Art Blocks, the generative NFT series, exploded in popularity and price last fall. Art Blocks founder Erick Calderon (aka “Snowfro”) talks to Dan Roberts and Stephen Graves all about why the price surge actually hurt Art Blocks and the problem with NFT speculators, the debate over digital art vs. traditional art and his views on Bored Apes and CryptoPunks, how…
The University of Tokyo will offer a series of engineering courses using metaverse tech. The courses, which are projected to start being offered later this year, will introduce students to the subjects of engineering and will combine this knowledge with the skills to handle metaverse-based worlds, to manage the digital transformation that work and educational environments are undergoing. University…
The Fed keeps markets on their toes while Bitcoin price action manages to inch higher prior to the Wall Street open. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-heads-into-fomc-day-on-24-hour-highs-amid-concern-over-24-3k-top
This is a transcribed version of the “Bitcoin Magazine Podcast,” hosted by P and Q. In this episode, they are joined by Jimmy Song to talk about bitcoin adoption in El Salvador. Watch This Episode On YouTube Or Rumble Listen To The Episode Here: Transcript [00:00:06] Q: I’m excited to introduce our guest for today. None other than Jimmy song,…
The exchange’s Anti-FUD Fund comes shortly after KuCoin CEO Johnny Lyu’s spat with a whistleblower who claimed the exchange was insolvent. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/kucoin-ceo-johnny-lyu-launches-anti-fud-fund
About 53% of South Africans have little to no knowledge about cryptocurrency, while only 14% thought or felt they had a better understanding of the subject, a report has said. Nearly half of the respondents said they would only invest in cryptocurrency if or when their respective banks are involved. South Africans Weigh In on Crypto Knowledge According to the…
The team behind the Harmony blockchain project has proposed the minting of up to 4.97 billion worth of its native token ONE to compensate victims of the $100 million Horizon Bridge hack in June. The proposal has been met with a significant amount of backlash from members of the community, with many highlighting concerns that such a large issuance of…
This is a transcribed version of a special edition “Bitcoin Magazine” podcast with Aleks Svetski and Michael Saylor having a long-form conversation about the implications of Bitcoin and its effects on the world. Watch This Episode On YouTube Or Rumble Listen To The Episode Here: Transcript [00:00:05] Aleks Svetski: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the latest episode of the wake…
New research shows that despite falling digital asset prices, cryptojacking has reached record levels in the first half of 2022. According to a mid-year update on cyber threats by American cybersecurity company SonicWall, global cryptojacking volumes rose by $66.7 million, or 30% in the first half of 2022 compared to the same period last year. Cryptojacking is a cybercrime whereby…
The Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), the second largest of the three biggest banks in Japan, has announced it is planning to expand into digital asset businesses, including non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and Web3 platforms. The company will partner with Hashport, a group that offers tokenization and listing services in Japan, to launch a token business lab to experiment with these…
