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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...

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...

During Paris Blockchain Week, CryptoPotato had the chance to interview Helen Hai – the president of Bifinity, Head of Binance Charity Foundation, Head of NFT & Fan Token, and Goodwill Ambassador. Hai talked about how blockchain can revolutionize charity donations, NFTs can help artists in less fortunate states, and a lot more. From London to Africa to Binance During the Paris Blockchain Week Summit (PBW) that transpired earlier in April, Helen Hai revealed in a special...

Scott Melker is a popular cryptocurrency analyst and influencer with a captivating story of a former world-renowned DJ who stepped back from his professional career in music and turned to crypto. The Wolf of All Streets – as he’s better known on social media – has been a guest on our podcast before and if you want to learn more about his past career as a DJ, make sure to check out the episode from 2021. Back then (June 2021), Bitcoin’s price had dropped from its former...

Carl Runefelt, better known within the crypto community and perhaps beyond it for his social media name – The Moon – is one of the most popular influencers in the field. He has over 500K subscribers on YouTube and has recently crossed the one million followers milestone on Twitter. From wild Bitcoin predictions to million-dollars NFT buys, to his recent payment app Kasta, and what he thinks about the criticism he received from his community after showing his new Bugatti while...

Solana is undoubtedly amongst the fastest growing ecosystems, as well as one of the hottest networks. There are hundreds of teams building various projects ranging from financial applications to non-fungible tokens and blockchain-based games. It has managed to successfully position itself as one of the main competitors for Ethereum. The vibrant and dynamic ecosystem was perfectly represented during the Solana-dedicated conference that took place in Lisbon earlier in November:...

Binance is one of the most recognizable names in the cryptocurrency industry. After all, it’s the leading exchange and forefront for the entire field – a place where many newcomers begin their cryptocurrency journey. However, what a lot of people don’t know, is that apart from its popular exchange, Binance also runs a whole lot of other initiatives, each one of which aimed at furthering the cause of crypto. One of these different avenues is Binance Labs. Those of you who are...

Enjin is one of the leading projects involved in the currently booming play-to-earn and metaverse space. In Layman’s terms, Enjin helps teams tokenize all aspects of their digital journey. In essence, the project provides an ecosystem of blockchain-based gaming products that are interconnected. Its flagship offering is the Enjin Network. With this said, the entire project is garnering massive attention and is coming to serious prominence as of late because of the recently...

Solana is one of this year’s hottest topics, surging in value, popularity, and overall usage. The cryptocurrency itself is up over 13,000% so far in 2021 and this comes on the back of over $14 billion in value locked in the various decentralized protocols built on Solana. This growth drew the community’s attention and Solana quickly became one of the most commonly discussed blockchains. We met Yakovenko on the second day of Lisbon’s Breakpoint 2021 – a 3-day conference...