According to a new preprint conducted by researchers at the Open Universiteit, University of California Berkley, and Radboud University, the vast majority of literature on blockchain energy use from both academic and everyday sources “lacks the scientific rigor expected from a mature scientific field.” The report analyzed 128 scientific and open-source studies related to carbon emissions of blockchains such as…
press release PRESS RELEASE. Internet City, Dubai, Oct. 26, 2022 — Crypto Investment Group, LBank Labs, welcomes new member Czhang to their investment committee team. With many successful investment cases under its belt, LBank Labs is excited to have new talent onboard and hopes to acquire more talented people into the rapidly growing investment institution. Since 2017, Czhang has pursued…
In 2022, it’s no surprise that most assets are in a bear market. People have a variety of signals they look for when determining a good time to enter the market, and Cointelegraph Research’s Venture Capital Report for Q2 revealed that VC inflows stagnated at just above $14 billion last quarter, the same as Q1. However, the third quarter did…
When Bitcoin first launched, the community was extremely small and it slowly grew during the first two years until the project’s creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, left the community for good. During the early years encompassing the world of cryptocurrencies, a number of anonymous individuals like Sunny King, Artforz, Rat4, and Cobra followed Satoshi’s method of keeping themselves unknown to the general…
Stone Ridge Holdings Group, parent company of NYDIG, has launched Wolf’s Clothing, a New York City (NYC) based Bitcoin start up dedicated to the Lightning Network, per a press release sent to Bitcoin Magazine. Wolf aims to bring founders and startups from all over the world to NYC for eight weeks at a time to “to focus on the development,…
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), a hedge fund that manages roughly $28 billion USD, has become one of the major victims of the crypto market crisis that broke out last spring. Despite the downturn, the company said it remains faithful to “the crypto-centric vision of the internet called Web3.” In his commentaries to Wall Street Journal’s review of a16z’s crypto involvement, published…
While most popular crypto trading bots are offered for free, they do come with associated costs, such as trading commissions and withdrawal fees, that need to be evaluated before proceeding. When choosing a crypto trading bot, investors need to weigh the pros and cons of “free” crypto trading bots compared to those that charge a flat monthly or annual subscription…
A day after hitting a one-week high, dogecoin raced to a two-month high earlier in today’s session. Wednesday’s surge in price comes as the global cryptocurrency market was up by nearly 7% on the day. Cardano also traded higher, climbing by over 10% in the process. Dogecoin (DOGE) Dogecoin (DOGE) rose higher for a second straight session, as the token…
Crypto exchange Binance announced the launch of a new data feed network — Binance Oracle — that allows blockchain smart contracts to connect with real-world data, starting with its in-house blockchain offering, BNB Chain. For starters, Binance Oracle will allow existing decentralized applications (DApps) and Web3 ecosystem partners on BNB Chain to access existing data sources and advanced computations. “Over…
Andressen Horowitz’s first crypto fund launched in 2019 has lost 40% of its value in the first half of the year. Unnamed sources familiar with the firm’s crypto fund told The Wall Street Journal that a16z has been struggling to convince investors that it hasn’t bet too big on crypto. “What I look at is not prices,” Chris Dixon, who heads…
