Former Consensys employee launches new stablecoin amid regulatory uncertainty

“The schools say he didn’t graduate from undergrad. Also, he has said multiple times, including in our interview, that he dropped out from a PhD program,” claimed crypto-journalist Laura Shin. 1301 Total views 11 Total shares A debate has surfaced online following claims that Cardano founder and Ethereum co-founder Charles Hoskinson may have fudged the…

Canadian online retailer Overstock.com said it would counter its significant losses for 2018 with a return to profits this year in its Q4 earnings report released on March 18.Overstock, which is famous as being one of the first major retailers to accept Bitcoin (BTC), saw profitability dive through last year as a result of a…

1. Is there a difference between a token/coin/digital currency/virtual currency? In short: Yes, there is. There are indeed differences between all of these terms, both major and minor. For instance, when JPMorgan Chase released its JPM Coin, it presented it as a “digital coin,” while Facebook’s Libra was introduced as a solid “cryptocurrency” — and,…

Cryptocurrency payment processor BitPay is introducing new identity verification measures for certain high-value payments, refunds and payouts.According to an Aug. 1 announcement from the United States-based firm, the new measures notably do not apply to person-to-person payments using the BitPay and Copay apps.Photo ID, Social Security NumberBitPay is rolling out its new ID verification flow…

Google launched its latest artificial intelligence (AI) model Gemini on Dec. 6, announcing it as the most advanced AI model currently available on the market, surpassing OpenAI’s GPT-4. Gemini is multimodal, which means it was built to understand and combine different types of information. It comes in three versions (Ultra, Pro, Nano) to serve different use

Millions have been invoiced from a host of law firms, investment bankers, consultants and financial advisers in FTX’s bankruptcy case. 610 Total views 9 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTThe law firms, investment banks and consulting companies working with FTX on its bankruptcy case billed the crypto exchange…

The topic of decentralized autonomous organizations is echoing loud and clear from the halls of this year’s DevCon to CryptoTwitter. Multiple projects at DevCon, including Aragon and MolochDAO, presented their commitments to decentralize power across a DAO, or, a group organized by rules encoded as a computer program. DAOs are transparent and controlled by the…

Though investing in crypto has the potential to radically change someone’s financial situation, one HODLer is saying their actions may have actually saved someone’s life. In a Reddit post under the r/cryptocurrency subreddit today, a U.K.-based user claimed that advice they gave to a university acquaintance two years ago resulted in that person’s father being able to…

KTCU plans to invest in Bitcoin ETF products after consultation with domestic asset managers,” an exec reportedly said. South Korea’s public pension fund, the Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU), is reportedly looking to gain exposure to Bitcoin (BTC) via a crypto exchange-traded fund (ETF).KTCU, one of the largest institutional investors in South Korea, is considering…