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The tokenization of art, game, and other assets starting to gain popularity in the cryptocurrency market, but real estate tokenization is not far behind. Blockchain technology has recently been adopted and adapted for use by the commercial real estate (CRE) industry, as per a report by consulting firm Deloitte. CRE executives are finding that blockchain-based […]

It goes without saying that the past few weeks haven’t been too hot for Ethereum and the decentralized finance (DeFi) space. One crypto analyst shared the table below earlier this month, showing that the average DeFi coin has dropped 61.8 percent since their local highs, set some time over the past 45 days. Coins like […]

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 country. The regulator made the decision to protect consumers almost a year after first proposing the ban, explaining that cryptocurrency derivatives are “ill-suited” for retail consumers as they can pose harm. […]

CryptoSlate recently had the opportunity to chat with Paul Claudius, the Chief Operating Officer of DIA. Paul is a serial entrepreneur and financial markets expert. Before co-founding DIA, he was Director Europe of the nu3 group, transforming the multi-million e-commerce business into a vertically integrated brand. Paul started his professional career as part of BNP […]

Bank of Canada analysts raised concerns over the use of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) as countries around the world weight the use of digital tokens instead of paper-based money. Titled the “Security and convenience of a central bank digital currency,” the bank said CBDC users are likely to face three major risks from storing […]

With multiple teams both inside and outside of IOHK currently working on Daedalus and Goguen, the first week of October has been largely uneventful for Cardano. Charles Hoskinson, the CEO of IOHK, grabbed the opportunity to discuss what lies ahead for Cardano in the next few years, revealing that mobile clients for the Daedalus wallet […]

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a suit against cybersecurity entrepreneur John McAfee for his alleged role in manipulating cryptocurrency prices using his social media influence. “From at least November 2017 through February 2018, McAfee leveraged his fame to make more than $23.1 million U.S. Dollars (‘USD’) in undisclosed compensation by recommending at […]

For many, yield farming has been a profitable activity: there have been stories of users turning small accounts into a large amount of capital, simply by swapping from projects like Yam Finance and SushiSwap. But, for some, it’s been rather unprofitable. Alex Manuskin, a researcher at crypto wallet startup ZenGo, recently noted that a user […]

Like Bitcoin, Yearn.finance (YFI) doesn’t have a centralized figurehead. For the sake of the long-term security and stability of the protocol, it shouldn’t have one anyway. But also like Bitcoin and other top crypto-assets, Yearn.finance has promoters or “shillers,” one could say. The most prominent of these promoters is “Blue Kirby,” a Twitter user that […]

A new decentralized exchange (DEX) built on blockchain protocol Tezos promises lower fees and ultra-fast transactions for all upcoming tokens built on the blockchain. Meet the DEX(ter) on Tezos Called Dexter Exchange, the DEX is an open-source, non-custodial exchange built specifically for XTZ and holders of other Tezos FA1.2 tokens, the latter refers to an […]