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Meta's head of crypto to step down at end of year
1.12.2021
In explaining his decision to leave Meta, David Marcus said that his entrepreneurial DNA had been nudging him “for too many mornings in a row to continue ignoring.”
Jack Dorsey plans to step down as Twitter CEO: report
29.11.2021
It’s unclear if Dorsey plans to leave the social media company to focus on operations at Square and the platform’s initiative to develop a decentralized Bitcoin exchange
Twitter’s Pro-Bitcoin CEO Jack Dorsey to Step Down – Reports
29.11.2021
Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey is expected to step down from his role as chief executive of the social media platform, several media outlets reported on Monday.
The news was first reported by CNBC, while Reuters and Bloomberg also reported on the story, all citing unnamed sources “familiar...
cBridge Goes Live on Mainnet-Huge Step to Interoperable Future
18.11.2021
The improved version of State Guardian Network (SGN), cBridge 2.0, which was launched less than two months ago, goes live on mainnet! Users will be able to transfer USDT, USDC, and ETH throughout Arbitrum, Avalanche, BSC, and Polygon in a few minutes that will reduce the cost. This will be in...
Athletic Shoe Giant Nike Looks Poised to Tackle Metaverse and NFTs: Report
8.11.2021
Nike, the American multinational footwear and sports apparel giant, is getting ready to step into the metaverse and the world of non-fungible token (NFT) technology. Reports show Nike has a few employees “thinking about the metaverse” and a 2019 patent for “cryptokicks”...
Hackers Appear One Step Closer To Jailbreaking The PS5
8.11.2021
The PlayStation 5 only launched a year ago this week, but already hackers appear to have made massive breakthroughs in potentially jailbreaking the latest Sony console. Both theFlow0 and Fail0verflow posted screenshots on Twitter over the weekend indicating they managed to unlock the PS5’s debug...
Forza Horizon 5's Sign Language Interpreters Are A Huge Step For Gaming
5.11.2021
Accessibility options are a growing concern among developers big and small, but Forza Horizon 5 is prepared to go above and beyond industry norms (and hopefully set a new standard) with on-screen sign language interpreters, a first-of-its-kind feature in the AAA gaming world.Read more
A New Academic Paper Describes 3 Attack Methods Against an Ethereum PoS Chain
31.10.2021
Following the Altair upgrade on the Ethereum network, the protocol’s native cryptocurrency reached a new all-time price high. Altair is the next step for the Ethereum’s network’s proof-of-stake (PoS) transition. However, a recently submitted white paper explains that a group...
Ethereum (ETH) Gets One Step Closer to Accept Proof of Stake
29.10.2021
Ethereum has managed to shake the blockchain tree for far longer times than any other cryptocurrency. However, the proceedings and news regarding bitcoin have never been about the development of this blockchain. Instead, it has been about human steps of using BTC on a broader scale. Ethereum...
Cboe Acquiring Erisx to Enter Cryptocurrency Spot and Derivatives Markets
21.10.2021
Cboe is acquiring Erisx to enter the crypto spot and derivatives markets. “With Erisx, in a single step, Cboe is able to enter the digital asset spot, data, derivatives, and clearing ecosystem. Now is the right time to fully embrace and help define this emerging asset class,” said...
Refinable Authenticates Fine Jewelry Sale on Sotheby’s
10.10.2021
PRESS RELEASE. HONG KONG – 10th October 2021 – Refinable, a leading decentralized NFT marketplace, is taking a step forward in realizing advanced use cases for NFT applications. In a keystone partnership with high-end jewelry maker NALAS, and the support of Sotheby’s, Refinable...
Genesis CEO Michael Moro Thinks Mistakes Keep Institutions Away From Defi
9.10.2021
CEO of trading firm Genesis, Michael Moro, stated that according to his views the decentralized finance (defi) space is still too risky for institutions to step in. Moro explained that there have been some important mistakes made by high-profile defi protocols that are putting customers’...
IMF Warns Crypto Boom Poses New Financial Stability Challenges, Urges Regulators to Step Up
3.10.2021
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warns that the rising popularity of cryptocurrencies poses new challenges to financial stability. “Cryptoization can reduce the ability of central banks to effectively implement monetary policy. It could also create financial stability risks.”...
Step Aside Lady Dimitrescu, There's A New Evil And Tall Video Game Queen
26.9.2021
Lady Dimitrescu aka the tall vampire woman from Resident Evil Village is great. She quickly became super popular online and around these parts, many Kotaku staffers adored her too. But when the game came out she fizzled out and was barely involved in the overall story or action of Village. That’s...
US Senator Requests Government Agencies Step Up Efforts to Prosecute Criminal Use of Cryptocurrencies
17.9.2021
U.S. Senator Margaret Hassan has requested that government agencies take “additional targeted steps to prevent and prosecute the use of cryptocurrency for criminal purposes.” She expressed her concern over “the rise in the use of cryptocurrency for criminal purposes.”...
FLOW Skyrockets On Google Cloud & Dapper Labs Partnership News
14.9.2021
to support and scale Dapper’s Flow (FLOW) blockchain, Forbes
Grayscale’s BCH, LTC, ETC Trusts Now One Step Closer to Becoming ETFs
11.9.2021
On Friday, Grayscale Investments, the world’s largest digital currency asset manager in terms of assets under management (AUM), revealed that three trusts have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in order to become SEC reporting companies. The three trusts include...
Countdown to Cardano’s Hard Fork: Goguen Phase Smart Contracts ‘Represent a Big Step Forward’
10.9.2021
The digital currency network Cardano is two days away from the upcoming hard fork on September 12 and the community is expecting to see functional smart contracts. These can be used for decentralized finance (defi), non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and other types of decentralized applications (dapps)....
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Takes Another Large Step Up, As Miners Reposition
25.8.2021
On Wednesday, Bitcoin (BTC) mining difficulty has just jumped once again, for the third time in a row, forming a new increase streak, as previously discussed.
Bitcoin mining difficulty, or the measure of how hard it is to compete for mining rewards, jumped by 13.24%, reaching 17.6 T. This is...
Crypto-friendly CFTC commissioner Brian Quintenz reportedly plans to step down
19.8.2021
Quintenz's 5-year term at the agency was originally scheduled to end in April 2020, but he has twice extended his departure