Ethereum then and now: A 10-year look back

The Spanish-speaking world saw a number major developments this week, with several companies accepting cryptocurrencies as a form of payment and the Venezuelan government making new claims about the use and acceptance of the controversial Petro coin.Here’s the past week of crypto and blockchain news in review, as originally reported by Cointelegraph en Español.Spain: Eurocoinpay introduces…

A major South Korean tech hub is under scrutiny by local health authorities. According to Asia Kyungjae, at least 44 employees of an unnamed South Korean Blockchain company recently tested positive for COVID-19. The employees have since been quarantined.The report states that the company is based in the southern Gwanak District of Seoul; a well-known…

The milestone was accomplished less than one month after a much-anticipated airdrop. 458 Total views 28 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTAccording to statistics compiled by user @Henrystats on Dune Analytics, the number of accounts, or wallet addresses, for Ethereum layer-2 scaling solution Arbitrum (ARB) surpassed 5 million…

GoldConnect will be able to process crypto transactions made in Bitcoin, Ether and other digital assets through its new LatamConnect platform. 3346 Total views 9 Total shares GoldConnect, a Latin American telecommunications wholesaler, announced Tuesday that it will allow customers to pay with cryptocurrencies through payment processor BitPay, marking another important milestone in the region’s…

The amount of positive Bitcoin commentary on social media is just a third of what it was four months ago, according to Santiment.

Bitcoin (BTC) hodlers deserve a pat on the back for making it through this last week, as BTC witnessed its largest sell-off in history, in terms of USD value, causing the leading digital asset to shed $70bn of its market cap in a single 24-hour period.I shudder to think about the fortunes that were lost,…

The South Korean branch of the Tezos Foundation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Yonsei University to collaboratively work on the development of blockchain talents, says a Tezos official press release published Nov. 21.The new agreement between the Tezos Korea Foundation and Digital Society Research Center at Yonsei University in Seoul aims to…

Bitmain, the largest manufacturer of mining equipment, recently revealed the Antminer Z11 device for mining Zcash and other cryptocurrencies based on the Equihash algorithm, as reported by Cointelegraph on March 19. The company claims that the new chip is three times more powerful than its predecessor, the Antminer Z9, which was released nine months ago.Introducing…