Cynthia Chung

Journalist CryptoSlate

Cynthia is an avid writer who is fascinated by the potential of blockchain tech. She also resonates with Web3 values, especially creative expression and individual autonomy. Since discovering crypto in 2019, she has dedicated her work towards reporting on developments in the blockchain and crypto space.

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Total Articles 54

Since Aug 2022

Last Active Nov 18, 2022

Primary Beat Adoption

Cynthia Chung Recent Articles

Exchanges

ZachXBT calls out Gate.io for keeping 2018 hack under wraps

On-chain sleuths ZachXBT and Austin @1A1zP1 investigated Gate.io's coverup of a hack that occurred in 2018 and called out Gate.io's CEO for self-promoting as a blockchain security steward.

4 years ago

Adoption

President of El Salvador says ‘FTX is the opposite of Bitcoin’

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele proclaims Bitcoin as the opposite of FTX and likened FTX to a Ponzi scheme in the wake of the exchange's collapse on Nov. 14.

4 years ago

Exchanges

Tom Brady, Gisele Bündchen’s investment in FTX at risk following collapse

Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen's investment in FTX may be at considerable risk following the exchange's collapse.

4 years ago

Mining

Bitcoin mining difficulty barely adjusts downward by 0.19% as miner pressure continues

Bitcoin mining's mining difficulty has barely budged over the past week and saw a 0.19 percent drop following the most recent adjustment on Nov. 7.

4 years ago

Regulation

Web3 Foundation claims Polkadot’s native token DOT is software, not a security

Web3 Foundation's chief legal officer Daniel Schoenberger claims Polkadot's native token DOT is a software, not security and should not be subject to federal securities law.

4 years ago

Crime

SEC charges members of Trade Coin Club for operating 82K BTC crypto Ponzi scheme

The SEC alleges members of the Trade Coin Club swindled 82,000 bitcoin from investors by disgusing as a crypto trading bot that promised high investment returns.

4 years ago

Regulation

Canada launches consultations on crypto, stablecoins, CBDCs

Canadian government announced it is launching consultations on digital currencies to review legislations to address the illicit crypto activities.

4 years ago

Partnerships

MSCI introduces digital assets classification system in partnership with Goldman Sachs, CoinMetrics

MSCI, Goldman Sachs, and CoinMetrics are jointly launching a new digital assets data system to provide institutional investors a standardized overview of digital asset performances based on their use cases.

4 years ago

Adoption

Singapore BIS Monetary Authority and central banks of Switzerland, France explore AMMs and CBDCs

The Innovation Hub of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) launched its latest project to explore the use of automated market makers to facilitate foreign exchange markets and CBDC payments.

4 years ago

Investments

Development bank of El Salvador refuses to disclose country’s Bitcoin acquisition records

The Development Bank of El Salvador, BANDESAL, turned down anti-corruption agency's request to provide the government's Bitcoin purchase and sale records for the second time.

4 years ago

Adoption

Osmosis making enhancements to order book specific layer one network, Sei

Osmosis announced new improvements to the Sei Network and enable dapps to deploy their own central limit order books, integrate featues like frequent batch auctioning and twin turbo consensus.

4 years ago

Taxes

Costa Rican congresswoman proposes bill to regulate, recognize cryptocurrency

Costa Rican Congresswoman Johana Obando proposed a crypto-friendly bill, titled "Cryptoassets Market Law (MECA)," to regulate and exempt crypto tax profits generated from mining activities.

4 years ago

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Cynthia Chung

Cynthia Chung Recent Articles

ZachXBT calls out Gate.io for keeping 2018 hack under wraps

President of El Salvador says ‘FTX is the opposite of Bitcoin’

Tom Brady, Gisele Bündchen’s investment in FTX at risk following collapse

Bitcoin mining difficulty barely adjusts downward by 0.19% as miner pressure continues

Web3 Foundation claims Polkadot’s native token DOT is software, not a security

SEC charges members of Trade Coin Club for operating 82K BTC crypto Ponzi scheme

Canada launches consultations on crypto, stablecoins, CBDCs

MSCI introduces digital assets classification system in partnership with Goldman Sachs, CoinMetrics

Singapore BIS Monetary Authority and central banks of Switzerland, France explore AMMs and CBDCs

Development bank of El Salvador refuses to disclose country’s Bitcoin acquisition records

Osmosis making enhancements to order book specific layer one network, Sei

Costa Rican congresswoman proposes bill to regulate, recognize cryptocurrency