Ex-Goldman Sachs Dogecoin millionaire joins UK healthcare company September 16, 2021 A Goldman Sachs manager who quit after making millions from the meme-based, crypto currency Dogecoin has reemerged as the Executive Chairman of a UK healthcare company. Aziz McMahon will join SpectrumX as Executive Chairman, focussing on investor relations, corporate governance, and the formulation of the company’s new ESG policy. McMahon was formerly the head of [...]
Bitcoin edges closer to $50k as Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin makes Time September 16, 2021 Bitcoin is back above $48k again this morning, as bulls eye another chance to creep over the psychologically-important $50k mark.
Bitcoin protests break out in El Salvador September 16, 2021 Protests in El Salvador turned violent as thousands of demonstrators expressed their anger about Bitcoin becoming legal tender. Yesterday, anti-government marchers took to the streets bearing signs which read “no to dictatorship” and “we were defrauded by Bitcoin”. Bitcoin ATMs, installed ahead of the crypto currency becoming legal tender earlier this month, were burned by [...]
Cardano Alonzo upgrade sees 100 smart contracts in first 24 hours September 16, 2021 Cardano's Alonzo upgrade has seen more than 100 'smart contracts' processed within its first 24 hours.
NFT marketplace OpenSea finds executive guilty of insider trading September 15, 2021 OpenSea marketplace has confirmed a company executive is guilty of insider trading, using confidential information to profit big on NFTs. Yesterday, a Twitter storm broke out when the company’s Head of Product, Nate Chastain, was publicly accused of purchasing NFTs destined for the website’s front page before their public listing. The digital artworks would then [...]
Solana back online after day long network outage September 15, 2021 The Solana network is back online after experiencing a major outage for more than 17 hours, causing the price of its native token SOL to crash. The Solana network hosts a variety of apps on a decentralized blockchain which the company claims is the fastest in the world. SOL’s price is down 5.06 per cent [...]
Solana outage fixed as wider cryptocurrency market recovers September 15, 2021 Bitcoin continues its recovery after last week’s crash, currently sitting at more than $47,000 for the first time in five days.
Google inks deal with NFT company Dapper Labs September 14, 2021 Google has confirmed a partnership with Dapper Labs, the team behind popular NFT collectibles game NBA Topshot, to help the company scale. Dapper Labs has already developed an in-house blockchain, Flow, which helps its users to scale apps and games. Google will help to finesse the product by acting as a network operator, providing developers [...]
Are regulators starting to embrace digital assets? September 14, 2021 Writing for Crypto AM, Jonny Fry examines the regulation of cryptocurrencies and points to what a future under scrutiny could look like.
Super efficient DAOs can change the world, and they’re only just starting September 14, 2021 DAOs are just getting started with seemingly limitless potential, says Dr Chris Kacher.