Mauricio Di Bartolomeo, co-founder of Ledn Inc., a company specializing in Bitcoin lending services, shares his journey that was affected by his experiences in Venezuela’s economic turmoil, which shaped his understanding of financial independence and the role of BTC in achieving it. Di Bartolomeo’s experience in Venezuela, where he witnessed the collapse of the country’s...Read More
Airdrops have undoubtedly changed the course of development for many blockchain-based projects and the companies behind them. The examples are numerous, but one team that hasn’t yet released a token and is long anticipated to do so is MetaMask. MetaMask is by far the largest self-custody cryptocurrency wallet with over 30 million users and has...Read More
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...Read More
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)...Read More
NFTs were undoubtedly the hottest topic of late 2021 and the beginning of 2022. Pushed towards mainstream adoption by projects such as the Bored Ape Yacht Club, Azuki, Okay Bears, and others, NFTs were booming. As the overall market went into a considerable drawdown, with Bitcoin’s price losing close to 70% of its value in...Read More
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...Read More
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...Read More
The crypto industry has grown exponentially over the past couple of years, attracting many newcomers who’re looking to either invest or interact with thousands of different cryptocurrencies. One of the most recognizable resources that provide comprehensive and easy-to-track data about the market is CoinGecko. With estimated monthly traffic of $113 million, it’s one of the...Read More
Bitcoin’s price over the past couple of weeks has been on an absolute roller coaster, leaving many to wonder whether we’re still in a bull market, what’s going to happen next, and how to properly position themselves for the last quarter of the year. Amid these turbulent times, we sit down with prominent on-chain analyst...Read More
Anthony Di Iorio is a well-known figure in the cryptocurrency space. He got into Bitcoin back in its early days, went on to become one of the co-founders of Ethereum, and also founded and spearheaded the popular crypto infrastructure provider – Decentral. In this interview, we go in-depth on all of the above, and we...Read More
CryptoPotato had the opportunity to host a discussion with Lennix Lai – the Financial Markets Director at OKEx. Established in 2017, OKEx is one of the leading cryptocurrency exchanges in the world by means of trading volume and is also a big player in China. We took the opportunity to discuss, first hand, what’s currently...Read More
Balancer is one of the pioneers in the DeFi space and a core building block of its infrastructure. The protocol allows for efficient trading by pooling crowdsourced liquidity from investor portfolios while also identifying the best available price. Data from Token Terminal reveals the growth of the platform in terms of total value locked over...Read More
Dan Held is among the most popular and influential people within the cryptocurrency industry. Apart from being a vocal bitcoin supporter, he’s also the current Head of Growth of the veteran US exchange Kraken. A position that he described as: “leading our initiatives around efficiently acquiring users and getting them activated.” CryptoPotato had the opportunity...Read More
CryptoPotato recently had the opportunity to interview Brian Kerr – the CEO of the DeFi project Kava. Built on Cosmos as a proof-of-stake blockchain, Kava allows users to stake tokens and participate as validators in the network. The project saw the light of day as an IEO on Binance Launchpad. Kerr’s project description said it’s...Read More
Filb Filb is arguably one of the most reputable Bitcoin traders in the field. His attention to detail is obvious, and he’s known for his precision and accuracy when charting cryptocurrencies for his audience. He’s got a following of almost 50,000 people on Twitter, while his Telegram trading journal has more than 14,000 users in...Read More
CoinGecko is, without a shred of doubt, one of the largest cryptocurrency data aggregators. The index has shown impressive growth over the past year following a renewed interest in cryptocurrencies as the total market cap grows in 2020. Data from SimilarWeb shows that CoinGecko has hit a considerable number of almost 25 million users in...Read More
OKEx has become one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the past several years. The company’s growth is continuously emphasized by the trading volume and the growing user base. CryptoPotato recently had the opportunity to do an exclusive interview with the CEO of the company – Jay Hao.Hao spoke of the challenges OKEx has to...Read More
Synthetix started as a stablecoin but soon pivoted to satisfy the needs of DeFi users. Nowadays, it serves as one of the leading DeFi projects offering the trading of currencies, commodities, stocks, and other assets. Trading stocks is still dominated by traditional financial centers, being heavily regulated, and hard to automate. The same applies to...Read More
Known in the cryptocurrency field as The Wolf of All Streets, Scott Melker is arguably one of the most influential personalities in the community in recent years. With more than 110,000 followers on Twitter, Melker gives out helpful market analysis to both novice and experienced crypto traders and is known for his friendly and easy-going...Read More
Max Kaiser is a well-known American broadcaster and filmmaker. His previous experience includes anchoring an analysis program called On The Edge and producing a TV series on the Al-Jazeera English network. Currently, he’s the host of his own widely-popular financial program called the Keiser Report. Apart from his TV and online appearances, Keiser is also...Read More
Binance is currently the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange by means of the trading volume. Launched in 2017, the company has managed to become a standard in the industry quickly. Despite its fast phase growing, the giant exchange launched Binance Futures, the cryptocurrency derivatives trading platform of Binance, only in September 2019. Binance Futures allows users...Read More
If you were into Bitcoin and crypto for at least five years, the name Chris Dunn would probably sound familiar to you. The 35 years old Texas boy was one of the first crypto YouTubers. As of writing these lines, his popular channel has more than 200,000 subscribers since its first uploaded video, somewhere in...Read More
Yesterday Cryptopotato reported on one of the most impressive acquisitions within the cryptocurrency field. Binance struck a deal for an undisclosed amount of money to acquire the most popular data monitoring resource – CoinMarketCap. Naturally, given CMC’s massive userbase, a lot of members of the crypto community began to wonder how this will impact the future...Read More
This year is coming to its end, and, naturally, it’s time to wonder what’s the next big thing in the world of Bitcoin. CryptoPotato had the chance to meet and talk with one of Bitcoin’s most famous proponents and industry experts, Anthony ‘Pomp’ Pompliano, co-founder and managing partner at the venture capital fund Morgan Creek...Read More
Few technologies garner as much attention and enthusiasm as blockchain technology and artificial intelligence (AI). Both technologies are featured prominently in Deloitte’s 2019’s Tech Trends Report, and they are drawing significant investments at the enterprise level. For instance, PwC’s 2019 Global Blockchain Survey found that 84% of executive-level survey respondents indicated that their companies are...Read More
Cryptocurrencies aren’t just a niche investment category anymore. In the latter half of 2019, digital assets have managed to sit beside stocks, bonds, commodities, and other investment instruments as an important part of a holistic investment portfolio. Interestingly, digital assets are coming out on top. A resurgent awareness of cryptocurrencies has pushed their prices back...Read More
