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Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin proposes fix for high gas fees

Buterin has unveiled a new EIP-4488 network upgrade to limit the surging gas prices prevalent on the network.

Juhi Mirza · 6 months ago · 2 min read

Wintermute launches $20 million fund to support Polygon development

The first project to get funded is Router Protocol, a crosschain communication protocol built on Polygon.

Andjela Radmilac · 6 months ago · 1 min read

Fears over crypto firms has triggered an investigation by the English Premier League

The Premier League is concerned that crypto firms may have a damaging effect on the clubs involved with the industry.

Samuel Wan · 6 months ago · 2 min read

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Mintlayer becomes the most oversubscribed Launchpool pre-IDO with over $15.3 million staked

Mintlayer almost doubled the previous Launchpool platform record.

Alberto De Luigi · 6 months ago · 2 min read

8 of the top 10 NFTs sales last month have been Bored Apes and CryptoPunks

In the last 30 days, eight of the 10 highest NFT sales have been four Bored Apes and four CryptoPunks, according to NonFungible dot com.

Ricardo Rivas · 6 months ago · 2 min read

German football league Bundesliga hops on the NFT bandwagon

The German Bundesliga, after studying the NFT market for the last 18 months, signs a 2 years deal with Sorare.

Oluwapelumi Adejumo · 6 months ago · 2 min read

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This DeFi founder explains why all users need a multi-chain wallet

With so many crypto wallets to choose from nowadays, XDEFI is standing out with a focus on multi-chain DeFi and NFT usage.

CryptoSlate Interviews · 6 months ago · 1 min read

CZ hints that France is in the running as the new Binance global headquarters

France goes in the running as a possible location for Binance headquarters off the back of constructive dialogue with French regulators.

Samuel Wan · 6 months ago · 2 min read

Twitter’s share price jumps as Jack Dorsey steps down as CEO

Dorsey believes that the platform is ready to move on from its founders.

Andjela Radmilac · 6 months ago · 2 min read

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Edward Snowden set to discuss his use of Bitcoin in the NSA leaks at BlockDown conference

Snowden will talk for sixty-minutes about Web3, Data Privacy and surveillance Capitalism, and his use of cryptocurrency in the NSA leaks at the BlockDown: DeData Conference on December 3, 2021

News Desk · 6 months ago · 2 min read

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Diving in: Why are 81% of Ethereum’s Beacon Chain nodes in the U.S. and Europe?

Ethereum is known for its distributed, decentralized nature. What happens when we map out node distribution of ETH 2.0’s Beacon Chain?

Shane Neagle · 6 months ago · 5 min read

Report: Bitcoin (BTC) investment products declined in November

Bitcoin-based investment products have returned negative gains in the month of November while other digital assets have been mostly positive.

Oluwapelumi Adejumo · 6 months ago · 2 min read

MicroStrategy announces purchase of 7002 more Bitcoin (BTC) for $414.4 million

Can't stop, won't stop? The company now holds over 121,000 BTC worth just under $7 billion.

Andjela Radmilac · 6 months ago · 1 min read

Cardano’s price has declined rapidly since the Alonzo upgrade

Since the launch of Cardano’s Alonzo upgrade, the value of the smart contract platform has dropped by close to 50%.

Oluwapelumi Adejumo · 6 months ago · 2 min read

Bitcoin bounce signals the end to the least severe correction of 2021

A relief rally keeps the macro-bull intact. But in any case, the recent downturn was the smallest of 2021 so far.

Samuel Wan · 6 months ago · 2 min read

Bitcoin processes more dollar value than PayPal, could surpass Mastercard by 2026

Bitcoin’s network has overtaken PayPal in the amount of dollar value it processes and could soon match that of Mastercard as it already processes 27% of its value.

Oluwapelumi Adejumo · 6 months ago · 2 min read

Stablecoins: How safe and stable are they?

Centralized, decentralized and algorithmic are all different. Are they all equally unstable? Is the fear of stablecoins warranted? Could Tether bring down all of DeFi?

Footprint Analytics · 6 months ago · 7 min read

Jesse Powell addresses reasons for Kraken dropping Monero in the U.K

Kraken CEO Jesse Powell took to Reddit this week to discuss the situation surrounding the dropping of Monero in the United Kingdom He implied it was a decision he didn’t want to take, but with one eye on the “broader business” in the U.K, it was something he was forced to do.

Samuel Wan · 6 months ago · 2 min read

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Op-ed: How Algorand is gearing up to become a contender to Ethereum

The past few years have seen numerous crypto projects — from Neo to Solana — threaten to dethrone Ethereum as the world’s leading decentralized app (Dapp) platform.

Sebastian Quinn · 6 months ago · 4 min read