Dedicated to restoring Assange’s freedom, AssangeDAO started its fundraising on February 3. Less than a week later, it has concluded its efforts after managing to rake in 17,422 Ether from 10,000 users. Helping Embattled WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange The newly-formed AssangeDAO’s mission was to raise enough funds to help free Julian Assange. It aimed to acquire ETH in return for the JUSTICE governance token to bid on a 1/1 NFT. The NFT in question was made by well-known...
Read More »What is a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO)? Everything You Need to Know
Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) are a form of governance systems powered by their community. They can be independent of third parties, and government corporations and they also differ a lot in their business and organizational model from traditional organizations. Quick Navigation What is a DAO? In light of the above, we can pinpoint the following characteristics of a DAO: Non-hierarchical system: As the name suggests, DAOs are decentralized systems owned and...
Read More »SSV Network Bags $10M From DAO Partners to Scale ETH 2.0 Staking
Open source and decentralized protocol ssv.network has received $10 million in funding from its DAO partners to ramp up the decentralized staking infrastructure for Ethereum 2.0 ahead of the upcoming Merge. ssv.network Receives $10M ssv.network said in a press release that it received the funds through its DAO Partner Program, an initiative the project launched in October 2021 with an objective of expanding its “community and strengthening DAO partnerships.” So far, the...
Read More »Flow Introduces Chainlink Price Feed on Ethereum Blockchain
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Read More »LBank exchange is among the top 24 on CoinMarketCap and will list DhabiCoin (DBC)
LBank exchange is among the top 24 on CoinMarketCap and will list DhabiCoin (DBC) LBank exchange is one of the largest and best-known companies in the cryptocurrency industry in the world. DhabiCoin (DBC) will be listed on the LBank exchange soon. LBank is one such platform that outperforms the competition on many fronts. The Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange has been around for many years, since 2015. LBank offers versatile trading...
Read More »Ethereum Price Analysis: ETH Rallies Above $3K
Ethereum price started a fresh increase from the $2,800 zone against the US Dollar. ETH price is now trading above $2,800 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a crucial rising channel forming with support near $2,820 on the 4-hours chart (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could continue to move rise if there is a clear move above the $3,200 resistance. Ethereum price is showing positive signs above $2,800 against the US Dollar. ETH/USD might rally...
Read More »Matic Pumps 16% as Sequoia Capital Leads $450 Million Fundraise for Polygon
Venture capital firm Sequoia Capital led a financing round for the Ethereum layer 2 scaling solution Polygon, becoming the latest Silicon Valley company to invest in the Web3 space. According to CNBC on Monday (February 7, 2022), Polygon recently raised $450 million, with Sequoia Capital leading the investment. Other companies involved in the fundraising round include Softbank, Alameda Research, Tiger Global, and Galaxy Digital. Prominent individuals such as Reddit co-founder...
Read More »North Korea Funds Missile Programs With Stolen Crypto (UN Report)
The United Nations (UN) accused North Korea of stealing cryptocurrencies worth millions of dollars. Moreover, the report added that the totalitarian Asian state employed the stolen assets to fund missile and nuclear experiments. Crypto Fuels Weapon Trials According to a recent UN report cited by Reuters, North Korean hackers have carried out numerous attacks against at least three cryptocurrency exchanges between 2020 and mid-2021. The bad actors stole around $50 million...
Read More »KPMG Canada Adds BTC And ETH To Balance Sheet
The Canadian subsidiary of KPMG – one of the “Big Four” international accounting firms – has just confirmed the addition of Bitcoin and Ethereum to its corporate treasury. The purchase is said to “reflect the firm’s commitment to emerging technologies and asset classes”. According to a press release from Newswire, KPMG included carbon offsets alongside the purchase, in order to maintain net-zero emissions on the relevant purchases. Bitcoin and Ethereum are often criticized...
Read More »Bloomberg Insists: Bitcoin Could Still Reach $100,000
February’s investment report by Bloomberg Intelligence argued in favor of cryptocurrency investments. In particular, it suggested that Bitcoin, Ethereum, and USD stablecoins will continue to do well. At the same time, though, smaller digital assets could be in trouble due to excessive speculation, analysts at Bloomberg asserted. “Some purging of the speculative excesses of 2021 may mark much of 2022, but Bitcoin is poised to come out ahead.” BTC vs. Oil In particular, crypto...
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