PureStake CEO Derek Yoo Explains the Technology Behind Moonbeam Network – Interview Bitcoin News
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PureStake CEO Derek Yoo Explains the Technology Behind Moonbeam Network – Interview Bitcoin News

Moonbeam is an Ethereum-compatible smart contract platform on the Polkadot network that makes it easy to build natively interoperable applications. This Ethereum compatibility allows developers to deploy existing Solidity smart contracts and DApp frontends to Moonbeam with minimal changes. Derek Yoo is the CEO of PureStake, the technology company behind the Moonbeam Network. He recently joined the Bitcoin.com News Podcast…

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Why crypto industry needs venture capital: Q&A with veteran investor
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Why crypto industry needs venture capital: Q&A with veteran investor

Traditional funding in the crypto space was once considered useless. After all, the industry itself offers different, controversial, but nonetheless, ways to fund a project – initial coin offering (ICO), initial exchange offering (IEO) and the current darlings of offerings – launchpads and initial decentralized exchange (DEX) offerings.  But with the industry maturing and more startups wanting not only the…

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BTC Bounces Back After Monday’s Selloff – Market Updates Bitcoin News
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BTC Bounces Back After Monday’s Selloff – Market Updates Bitcoin News

Following Monday’s selloff, cryptocurrency markets mostly rebounded across the board, with bitcoin and ethereum prices rallying by as much as 10%. Overall the global crypto market cap was over 6% higher from yesterday’s session. Bitcoin Bitcoin, which fell to an intraday low of $33,184.06 during yesterday’s session, was up close to 9% as of writing, hitting a high of $37,247.52…

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Former CFTC chair Chris Giancarlo joins Digital Asset's board
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Former CFTC chair Chris Giancarlo joins Digital Asset’s board

Chris Giancarlo, who served as chair for the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission until 2019, will be joining the board of directors for blockchain startup Digital Asset. In a Tuesday announcement, Digital Asset said Giancarlo would be providing counsel on asset tokenization, distributed ledger technology, and the possible impact of regulatory developments on the crypto space. The former CFTC chair…

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What is the best marketplace to buy NFTs?
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What is the best marketplace to buy NFTs?

“The Market Report” with Cointelegraph is live right now! On this week’s show, Cointelegraph’s resident experts discuss which nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace has the most to offer its customers. But first, market expert Marcel Pechman carefully examines the Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) markets. Are the current market conditions bullish or bearish? What is the outlook for the next few…

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What is Bored Ape Yacht Club? The Celebrity NFT of Choice
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What is Bored Ape Yacht Club? The Celebrity NFT of Choice

In brief Bored Ape Yacht Club is a popular series of NFT profile pictures minted on the Ethereum blockchain. They typically sell for many thousands of dollars, with a growing number of high-profile celebrities buying the NFTs. NFT avatars blew up in 2021, commanding up to millions of dollars apiece for individual images that could be collected and used on social…

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Belarus, Russia to Not Ban Bitcoin
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Belarus, Russia to Not Ban Bitcoin

Belarus is reportedly not inclined to change its permissive bitcoin trading rules despite its neighbor and ally Russia having been drawn to considering a complete ban of trading and mining. Bloomberg reported on Tuesday that Belarus’ cryptocurrency regulator, Hi-Tech Park, does not have plans to tighten its liberal bitcoin-related legislation. “Restrictive changes to the existing regulatory model are not currently…

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Acala (ACA) Trading Starts January 25 - Deposit Now
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Acala (ACA) Trading Starts January 25 – Deposit Now

We’re thrilled to announce that Kraken now supports Acala (ACA)! Funding and Trading You can add ACA to your Kraken account by navigating to Funding, selecting the asset, and hitting Deposit. Here’s what you need to know: Ticker ACA Tradeable against USD, EUR Price precision 3 decimal places Deposit confirmations required 25 (~2 minutes) Not available in USA, Canada, Australia,…

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