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You don’t want to be Stefan Thomas, the owner of 7,002 Bitcoin, right now. What to do? An American computer scientist is sitting on a fortune of $220 million worth of Bitcoin, as per a report in the New York Times this week. The catch? He can’t access it. Stefan Thomas, the scientist, safeguarded his […]

CryptoSlate recently had the opportunity to chat with Bobby Ong, the co-founder of CoinGecko. CoinGecko was established in April 2014 and is the largest independent cryptoasset data aggregator in the world. Bobby is a contributing author in two digital currencies books – Handbook of Digital Currency, 1st Edition and Handbook of Blockchain, Digital Finance, and Inclusion, […]

Bitcoin bounces at $30k support to allay fears of a complete capitulation. Nonetheless, the 30% drop from last Friday’s high was a real wake-up call for investors. More so for the over-leveraged longs who, to their detriment, chose to ignore the warning signs. As much as recent weeks have been a boon for hodlers, yesterday’s […]

Both Bitcoin and Ethereum have seen large retracements since their recent highs of $42,000 and $1,350, respectively. BTC currently trades for $35,000 while ETH has settled in the $1,075 range. Some cryptocurrencies have been largely unfazed by this drop, though. One such coin is Avalanche (AVAX). The cryptocurrency has gained 130 percent in the past […]

The Ethereum decentralized finance (DeFi) space saw a renaissance in 2020 led by the release of new platforms such as Aave and iEarn (now Yearn), along with the rise of liquidity mining schemes that managed to draw hundreds of thousands into this space. Yet the growth of the DeFi space may not be done yet […]

The demand for Bitcoin is increasing as the rising volatility shows. Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the U.S., recorded $9 billion in daily volume on Jan. 11. Yesterday, Coinbase, Kraken, and several other exchanges and data providers saw technical difficulties amid record-high trading volume. The explosive increase in the trading volume of Bitcoin led […]

The division launched last year after PayPal made a big push for building out and expanding its crypto business. PayPal’s growing volumes Paypal’s new crypto exchange traded north of $242 million in a single day on Monday, data from itBit, the firm’s exchange partner, showed. Retail has arrived. @PayPal cleared $242M in crypto sales yesterday. […]

CryptoSlate recently had the opportunity to chat with Huy Nguyen, CTO and Co-Founder of interoperable blockchain, KardiaChain. Before founding KardiaChain, Huy spent 10 years working at Google, building large-scale distributed infrastructure. Huy studied Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) at UC Berkeley. In the interview, we discuss: How Huy got into crypto Biggest obstacles for […]

The decentralized exchange traded over $222 million in the past day alone. To the moon with 1inch Decentralized exchange (DEX) aggregator 1inch has traded over $10 billion in lifetime trading volumes, it said in a tweet on Monday. $10B total volume! ?? $222M in the last 24h! $1B in the last 7 days! 1inch community […]

Bitcoin jubilation turns to panic as the market downturn takes hold. The last 24-hours have seen $260 billion wiped from the crypto market cap in what can only be described as a blood bath. Indications of a dip began to show over the weekend when Bitcoin failed to hold the crucial $38.8k level. Since then, […]