DeFi
Adoption
How IOHK built Cardano from the ground up
Speaking at the third BlockDown conference, Charles Hoskinson, the CEO of IOHK, looked back at the way his company approached designing Cardano. Noting that…
Technology
Vitalik Buterin discusses the values and ideas that formed Ethereum 2.0
With Ethereum 2.0 expected to ship in the near future, the values that underlie the world’s second-largest blockchain have become increasingly important. Vitalik Buterin,…
Analysis
Rampant DeFi speculation makes DEXs the undisputed winners of Q3 2020
While it might seem that DeFi reached its bottom during Q3 2020, the sector still closed the last quarter with incredible performance. However, few…
Technology
Cardano’s Ouroboros paper is the 2nd most cited academic paper about cryptocurrencies and blockchain
“Ouroboros: A Provably Secure Proof-of-Stake Blockchain Protocol” has made it to the topmost cited security papers list. According to the latest ranking from Google…
DeFi
UNI jumps 15% after OKEx suspends withdrawals due to police investigation
Cryptocurrency exchange OKEx has suspended withdrawals from its platform indefinitely, as one of its multisig key holders has been held in police custody. The…
Adoption
A first look at the projects competing for Cardano’s Fund2
The second-ever Cardano fund is in full effect, with three of the dozens of projects now competing for a part of the 2 million…
Adoption
Blockchain at the center of Korean island’s $5 billion development plan
Won Hee-ryong, the governor of Korea’s Jeju island, has announced a $5 billion government investment plan focused on developing blockchain and IoT technologies. According…
Technology
How Voltaire will bring accountability to funding on Cardano
In his latest YouTube video, Charles Hoskinson, the CEO of IOHK, explained the lengthy process behind ensuring accountability to funding on Cardano. Voltaire, the…
Investments
Square allocates one percent of its total assets to Bitcoin
Square Inc. has announced today that it has purchased 4,709 BTC for approximately $50 million, allocating around 1 percent of its total assets as…
Regulation
FCA bans the sale of crypto-derivatives to retail customers in the U.K.
The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a new set of rules banning the sale of crypto derivatives to retail consumers in the…
Adoption
Cardano update: IOHK fired up for DeFi, mobile clients for Daedalus, and CBDCs
With multiple teams both inside and outside of IOHK currently working on Daedalus and Goguen, the first week of October has been largely uneventful…
Exchanges
The aftermath of CFTC’s charge against BitMEX: massive withdrawals, fake quotes, more legal action
Following the CFTC’s charge against BitMEX and its operators, the U.S. Department of Justice filed their own charges against the exchange’s four founders and…