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Why ZK-Rollups Are the Future of Ethereum Scaling: Interview with StarkWare PM Gal Ron

Scaling Ethereum has undoubtedly been one of the hottest topics in the past months. The network’s transition to a proof-of-stake consensus algorithm in September 2022 was a huge milestone in this regard, as it opened the door for many different scaling solutions to be implemented. While Ethereum developers are working on ways to scale the network natively, the power of layer-two solutions is only beginning to manifest. Concepts such as zero-knowledge proofs are now becoming a...

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How Long Will the Ethereum LSD Narrative Last? Talking 2023 Trends with Nansen’s Martin Lee

Ethereum Liquid Staking tokens are going through the roof. Lido is up 150% in a month, similarly Frax Shares, while other protocols, such as Rocket Pool, are also catching up.  But that’s not all. NFTs are also seeing massive volumes for multiple consecutive weeks, showing little signs of slowing down. The question now is for how long this positive trend will sustain – is it a dead cat bounce or the beginning of a much-awaited recovery? To help us crunch the numbers and...

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Talking Ethereum 2.0 With ConsenSys PM Matt Nelson: When Can ETH Validators Unstake?

Ethereum’s transition to Proof-of-Stake has undoubtedly been the most significant technical accomplishment in the blockchain industry in 2022 and perhaps even beyond. To facilitate the process, those who wished to secure the Beacon chain had to deposit a minimum of 32 ETH to become validators. The economic incentive to do so was (and still is) represented by the yield that users receive on the staked amount. However, there’s a catch – users are unable to withdraw their stake...

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Ethereum Merge – a Turning Point, NFT Wave 2.0, and MyEtherWallet’s Approach to User Data: COO Brian Norton (Interview)

The Ethereum ecosystem is among the fastest-growing in the cryptocurrency industry, especially in the past few years. With the foray of decentralized finance (DeFi) applications in 2020, it became obvious that crypto users needed tools to interact with various DApps in a way that’s accessible to those who don’t necessarily have coding knowledge. Even though popular before that, this was when self-custody wallets, like MyEtherWallet, became mainstream. During EthCC 5 in Paris...

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Natalie Brunell: This is What Made Me Go From Traditional Media to Full-Time Bitcoin (Interview)

Natalie Brunell is one of the most well-known women in the cryptocurrency industry. With a background in traditional journalism, she currently hosts the Coin Stories podcast, featuring some of the leading voices in both Bitcoin and economics. Brunell is Polish-born and, together with her family, immigrated to the US when she was five. she has broad experience in traditional media, covering breaking news, enterprise reporting, as well as features. Some of her previous roles...

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Bitstamp CEO JB Graftieaux: We Are Still Early (Interview)

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...

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Our Ambition is to Become the Amazon of Crypto: Interview with Coinbase’s Guillaume Chatain

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...

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Bittrex CBO: Why Bittrex Lost its Lead, Token Sales’ Critical Mistakes, and How to Get Listed (Interview)

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...

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Tether Has No Plans to Go Public: CTO Paolo Ardoino (Exclusive Interview)

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...

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NFTs Will Play a Critical Role and Translate into Transferable Credentials: HBAR’s Alex Russman (Interview)

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...

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