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Speaking at the third BlockDown conference, Charles Hoskinson, the CEO of IOHK, looked back at the way his company approached designing Cardano. Noting that IOHK, despite what many may think, is first and foremost a research and development company, he explained that they saw Cardano as a blank slate and began by asking the most […]

The past seven days have actually been quite mediocre for top coins in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space. Compared to Bitcoin and Ethereum, which both have gained around 15 percent in the past seven days, many DeFi coins have oscillated around a zero percent weekly performance. That’s to say, some DeFi coins are flat over […]

As the DeFi market’s momentum continues stagnating, return hungry crypto investors have been flocking to presales and new token listings to try to garner massive profits in a short amount of time. However, this has resulted in massive losses due to the frequency of so-called “rug pulls” resulting in investors losing 100% of what they […]

Decentralized oracle platform DIA is to start issuing grants worth up to $250,000 to drive the development of the DeFi ecosystem. The grants will be offered under the DIA Labs program, which has been designed by DIA to drive the development of proprietary and open-source building blocks for DeFi.  The explosion of DeFi The grants […]

The biggest crypto news event of the last day is the report from Bloomberg that PayPal is looking into acquiring BitGo, one of the industry’s leading digital asset custodians. The news first broke in China, then eventually spread to the Western world through Bloomberg. The outlet reported that “people familiar with the matter” indicate that […]

Bitcoin’s price action over recent weeks and months has undoubtedly been bullish. In the face of macroeconomic turmoil and the worst pandemic in a century, the leading cryptocurrency has shot higher. In the past week alone, the price of one BTC has gained just under $2,000. The cryptocurrency is expected to move even higher in […]

The DeFi sector has been struck hard by the recent market-wide downturn seen throughout the past couple of months. Its descent first began at the start of September after Bitcoin’s price slid from its previously $12,400 highs. Since then, many of the coins residing within this part of the crypto market have posted massive losses, […]

Bitcoin is roaring higher after weeks of consolidation in a $1,000 range between $10,000 and $11,000. The leading cryptocurrency currently trades for $13,000, its highest price year-to-date, save for a quick blip above $13,200 on Wednesday. Underpinning this surge higher is a set of on-chain fundamentals and narrative fundamentals that are set to drive the […]

Amsterdam-based WordProof announced today it will allow customers to timestamp content on the Ethereum blockchain, it said during the BlockDown Conference 2020 on October 22. Special announcement exclusively on BlockDown 3.0! ?https://t.co/xx1EwxpEiQ just announced ETH support! ? Thank you @delans great presentation! ? @ChrisEffectAI1 pic.twitter.com/gpleHwIUrt — BlockDown 2020 (@BlockDownConf) October 22, 2020 WordProof provides copyright […]

Akoin, the cryptocurrency developed by renowned popstar Akon to improve social opportunities and access for African entrepreneurs, has announced its premier listing on crypto exchange Bittrex Global, as per a release shared with CryptoSlate. Bittrex Global is one of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges, reporting daily transaction volumes of $41 million. It is one of […]