Australian blockchain academics and educators have called for more robust Web3 education in schools, preparing students for a world that will be dominated by blockchain technology. Huxley Peckham, head trainer for Blockchain Academy International told Cointelegraph that there are “very few qualified people in the blockchain industry, but there is big demand for qualified people,” noting that worldwide, there are…
Why Izzy Howell Left Solana Derivatives Protocol Cypher to Launch an NFT Apparel Brand Izzy Howell, a former core contributor at Solana derivatives protocol Cypher, tells Decrypt’s Dan Roberts at Chainlink SmartCon 2022 what she’s up to now: a streetwear and lifestyle brand called PussyDAO that will soon launch Solana NFTs tied to physical apparel. Source: https://decrypt.co/videos/live-events/ehF6s6Ix/why-izzy-howell-left-solana-derivatives-protocol-cypher-to-launch-an-nft-apparel-brand
press release PRESS RELEASE. Arbswap, the Arbitrum-native automated market maker decentralized exchange, has seen significant progress over the past months. Following the migration of its contracts to the Arbitrum Nova network, Arbswap has recently launched the Nova Accelerator with support from Old Fashion Research, a multi-strategy blockchain investment fund. By establishing the Accelerator, Arbswap has set out to support the…
Crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried has wanted to buy Twitter “for a while,” according to texts reportedly revealed in Elon Musk’s legal proceedings against the social media platform. Insider reported Thursday that William MacAskill—who is a part of the SBF-funded FTX Future Fund—was trying to set up a meeting between the FTX CEO and Musk back in March to see if…
Will Peck, the head of digital assets at exchange-traded fund provider WisdomTree said regulators in the United States will “ultimately get there” on approving a Bitcoin spot investment vehicle, but dealing with claims of market manipulation could be a challenge. Speaking to Cointelegraph at the Converge22 conference in San Francisco on Sept. 29, Peck said WisdomTree would not follow Grayscale…
On Sept. 29, global music and entertainment company Warner Music Group (WMG) announced a partnership with nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace, Opensea, to provide a platform for select musical artists to build and extend their fanbase into the Web3 community. According to the release, the collaboration between these two entities will allow select WMG artists to get early access to Opensea’s newly…
Following the introduction of the Crypto Market Integrity Coalition (CMIC) with 17 member firms last February, the organization has added eight new members. New coalition recruits include Bittrex, Merkle Science, Crystal Blockchain and Bitgo. 8 Crypto Market Firms Join Crypto Market Integrity Coalition to Improve Self-Regulation Seven months ago, 17 crypto firms announced the formation of the Crypto Market Integrity…
Ripple Labs scored a victory in its continuing legal battle with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Sept. 29 as U.S. District Court judge Analisa Torres ruled to release the documents written by former SEC corporation finance division director William Hinman. The documents predominantly relate to a speech Hinman delivered at the Yahoo Finance All Markets Summit…
In brief Jack Lu, CEO of NFT marketplace Magic Eden, appeared on Decrypt’s gm podcast. He spoke about the potential for NFT-driven gaming and why he expects the industry (and gamers) to embrace them. For many crypto advocates, video games offer one of the clearest use cases for NFTs. They enable a user-owned economy that lets players resell and potentially…
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance today announced an Ethereum Proof-of-Work (ETHW) mining service for its users. Binance further announced Thursday that those who take part in the ETHW pool will not be charged a fee until October 29. Mining pools are formed when groups of crypto miners want to share resources to allow other miners to work with them and collectively have…
