CryptoSlate recently caught up with Nischal Shetty, Founder of India’s biggest crypto exchange WazirX to discuss layer 1s, the human role in blockchain, validator responsibilities, proof-of-stake governance, and decentralization. With the recent chaos with the governance of Terra Luna and the imminent Ethereum merge, we asked Nischal for his insight into the on-chain voting and…
Last week, United States Treasury Secretary Yellen spoke out against the dangers of cryptocurrencies as a retirement savings vehicle, calling it a “very risky move.” Yellen isn’t alone in her criticism; several analysts and professionals have also publically blasted the idea. For example, Forbes contributor and partner at law firm Adkisson Pitet, Jay Adkisson, likened…
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Ethereum 2 (Consensus Layer) is set to take a significant step forward as the Merge testnet goes live around June 8. 📣 Ropsten Merge Announcement 📣 Ethereum’s longest lived PoW testnet is moving to Proof of Stake! A new beacon chain has been launched today, and The Merge is expected around June 8th on the…
To explore the increased digitalization of the global payment system, Crypto dot com commissioned an extensive report that explores to which extent digital payments are trusted by consumers and institutions. Economist Impact surveyed 3,000 people and 150 institutional investors and corporate treasury managers to find out what barriers may exist to currencies becoming predominantly digital….
Environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) is billed as a powerful vehicle to create value, drive sustainability, and deliver a more equitable world. But behind the social justice warrior hype lies the potential to pick winners and losers, and unfortunately for crypto, the verdict is mainly negative from an ESG perspective. To read the rest…
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Over a million people actively participate in the GameFi market every day, playing the thousand or more games currently on the market and driving interest for dozens of new ones launching almost every week. The sheer number of players and the total number of games on the market shows that the interest in this relatively…
The crypto industry has seen its fair share of hype cycles, each led by an emerging new sector that promises a revolution in the world of blockchain. Since the ICO boom of 2017, the industry has seen an equally bombastic DeFi summer in 2020 and an even more hyped NFT rush in 2021. To read…
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