ICO

A wallet that participated in Ethereum’s initial coin offering (ICO) in 2016, which remained dormant since then, has finally woken up after seven years and seven months. According to a tweet by on-chain analysis firm Lookonchain, the address transferred one ether (ETH) to a new address about 13 hours ago, marking its first transaction. The crypto community speculates that it is a test transaction. However, the ICO wallet has not made any other transactions since. At the time...

Die Blockchain-Technologie als kryptografisches Verfahren zur Absicherung von Datenketten ist immer weiter auf dem Vormarsch und findet vielfältige Anwendungen. Eine Anwendung der Technologie sind Kryptowährungen. Neben dem bekannten Bitcoin ist Ethereum eine Währung beziehungsweise ein sog. Ökosystem, in dem geldliche Werte gehandelt werden können.Damit Transaktionen im Ethereum-Netzwerk schnell und günstige umgesetzt werden können, ist eine...

StiftungsratsMandat.com-Gründer Dominic Lüthi In der Schweiz spielt der Verwaltungsrat eine wichtige Rolle bei der Unternehmensführung. Der Verwaltungsrat ist das oberste Organ eines Unternehmens und hat die Aufgabe, die Geschäftsleitung zu überwachen, zu kontrollieren und zu beraten. In diesem Artikel werden wir uns genauer damit befassen, wie ein Verwaltungsrat in der Schweiz funktioniert. Zusammensetzung des Verwaltungsrats Ein Verwaltungsrat...

[PRESS RELEASE – Mahe, Seychelles, April 15th, 2023] The crypto market has been red hot recently. Bitcoin (BTC) ripped past $30,000, Ethereum (ETH) staking withdrawals will go live, breaking the $2,000 price point whilst Bitcoin (BTC) dominance dropped while its price climbs means it might be the beginning of an altcoin season. A new powerhouse DeFi project, DigiToads, has confirmed it will list on BitMart exchange soon. The DigiToads presale has already raised more than...

Following the IPO, Rakuten Bank is billed to finally go public on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on April 21. Rakuten Bank, the financial services offshoot of the Japanese conglomerate Rakuten Group is set to go live following a successful float of its Initial Public Offering (IPO). According to a report from The Business Times, Rakuten Bank priced its IPO at 1400 Yen, a point that coincided with the upper range of its revised pricing. In the months and weeks leading to the IPO, Rakuten Bank set...

File validation and verification have become an integral and critical component of the cryptocurrency industry and beyond. Specific to the field of blockchain, which is still quite nascent, the topic of cyber security has become quite hot in the past years. The number of cyber attacks, phishing scams, and other forms of digital fraud has increased tremendously. Just for context, in March 2023, there have been over 26 (documented) attacks, which resulted in over $211 million...

As Decentralized Finance (DeFi) continues to grow, there is a need for new crypto projects to offer more products that will bolster the ecosystem. However, over the last 12 months, several crypto projects have collapsed. This has reduced investors’ confidence and trust in the crypto market, which has affected how crypto projects receive funding to operate their protocols. Fortunately, a new project called ArbitPad is coming onto the scene. The platform promises to...

Traditional finance (TradFi) is facing serious challenges, highlighted by recent scandals in the industry. On November 8th, 2022, the mismanagement of centralized finance collided with crypto, as the infamous centralized exchange FTX, owned by Bankman-Fried, unraveled to the tune of 8 billion dollars. The FTX administration used little to no accounting or accountability policies and was using customer funds to illegally prop up inexperienced crypto investing giants Alameda...

The major cryptocurrency is rising as Bitcoin prices surged above $28,000 per coin during the last week of March. This may look like fiddling while Rome is burning after the collapse of some key banks for the crypto market in the United Stated. Banks Are Tumbling First, Silvergate Bank (SI) was liquidated, then Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank (SBNY) were shut down by the regulators. All three banks were preferred by crypto investors, as SVB was mostly used for...

The field of decentralized finance, commonly referred to as DeFi is seen by many as an alternative to centralized financial solutions in a way where users are able to transact and rely on various services without any intermediaries. This brings the promise of a censorship-resistant ecosystem where anyone can rely on regular financial services irrespective of nationality, status, gender, income, credit score, and whatnot. However, DeFi in itself can also be very confusing,...