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Derrick Foote is a Canadian web 3.0 entrepreneur dedicated to helping build Web 3.0 with trust and transparency, giving back data freedom and control online to the users. Actively involved in the Blockchain space since 2013 and a graduate of Oxford University Blockchain Strategy program, Derrick has spent years educating people on blockchain technology, managing […]

Tezos has had a fantastic year so far with a year-to-date (YTD) return of 185 percent. Despite the ongoing class-action lawsuit against its founders, XTZ managed to get listed on several leading exchanges in the industry. As millions of retail investors got access to this cryptocurrency, its price entered a bullish trend. But, where can […]

The federal parliament of Germany has drafted a bill that, if enacted, will allow banks to become custodians and merchants of cryptocurrency in 2020, German business newspaper Handelsblatt reported Wednesday. The move represents a bombshell milestone in adoption and could, in theory, make crypto as liquid as cash in the world’s fourth-largest economy. The new […]

Bakkt, the market’s first physically-settled Bitcoin futures offering, has posted another record day in trade volume on its monthly contract and is now an order of magnitude away from the volumes of its cash-settled competitor at CME Group. Intercontinental Exchange-owned Bakkt announced that with 4,443 BTC contracts traded, Wednesday was its biggest day yet, posting […]

Hackers believed to be responsible for the massive UPbit theft yesterday have begun moving the stolen coins. The 342,000 ETH loot has been split between four different addresses with smaller sums being sent to Binance and Huobi to test the exchange’s reaction. Looking to cash out $50 million worth of ETH UPbit, one of the […]

Privacy-focused browser Brave has surpassed 40 million downloads. While it still has a long way to go before it overtakes competitors Mozilla and Google Chrome, Brave is by far the most downloaded crypto-related app on Android, having 4 times more downloads than crypto exchange Coinbase. Brave’s popularity on Android skyrockets in the past Few companies […]

We live in a world of duality. Artificial intelligence is developing in leaps and bounds, connected devices are invading the home, and smartphones are in the pockets of most individuals on the planet—yet, something as archaic as the notary continues to serve as the main gatekeeper to document authorization today. Notaries empower people to perform […]

Bitcoin hasn’t been doing too hot over recent months. Since peaking in June, the cryptocurrency has collapsed by some 50 percent, plunging from $14,000, the year-to-date high, to $7,400 as of the time of writing this article. This brutal drawdown unsurprisingly sullied the spirits of countless cryptocurrency investors, who thought in June that it was […]

Bitcoin has been caught in the throes of a strong and enduring downtrend over the past several weeks, which was first sparked when the crypto failed to stabilize above $10,000 in late October. This downtrend, however, may soon draw to a close, as one pricing model suggests that Bitcoin could be on the cusp of […]

CryptoSlate recently had the opportunity to chat with Steven Becker, the President and COO of MakerDAO. MakerDAO is a unique dApp that generates Dai, the world’s first decentralized stablecoin that facilitates economic growth on the blockchain and economic empowerment with the blockchain. MakerDAO was recently in the news for the successful launch of multi-collateral Dai […]