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Spending cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum in shops and restaurants is getting easier by the day. More and more merchants grasp the potential of cryptocurrencies and adopt them in one way or another. Several cryptocurrency debit cards have recently popped up to help businesses offer digital assets as a payment method. Just like any other conventional ones, cryptocurrency debit cards allow you to conduct day-to-day transactions using BTC, ETH, XRP, and other...

Bitstamp is one of the veteran crypto exchanges, operating since 2011. It’s a European-focused platform based in Slovenia, with its headquarters in London, England — and serves the USA and many other countries as well. CryptoPotato a chance to meet up with Jean-Baptiste Graftieaux (JB for short), the company’s global Chief Executive Officer (CEO). He has held leadership roles in traditional finance, fintech, payments, and eCommerce – as well as cryptocurrency. He became the...

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...

After spending almost a decade working for the Wall Street behemoth – JPMorgan Chase & Co – Guillaume Chatain took the leap towards blockchain and crypto, where he helped establish a regulated digital broker-dealer. As of now, he is the Head of EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) Sales at the leading US-based cryptocurrency exchange – Coinbase – a position which he occupies for over a year. From JP Morgan to Coinbase: The Future of Finance Chatain made a huge...

Bittrex Global is the international arm of the Seattle, Washington-based U.S. Bittrex exchange. It is based in Lichtenstein, and it’s registered and supervised by the local financial market authority. For the first years of crypto trading and until the 2017 bull run, Bittrex was considered to be among the leading exchanges, and founders were eager to list their tokens on the US-based exchange. Chris Sinkey is the Chief Business Officer and Listing Director for Bittrex Global...

Balancer is one of the most popular automated market makers (AMMs) and decentralized exchanges on the Ethereum network. It allows users to instantly swap tokens and earn fees when they provide liquidity to different pools. Balancer competes with other platforms such as ERC20-based Uniswap and SushiSwap. It has its advantages and disadvantages. The following aims to answer questions regarding Balancer, examine core features, customer support, security guarantees, and so...

Created by the leading US-based cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase Wallet is quickly becoming a preferred self-custody wallet among users. It offers a very familiar user experience to existing solutions, which makes the overall transition seamless for those who’ve already worked with a self-custody wallet. Moreover, it carries the reputation and confidence instilled by the Coinbase brand. Coinbase Wallet was launched in 2018 and has managed to become one of the best...

The leading stablecoin by market capitalization — backed by reserves of cash and money market cash equivalents — USDT has a market cap of approximately $83 billion at the time of this writing. Paolo Ardoino is the chief technology officer (CTO) for Bitfinex and its stablecoin, Tether (USDT). Paolo is a well-known full-stack programmer with deep experience in the financial sector (FIX protocol, Bloomberg API), he describes himself as an innovative computer scientist and...

As a part-time philosopher of digital fashion, identity, and ownership, he gave a notable keynote address in 2020 on fashion, gaming, and blockchain while directing business development for Enjin, the team behind the ERC-1155 multi-token smart contract standard. At the Paris Blockchain Week conference in April, CryptoPotato got the chance to talk to Alex Russman, Director of Hedera’s Consumer Engagement Fund, about the future of Web3, NFTs, HBAR, as well as the growing hype...

The Non-Fungible Token (NFT) ecosystem is moving fast. Hundreds of projects are created every day — some of them enjoy rapid success in the market due to their quality, uniqueness, communities, originality, art, and vision, while others flop quickly. Talking about rapid success, Azukis — hand-drawn digital samurais and smoking skateboarders — have quickly turned into the next NFT blue chip. In this guide, we take a closer look into the collection and everything there is to...