CFTC accuses pastor of shilling $6M crypto Ponzi to congregants

After more than six years leading the blockchain advocacy organization, Kristin Smith will leave to become the president of the Solana Policy Institute on May 19. Kristin Smith, CEO of the US-based Blockchain Association, will be leaving the cryptocurrency advocacy group for the recently launched Solana Policy Institute. In an April 1 notice, the Blockchain

FIDE said that it hopes to “welcome a new crypto demographic” through the “gamification of iconic match moments, unique collectibles [and] chess-related art.” 258 Total views 20 Total shares Digitalization keeps on coming to one of the oldest games in the world as FIDE, the International Chess Federation, announces its plans for a nonfungible token…

Andy Milenius, formerly the chief technology officer at MakerDAO, published an open letter dated April 3 explaining his concerns over the project’s internal conflicts. MakerDAO is the  company behind the decentralized algorithmic Ethereum-based stablecoin DAI as well as the governance token Maker (MKR).In his 24-page-long letter, Milenius describes a conflict between his ideas of equal…

Thousands of attendees recently gathered at Denver’s National Western Complex for ETHDenver 2023 to learn about the current and future cryptocurrency ecosystem. John Paller, founder and executive steward of ETHDenver, told Cointelegraph that 15,000 ticketholders attended ETHDenver’s main event.While ETHDenver attracted a diverse crowd, many students from leading universities attended the event, showcasing new solutions to…

New Zealand’s Auckland Saving Bank (ASB) has invested in local blockchain startup TradeWindow. The funding, reported Aug. 13, should expedite the launch of the company’s Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) trade platform.Applying blockchain to the global supply chainTradeWindow CEO, AJ Smith, believes that this link-up represents one of the first times a New Zealand bank has…

Bitcoin bulls seek a more convincing BTC price rebound as ask liquidity sits piled high between spot and $70,000.

Richard Teng became CEO of crypto exchange Binance after Changpeng Zhao agreed to step down as part of a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice announced on Nov. 21. 285 Total views 7 Total shares Richard Teng, Binance’s former global head of regional markets and now CEO, announced his intention to drive growth at

Notifi Network has integrated with the Solana Realms DAO platform to help increase governance participation rates by expanding notification services. You’ll never have an excuse to miss another governance vote if the decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) calls or texts  to badger you to vote. The Notifi Network is banking on this concept to help improve abysmal…