(Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions.) Humanity’s struggle to locate the easy button permeates all aspects of our existence. In the context of the financial...Read More
It should be no surprise that more traditional corporations join the crypto fever by investing in bitcoin or adopting blockchain technology. Brevan Howard, a European hedge fund, is the latest asset manager to join the movement. Bloomberg reported that the asset manager is preparing to invest $84,000,000 in digital assets, representing 1.5% of its $5.6...Read More
[PRESS RELEASE – Please Read Disclaimer] VENICE: CALIFORNIA, 15th April 2021 – UNA Blockchain, a subsidiary of Hopium, the car manufacturer that develops the first high-end hydrogen sedan, is now announcing the launch of its brand new blockchain ecosystem. Based in Venice, California, UNA is positioning itself as a leader within the automotive industry. The...Read More
Ripple’s CTO, David Schwartz, has been gradually offloading his bitcoin position for years and is currently left with about 2% of his entire stack. During a recent Twitter threat, he outlined the significance of taking profits while blasting the narrative that investors can’t lose money if they don’t sell during a bear market. Ripple’s CTO...Read More
In another step towards reducing the high fees on its blockchain, Ethereum’s latest upgrade, dubbed Berlin, has already come into effect. The hard fork arrives with four Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs), but many users have complained about network errors. Berlin Hard Fork is Here for Ethereum The high utilization of the Ethereum blockchain, being the...Read More
Speaking at a conference with several crypto-friendly corporations, PayPal’s CEO Dan Schulman revealed that the company is looking to expand its crypto-services as digital currencies take a leading role in the financial system. Schulman joined the “2021 Blockchain 50 Symposium: Crypto Goes Corporate“, together with dozens of executives from the technological and financial space, including...Read More
The third-largest bank in France, as well as one of the leading banks in the whole world, Societe Generale, has issued its first structured product as a security token. The bank has chosen Tezos’ blockchain as the underlying network. Following the first covered bond security token issuance for 100 million euros on Ethereum’s blockchain back...Read More
Top-tier digital assets manager Grayscale has seen an increase in the value of its total AUM (Assets Under Management) to above $50 billion as bitcoin’s price marked a new all-time high recently. The Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) is now worth over $41 billion, while the Ethereum Trust (ETHE) holds over $7.4 billion. The Road to...Read More
Cardano has released more details on Plutus, it’s native programming language that will be used to write smart contracts after its next major upgrade, Alonzo. In a blog post on April 13, IOHK – the firm behind Cardano – explained that Plutus contracts consist of parts that run on-chain and parts that run on a...Read More
