankruptcy proceedings, court documents indicate that media firms such as Bloomberg, the New York Times (NYT), Dow Jones & Company, and the Financial Times (FT) want the redacted information tied to FTX creditors unsealed. The media companies believe the public should...
Web3 Blockchain Gaming Project Oasys Closes Strategic Funding Round With Participation of Galaxy Interactive and Nexon
6.12.2022
Oasys, a Gamefi-oriented Web3 blockchain project, has announced it has closed a strategic funding round led by Galaxy Interactive, a VC firm, and Nexon, a gaming company. The round, whose numbers were not disclosed, will allow the company to enhance its ecosystem by expanding its pool of partners...
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele Lashes Out at ‘Mainstream Media’ for Spreading Lies About the Country’s Bitcoin Investments
6.12.2022
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has slammed "the mainstream media" over their attacks on the country's move to adopt Bitcoin as a legal tender.
The statement came in a response to a recent tweet by Bloomberg that claimed Bukele's move to promote Bitcoin as a "solution to the country’s economic...
All Aboard! Chartering the Mainstream Party Boat to the Island of Web3
5.12.2022
Born in the depths of the pandemic, the Vayner3 consultancy has guided many of the biggest mainstream companies into Web3. That’s why Avery Akkineni and Gary Vaynerchuk are two of CoinDesk’s Most Influential 2022
Bank of America Say Regulation Is Key for Mainstream Adoption of Crypto
5.12.2022
Despite the correction in cryptocurrency markets, the development of blockchain technology has accelerated, the report said
The Crypto 6 Case Heads to Trial With Only 1 Defendant Left, Prosecutor’s So-Called ‘Expert’ Excluded
4.12.2022
On Dec. 6, 2022, the “Crypto Six” case will be heading to trial, and out of all six defendants, only Ian Freeman, co-host of the radio broadcast Free Talk Live, has not accepted a plea bargain. According to the most recent hearing, Freeman’s legal counsel filed a Daubert motion, which aims...
Elon Musk alleges SBF donated over $1B to Democrats: "Where did it go?"
4.12.2022
SBF made the “highest ROI trade of all time” by donating $40 million to the right people for getting away with stealing over $10 billion, said Will Manidis, the CEO of ScienceIO
After FTX: Defi can go mainstream if it overcomes its flaws
27.11.2022
The collapse of FTX and other centralized platforms in 2022 has pushed investors toward noncustodial platforms
Programming languages prevent mainstream DeFi
25.11.2022
Asset-oriented programming makes fundamental functions native to the programming language. DeFi needs more of that to improve security
Elon Musk Slams Semafor’s ‘Journalistic Integrity’ — Tesla Exec Says ‘Semafor Is Owned’ by FTX Co-Founder Sam Bankman-Fried
23.11.2022
Following the significant amount of criticism directed at mainstream media publications for a lack of journalistic integrity while reporting on FTX executives, Tesla’s executive Elon Musk called out the news website Semafor because the former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) was a lead investor....
Washington Post, Forbes, Wall Street Journal Slammed for ‘Puff Piece’ Reports on FTX and Alameda Execs
20.11.2022
Following the highly criticized New York Times article that features commentary from the former CEO of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the public continues to give the mainstream media flak for publishing “puff pieces” about SBF and the Alameda Research executive Caroline Ellison. A number...
Crypto community reacts to mainstream media coverage of FTX’s implosion: criticism, misogyny and more
19.11.2022
The crypto community has criticized Forbes magazine for dubbing Caroline Ellison “Queen Caroline” and “a new darling of the alt-right.”
Crypto Twitter unhappy with SBF 'puff piece' pushed by mainstream media
15.11.2022
While SBF refuses to interact with Crypto Twitter, the same community he once called home, he was featured in New York Times trying to explain the sequence of events that led to the fall of FTX
Helping mainstream artists into Web3: The triumphs and struggles
14.11.2022
As the music industry continues to push into the Web3 space getting artists both mainstream and up-and-coming has its hurdles but also major rewards
Alchemy Pay Brings OnRamp and NFT Checkout to London Token2049
11.11.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Fiat-crypto payment provider, Alchemy Pay, is bringing its mainstream-friendly services to Europe’s foremost crypto conference – London Token2049. The Singapore-based company has taken its payment network infrastructure and pivoted to direct-to-customer (D2C) services, with...
Mastercard CEO: ‘Long Way to Go Before Crypto Becomes Mainstream’
8.11.2022
The CEO of the payments giant Mastercard Michael Miebach argued that several elements need to come together before bitcoin (BTC) and crypto in general can go mainstream.
In an interview with Yahoo Finance, the CEO was asked if the day will come when everybody will be paying in bitcoin, and Miebach...