Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson confirms interest in CoinDesk acquisition

Cardano (ADA) founder Charles Hoskinson confirmed interest in acquiring the crypto-focused media outlet CoinDesk on Jan. 19. Hoskinson said CoinDesk appeared to be overpriced for its $200 million asking price, adding that he would decide after reviewing the firm’s books. Revamping CoinDesk Hoskinson said his media interest is broad as he is focused on “how…

Cardano DeFi TVL jumps 20%, ADA token rallies

The total value of assets locked (TVL) in Cardano’s DeFi ecosystem surged by 20% over the last 24 hours to $65.91 million, according to Defillama data. Cardano’s DeFi TVL fell below $60 million on Nov. 10, 2022, finishing the year below the threshold. However, the ecosystem has made a gradual comeback since the start of…

FTX Sam Bankman-Fried hints at Cardano listing

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has hinted that the exchange could soon be listing Cardano’s ADA for spot trading in an Oct. 23 tweet. definitely not the case! we have https://t.co/mST1XOz1mv listed internationally; adding spot ADA too is on our roadmap — SBF (@SBF_FTX) October 23, 2022 According to SBF, FTX International has ADA perpetual contracts…

L2 solution makes Cardano, Algorand network interoperable

Cardano (ADA) founder Charles Hoskinson announced that Algorand (ALGO) is now on the Cardano network in reaction to the news that Mikomedia A1 Rollup is live on Algorand. And by the power of blockchain transitivity, Algorand is now on Cardano https://t.co/wpKDNB6LFW pic.twitter.com/1N6SlyRRdz — Charles Hoskinson (@IOHK_Charles) October 19, 2022 What is Milkomedia? Mikomedia is a…

BitBoy Crypto alleges former SEC Director took bribes to label ETH a commodity

Crypto influencer Ben Armstrong (BitBoy Crypto) alleged that former SEC Director William Hinman accepted bribes to declare Ethereum (ETH) a commodity in an Oct. 9 tweet. Gotta say when #ETHGate dropped I was about at the same place @IOHK_Charles is. He makes many valid points in thread. However, William Hinman certainly accepted bribes. It’s CLEAR….

Crypto giants criticize Twitter on scam, bot accounts impersonating them

Stakeholders in the crypto community are complaining about the prevalence of scam bots accounts on Twitter, urging the social media site to find a solution to the menace. Ripple’s (XRP) CEO Brad Garlinghouse shared a mail where the social media platform refused to block an account impersonating him, saying the account was “not in violation…

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson calls for an end to Bitcoin mining

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson explained why he thinks Bitcoin mining should be stopped and all existing units of the assets should be converted into wrapped Bitcoin (wBTC) in an Oct. 3 Twitter broadcast. Wrapped Bitcoin is BTC on smart contracts-enabled platforms like Ethereum (ETH), Cardano (ADA), and others. Bitcoin’s PoW is the “gold mine” –…

Cardano’s founder Charles Hoskinson reveals ‘age of Voltaire’

Cardano (ADA) founder Charles Hoskinson said the blockchain network will soon enter the Voltaire era, showing the industry “how to do decentralized governance.” The Age of Voltaire will soon be upon us as an ecosystem. It’s going to unlock the power of the millions of Cardano users and builders. It will also, once again, show the…

Ethereum developers, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson get into a Twitter feud

Cardano (ADA) founder Charles Hoskinson got into a war of words with Ethereum (ETH) developers as he criticized them for ignoring Ouroboros. To discuss major differences in protocol design. I repeatedly pointed out that the core engineers of Ethereum completely ignored Ouroboros throughout the last five years. It’s a crime on that side of the…