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In this week’s episode of Market Talks, Cointelegraph welcomes Budd White, chief product officer and co-founder of Tacen, a United States-based software company developing compliance software for a well-regulated crypto space.To kick things off, we get to know White a little better and find out his background and what drew him to the space. We also find out what he’s looking forward to the most this year in the crypto market and how 2023 is going to differ from 2022.The big question on everyone’s minds is What will be the catalyst that brings institutional investors back into the crypto markets, and how…
NFT Ordinals, a controversial new project that lets users put NFT-like media assets on the Bitcoin blockchain, is seeing surging activity this week. On Thursday, Ordinals recorded its largest number of single-day mints—but network fees are apparently growing as a result. More than 1,000 total Bitcoin NFTs have been minted via Ordinals, according to public blockchain data curated by Dune, topping that total on Thursday as 420 new “inscriptions” were made on the blockchain. That’s more than three times the amount of NFTs minted on Bitcoin via the process on Wednesday. However, Thursday also marked the highest average transaction fee…
PROOF Collective has been on fire the past six months – from launching Moonbirds and Oddities, to hosting events at NFT NYC and ticking over 100 PROOF Podcasts. They also grew their team to 30, including hiring a Director of Research and full-time PROOF analyst. Now, PROOF has released its plans for the future and what we can expect to see from the team in the coming months. Let’s take a look at the future of PROOF. PROOF announces big plans for the future Upcoming Events Europeans rejoice – as PROOF are heading out on a European tour. Named…
Senator Tim Scott, the Republican ranking member on the United States Senate Banking Committee, reportedly plans to develop “a bipartisan regulatory framework” for cryptocurrencies.According to a Feb. 2 report from Politico, Scott included the crypto framework as one of his priorities for the 118th Congress. He reportedly was skeptical of some aspects of crypto, alluding to the collapse of exchanges like FTX — “high-profile failures resulted in lost consumer assets” — and potential uses for illicit finance. Scott recently took over the ranking member position from former Senator Pat Toomey, who served out his term without seeking reelection. Toomey supported…
Blockchain Lyra, an automated market maker for crypto traders to buy and sell options, is now a multichain protocol after successfully launching its Newport upgrade earlier this week. Initially only running on Ethereum layer-2 chain Optimism, Lyra has expanded to Arbitrum, another layer-2 platform, and integrated with decentralized exchange GMX perpetuals, a derivative trading product without an expiration date. “Paul,” a core contributor for Lyra, told CoinDesk, “One of our main drivers of launching on Arbitrum and GMX is that we noticed that there were distinct communities forming on each chain. There are users that only use Arbitrum and users…
When Cool Cats came out in late 2021, the project was one of the hottest at the time, managing to rake in millions of dollars in sales volume. However, things would go south quick for the famous profile picture project as internal wrangles led to its downfall. After months of turmoil, the founders of the project aim to get things back on track by rebranding, and assisting Cool Cats to recapture its top-dog status.Revealing in a Tweet, the project says it is rebranding as it prepares to expand beyond Ethereum. Essentially, looking to offer support on a wide range of…
NFT “Seinfeld” co-creator Larry David is unlikely to make an appearance at this year’s Super Bowl after shilling for FTX during last year’s game, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be anyone with ties to the collapsed crypto exchange there promoting digital assets. The NFT and gaming company Limit Break, backed by FTX in a funding round last year, spent $6.5 million for a 30-second advert that will air during this year’s Super Bowl, the company said in a statement. It’s the first time an NFT developer has purchased an ad during the Super Bowl, one of the most-watched events…
NFT The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has seized a number of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) from a phishing scammer known as Horror (HZ) or Chase Senecal. The NFTs, which include BoredApeYachtClub #9658 and Doodle #3114, have a combined value of $104,856.20. The FBI’s action was a result of an investigation conducted by blockchain sleuth ZachXBT. According to ZachXBT, the person responsible for the recent spate of hacked NFT Twitter accounts is Cameron Redman. Redman has a history of SIM swapping. He stole $37 million worth of Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash from a single person in February 2020. Since December 2021,…
Blockchain Proof of Reserves Explained by CertiK Proof of Reserves is a hot and important topic across crypto and Web3. More and more major exchanges and projects are implementing ways to transparently show their assets reserves. Users want to see Proofs of Reserves to gauge the security and solubility of projects. Learn how to understand Proof of Reserves in just one minute from CertiK! After the #FTX scandal, Proof of Reserves has been a major topic of discussion.. How well do you understand #ProofOfReserves and why is it such an important topic?With Byte Size Blockchain, you can learn about topics…
After months of secrets, clues, and buildup, World of Women has finally revealed their latest addition to their ecosystem, called NFT capacitors. The mysterious project has been the subject of much debate, with clues hidden across the virtual and physical world. Now, we can reveal that the new World of Women NFT capacitors transform into a fantastic free virtual apartment space. Redeem an NFT, and you can customize and design these virtual spaces how you want, with enormous creative freedom! The World of Women Capacitors are now live and you even transform them! World of Women creates a unique clue…
