👋 Want to work with us? CryptoSlate is hiring for a handful of positions!The LUNA 2.0 airdrop was scheduled to be conducted on May 27. However, Terraform Labs have announced that it will now take place “on or around May 28, 2022, at 06:00:00 GMT,” with the mainnet being deployed on “May 28, 2022, at …
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👋 Want to work with us? CryptoSlate is hiring for a handful of positions! Verena Ross, the Chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), has called for the urgent regulation of the crypto space. In an interview on May 25, Ross said she is eagerly waiting for lawmakers to pass the EU’s blueprint …
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👋 Want to work with us? CryptoSlate is hiring for a handful of positions! The World of Solana (WoS) Twitter account reported details of a community sting operation resulting in a hacker getting scammed. 1/We’re very excited to share a crazy World of Solana community story: We have successfully scammed the hacker of @UnchainedNFT_ ! …
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Cryptocurrency exchange Binance will assist the government of Kazakhstan in efforts to regulate the country’s crypto space. The global coin trading platform will also help with the integration of the domestic banking system with the expanding digital assets market. Kazakhstan to Cooperate With Binance on the Development of Its Crypto Sector Binance, the world’s leading …
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Cryptocurrency regulation in Paraguay is progressing steadily, as a crypto bill introduced in December has been approved by the Chamber of Representatives in the country. The bill, which contains definitions and rules for cryptocurrency mining, one of the hot topics in Paraguay due to the cheap electricity costs, will be passed to the Senate to …
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Kalush Orchestra, the winners of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, are auctioning off an NFT for charity. The auction started May 25 on MetaHistory — the official Ukrainian charitable NFT museum – and will last only until the 28th. Bids will be accepted in both cryptocurrency and fiat currency (via Monobank), thus creating a friendly …
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Digital collectable card games that use NFTs are gaining interest from both investors and players. Google search about such NFT offerings is up by 1500%. Celebrity Trading Cards have been around for around 100 years. With the emerging interest in NFTs, these cards can leverage the emotional connections associated with tokens to make a larger …
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Blockchain analytics firm Santiment reveals that whales holding between 1 million and 10 million XRP are stocking up on the sixth-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization amid the current volatility of the digital assets market. According to Santiment, the richest non-exchange XRP wallets increased their collective holdings by 2.4% in just 11 days. “XRP whales holding …
Bitcoin (BTC) could still see a major price capitulation, but more whales need to start selling first, data suggests. In one of its daily QuickTake market updates on May 27, on-chain analytics platform CryptoQuant highlighted increasingly bearish whale behavior. Small whale selling should spark “absolute capitulation” Amid widespread consensus that BTC/USD should put in a …
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HodlX Guest Post Submit Your Post Key data The number of tokens created on EVM networks decreased by 44% on average in April, compared to March. The average number of daily transactions on the Ethereum network decreased by 3.5% in April, compared to March. The average ETH gas price rose by 14.4% in April, compared …
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Australia’s Swinburne University of Technology has partnered with two financial technology firms which will provide its students exposure to the financial technology and cryptocurrency business world. The partnership is between Swinburne and small business loan provider Judo Bank along with Banxa, a payment service provider with a fiat to crypto platform whose clients include Binance, …
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has shared two thought experiments on how to evaluate whether an algorithmic (algo) stablecoin is sustainable. Buterin’s comments were sparked by the multi-billion dollar losses caused by the collapse of the Terra (LUNA) ecosystem and its algo-stablecoin TerraUSD (UST). In a May 25 blog post, Buterin noted that the increased amount …
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Spam and bots have been the bane of anyone that uses the internet for years, but recently this digital scourge has ramped up activity in the crypto sector in a big way. Crypto intelligence provider LunarCrush has revealed spam in the cryptosphere has increased by an astonishing 3,894%. The firm has been collecting crypto-specific social …
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Tether recently announced a plan to release a digital asset pegged to the Mexican Peso. The company stated that the move would be a big boost for the country because it would provide better access to those who wanted to use the USDT stablecoin. Tether talks of high demand in Latin America Speaking during the …
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Terraform Labs recently announced that a new Terra chain would be unveiled on May 27. The new chain dubbed Luna 2.0 will be launched alongside an airdrop to eligible LUNA and UST holders. However, scammers looking to take advantage of investors that want to jump in early have promoted a fake airdrop. The airdrop promises …
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