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 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.
Argo Blockchain launches IPO with sale of US shares September 14, 2021 Argo Blockchain, the only London listed crypto mining company, has launched an Initial Public Offering as it awaits approval to list on the Nasdaq exchange. Today, Argo said it had commenced the sale of 7,500,000 American Despositary Shares, equal to 75,000,000 ordinary shares. The last closing price of Argo’s ordinary shares on the London Stock [...]
Exclusive: Estonia’s PM firmly rejects Bitcoin, despite fierce lobby from Coinbase and crypto industry September 14, 2021 Estonia is widely considered to be one of the most likely contenders to regulate crypto in the EU first. After all, welcoming Bitcoin and other virtual currencies into its payment infrastructure would fit in nicely with Estonia’s ambitious digital agenda and its much-talked about e-residency program. However, the country’s prime minister – Kaja Kallas – [...]
Bitcoin and co calm the markets after yesterday’s news storm September 14, 2021 The crypto markets are looking a little more buoyant today, echoing a general uplift across the traditional markets after the S&P closed higher yesterday for the first time in six days.
Fake news: Walmart confirms it is not partnering with Litecoin September 14, 2021 The price of Litecoin soared 34 per cent in a matter of hours before crashing down to Earth when news of a partnership with Walmart turned out to be false. Yesterday, a press release distributed by GlobeNewswire, which was reported on in Reuters, Bloomberg News and CNBC, claimed that Walmart would accept Litecoin payments in [...]
