For many years, crypto traders were under the impression that someone named John Dobbertin was the elusive man behind the legendary Zcash, an anonymous form of cryptocurrency. It now looks like that name is nothing more than a pseudonym to hide the real identity of one of the coin’s main developers. That developer is Edward Snowden, the NSA whistleblower who fled to Russia in 2013. Edward Snowden and His History with Zcash Snowden is a former employee of the National...
Read More »Expectations v Reality: Vitalik Buterin on His Vision for Ethereum
Vitalik Buterin – co-founder of Ethereum – outlined some of his conflicting realizations and beliefs around cryptocurrency on Monday. He detailed the way that his idealistic vision for how Ethereum should grow – and what it should become – is failing to match reality. Comparing Ethereum and Bitcoin The programmer – who has never hesitated to criticize Bitcoin in the past – began his lengthy Twitter thread with a display of admiration for the primary crypto network. While...
Read More »Okay Bears NFT Collection: The Complete Guide
Okay, Bears has quickly become amongst the most popular collections of non-fungible tokens based on Solana. At the time of this writing in May 2022, the collection has also become the most actively traded one on OpenSea, surpassing the likes of the Bored Ape Yacht Club, Azuki, CloneX, and others. The following is a deep dive on Okay Bears and everything there is to know about the collection. What Are Okay Bears NFTs? Okay Bears is a collection of 10,000 non-fungible tokens...
Read More »Connecticut Mansion Owner Is Selling Her House for BTC or ETH
A large, $6.5 million mansion on the coast of Connecticut is up for sale. What’s the big clincher? The seller is willing to accept cryptocurrencies like bitcoin or Ethereum, marking the first time something like this is being done in the area. A Mansion Owner Will Sell Her House for Crypto The property’s listing agent Kevin Sneddon affirms the media and any potential buyers that this is not a joke. The owner is serious about crypto offers, and all looking to trade their...
Read More »Jack Dorsey Responds to SBF’s Comments on Bitcoin Scaling and Proof of Work
Jack Dorsey was not pleased with FTX CEO Sam Bankman Fried (SBF)’s recent criticisms of Bitcoin’s viability as a payments system. The Block Head confronted him yesterday over his failure to acknowledge the lightning network and provided defense for the necessity of mining. SBF’s Interview The conflict began when SBF responded to some backlash over his comments about Bitcoin in an interview with the Financial Times. While he stood by his claim that Bitcoin cannot sustain high...
Read More »Sutor Bank: Lehren des Luna-Crashs
Kryptowährungen haben in den vergangenen Wochen deutlich an Wert verloren. Noch einmal beschleunigt hat diese Entwicklung der Zusammenbruch des Kryptowerts Luna, ein Coin, der mit dem Stablecoin TerraUS (UST) gekoppelt ist. „Das Geschäftsmodell der Terra-Blockchain, eine Basis für algorithmische Stablecoins anzubieten, ist gescheitert“ sagt Hartmut Giesen. „Viele Anleger haben hier investiert, ohne den Coin und sein Geschäftsmodell wirklich verstanden zu haben.“ Eine Grundregel für...
Read More »LBank Exchange Will List GameFantasyToken (GFT) on May 19, 2022
INTERNET CITY, DUBAI, May. 13, 2022 – LBank Exchange, a global digital asset trading platform, will list GameFantasyToken (GFT) on May 19, 2022. For all users of LBank Exchange, the GFT/USDT trading pair will be officially available for trading at 18:00 (UTC+8) on May 19, 2022. As the latest NFT Play-to-Earn game built on the IoTeX platform, StarCrazy enables its players to collect Starz (NFTs) and fuse them for a chance to create more valuable characters. Players can...
Read More »Bitcoin-Kauf: Identifikationsprozesse für Krypto-Käufe ab 1000 CHF
HFSP? Die Schweizer FINMA will strenge Bitcoin-Regulierung. Die Finanzmarktaufsicht verlangt zukünftig Identifikationsprozesse für Krypto-Käufe ab einer Höhe von 1000 Schweizer Franken, wie in den kürzlichen Erneuerungen des Schweizer Geldwäschegesetzes beschlossen wurde. Ursprünglich war ein Wert von 5000 Schweizer Franken festgelegt. Nun die Verschärfung dieser Regeln! Damit folgte die Finanzmarktaufsicht den Anpassungen eines Bundesgesetzes,...
Read More »Zentralbanken, Google und die Ohnmacht gegenüber Monopolen
Über den Gast-Autor: Christoph Cronimund ist Google Ads Experte und Entwickler der Google-Alternative Trooia Solange man Monopole nicht allzu kritisch hinterfragt, ist wenig an ihnen auszusetzen. Es gibt nur eine Option, und die funktioniert im Allgemeinen ganz gut. Man muss keine geeigneten Alternativen suchen, diese einer aufwändigen Evaluation unterziehen und sich dann für eine davon entscheiden. Das ist zunächst zwar sehr bequem, bremst aber mangels Konkurrenzdruck im Markt gesunde...
Read More »LBank Weekly Listing Report, 16th May 2022
As a world class digital asset exchange, LBank continues to focus on providing its users quality projects to participate in. Here is a weekly report made by LBank Exchange presenting this week’s exciting new listings and a summary of the ones listed last week, offering users more information to help better understand these unique opportunities. New Listings on LBank ExchangeScheduled this week starting on 16th May.For a more complete list please follow our twitter...
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