Zeynep Geylan

Journalist CryptoSlate

Zeynep is an academic who turned to crypto in 2018. Originating in social sciences, she is especially interested in the social impact of blockchain and cryptocurrencies and strongly believes in their transmuting power. Research and writing are her favorite things in life, followed by dogs and burgers.

Author Stats

Total Articles 569

Since Mar 2022

Last Active May 17, 2023

Primary Beat Bitcoin

Zeynep Geylan Recent Articles

Hacks

Crypto lost $2.77 billion to hacks, exploits in 2022

Nearly half of this amount was stolen through diverse methods including dodging verification, crowd looting, and market manipulation.

3 years ago

CBDCs

Bitget partners with Capitual to participate in Brazil CBDC project

Bitget aims to participate in Brazil's and Argentina's CBDC projects, while enhancing its reach to government-level projects in the region

3 years ago

Analysis

BUSD leaving exchanges fall to $40M from December’s $3B

Around $40 million BUSD left the exchanges on Feb. 13, while this number was over $3 billion on Dec. 13, 2022.

3 years ago

DEX

Uniswap BNB deployment passes with 66% yes votes despite a16z rejection

The proposal to deploy UniswapV3 to BNB Chain was accepted with 66% on Feb. 10, even though Andreessen Horowitz used 15M votes to oppose it.

3 years ago

DeFi

DeFi TVL increased 26.82% in January

DappRadar states, "The DeFi market showed signs of recovery in January 2023," as TVL closes January at $74.6 billion.

3 years ago

NFTs

Ethereum NFT market cap shrank 60% in 2022

Ethereum-based NFT collections' market cap dropped from $9.3 billion to $3.7 billion in 2022. However, numbers from January indicate growth.

3 years ago

Research

Research: BTC, ETH address momentum shows significant divergence

The new address momentum metrics indicate a sturdy network growth for BTC while showing an opposite sentiment for the ETH network.

3 years ago

Taxes

IRS broadens tax requirements for crypto to encompass everyone

The IRS said tax and reporting requirements are now mandatory for everyone who received, earned, transferred, or sold cryptocurrencies.

3 years ago

Mining

Argo mined 168 BTC in January, accrued roughly $3.42M in revenue

Argo's January production marks a 14% increase from December 2022's 147 BTC. Company currently holds 115 BTC or BTC equivalents.

3 years ago

Analysis

Average BTC block size reaches new ATH at over 2 MB

Current data indicates that average Bitcoin block size surpassed 2.25 MB and continues to grow exponentially.

3 years ago

Regulation

Turkish watchdog stretches rules and allows crypto wallets to collect aid

A Turkish singer convinced the country's watchdog to allow three wallets to collect funds, even though the act isn't currently legal in Turkey.

3 years ago

Exchanges

Bitvavo expected to receive at least 80% of DCG’s debt

The DCG owes Bitvavo 280 million Euros — which equates to over $300 million. The exchange expects to publish the settlement soon.

3 years ago