Crypto entrepreneur and investor Ben Davenport is joining Blockchain Capital as a venture partner.
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Nexo Co-Founder Antoni Trenchev Isn’t Worried About Tether (USDT)
Antoni Trenchev, co-founder and managing partner crypto-backed lending platform Nexo (NEXO), is not worried about the ongoing scandal involving controversial stablecoin Tether (USDT) and Bitfinex. In a recent interview on Bloomberg TV, Trenchev broke down the market response to the news that the New York State Attorney General is suing Bitfinex and Tether parent iFinex. […]
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We.Trade Co-Founder Mancone Is Leaving the Enterprise Blockchain Firm
Roberto Mancone is leaving we.trade, the live trade finance blockchain platform which he helped grow into a legal entity comprising 14 banks.
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Quadrigacx Co-Founder Michael Patryn Is Actually Convicted Fraudster Omar Dhanani
Quadrigacx co-founder Michael Patryn is actually a convicted criminal who went by the name Omar Dhanani, a Bloomberg report alleges. Dhanani has been previously convicted of identity theft linked to bank and credit card fraud and sentenced to 18 months in a U.S. federal prison. He was later deported to Canada.
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A Man of Many Faces
While Dhanani, now known as Patryn, refused to comment on the matter, Bloomberg claims to have obtained records that confirm the man’s criminal past and his changing of names twice, in 2003 and 2008. Patryn co-founded troubled Canadian exchange Quadrigacx with the late Gerald Cotten in 2013.
Reddit Co-Founder Says the Bear Market Has Been Healthy for the Crypto Industry
Alexis Ohanian, the co-founder of Reddit and part-owner of the world’s most valuable esports team Cloud9, believes the prolonged cryptocurrency winter has been a net positive for the space, as it has allowed developers room to grow. In an interview with Yahoo Finance on Thursday, Ohanian gave his current take on the status of the industry, emphasizing that he […]
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Why NEO Co-Founder Erik Zhang Says Ethereum Will Overtake Bitcoin
NEO appears to be losing ground in the popularity contest, at least lately. In the glory days of 2017, the “Chinese Ethereum” was a top 10 cryptocurrency with unstoppable potential. NEO was touted as being faster, better, and capable of handling way more transactions than other major networks. The hype surrounding the project was palpable.
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Tron Cryptocurrency is ‘Just Garbage’: Stellar, Ripple Co-Founder Jed McCaleb
According to Stellar, Ripple, Mt. Gox, and e-Donkey co-founder Jed McCaleb, Tron is “just garbage.” McCaleb, who forked away from Ripple to create Stellar due to personal differences with the mission of Ripple’s corporate board at the time, also feels that the crypto market is doing well. He pointed out to Yahoo! Finance that it’s … Continued
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Zurcoin Co-Founder Alleges Most Exchanges Manipulating Cryptocurrency Market
Zurcoin co-founder Daniel Mark Harrison has alleged that the majority of crypto exchanges are actively engaged in manipulating digital asset markets, which threatens the long term stability of the market and also fundamentally contradicts cryptocurrency’s principle of decentralisation. In a post published on his Medium page, Harrison stated that exchanges are effectively stealing from
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Reddit Co-Founder: Blockchain Gaming Is Going to Be Big
Alexis Ohanian, the co-founder of Reddit and part-owner of the world’s most valuable esports team Cloud9, believes that blockchain gaming is going to be big. Ohanian shared this revelation in a tweet on Thursday where he shared a recent thought piece by Peter Kieltyka, the co-founder of Horizon Blockchain Games. This is gonna be big.A New […]
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MLG Co-Founder Mike Sepso Launches Esports Advisory Firm
The esports industry has been on fire lately, with the 12 highest-value teams now collectively worth around $ 1.7 billion. Add to this the fact that there have been 63 deals worth $ 2.34 billion conducted in 2018 alone, and it comes as no surprise that many established corporations, brands and advertisers are looking for ways to move into […]
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Ethereum is a Few Years from ‘Profound Decentralization’ — But That’s OK: Co-Founder Joseph Lubin
Blockchain technology will power a monumental shift in society from a “scarcity to an abundance mindset.” These were the words of Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin speaking last week at the Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal. Lubin’s Blockchain Impact Theory Delivering his keynote address at the event, Lubin, who is also the co-founder of Ethereum development
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(MM) From a Thousand Euros to Over 100 Million – An Interview with Damian Merlak Co-Founder of Bitstamp
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Blockchain Documentary Produced by Ethereum Co-Founder Opens in New York
A documentary film that profiles distributed ledger technology and counts an Ethereum co-founder as one of its executive producers had its theatrical release on October 26 in New York. Written and directed by Alex Winter, Trust Machine: The Story of Blockchain, runs for 84 minutes and covers subjects ranging from the history of Bitcoin to the
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Ripple Co-Founder Invests in New Cryptocurrency from Digital Currency Pioneer David Chaum
When historians set out to chronicle the development of cryptocurrency, one of the first chapters will profile DigiCash, the early digital currency startup which, decades before Bitcoin, almost fulfilled the dream of giving the internet a native currency. However, that project’s inventor, cryptography pioneer David Chaum, wants his name to appear in the book’s subsequent
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Forbes Names Ripple Co-Founder Chris Larsen as Wealthiest from Crypto
Chris Larsen has made this year’s Forbes 400 rich list as the 383rd richest person and is the first to ever make the list with a value accumulated solely from cryptocurrency.
Forbes released its latest Forbes 400 list, for 2018, last week, estimating that Larsen is worth $ 2.1 billion. After gaining $ 78.5 billion in a single year, Jeff Bezos, with a total fortune of $ 160 million has finally beaten Bill Gates to the number one spot. Gates previously held the prime position in the list for 24 years. Joining Larsen for the first time on the list is also Drew Houston, CEO of Dropbox.
Cryptocurrency is the ‘Natural Evolution’ of Money: Ethereum Co-Founder Joseph Lubin
ConsenSys founder and Ethereum co-creator Joseph Lubin recently expressed his thoughts on the “equal waves of fascination and skepticism” concerning cryptocurrency, in a Quartz op-ed published on Sept. 25. Lubin referenced a number of historical antidotes to assert that society has always been a bit skeptical towards those who come up with new concepts of money … Continued
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Ethereum Co-Founder Says Ethereum Classic Resembles the Early Days of Bitcoin
Charles Hoskinson, the creator of Cardano (ADA), co-founder of Ethereum (ETH) and CEO of IOHK, shared his take on the current state of affairs in the crypto industry during the 2018 Ethereum Classic Summit held in Seoul, South Korea last week. In his presentation, titled “The Road Ahead,” Hoskinson highlighted his optimism regarding the future outlook of […]
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Ethereum Co-Founder Invested in Bitcoin at $1 in 2011, What’s Changed?
Charles Hoskinson, the co-founder of Ethereum and Cardano, entered the cryptocurrency sector when Bitcoin was valued at just over $ 1. Since then, the infrastructure supporting the market and blockchain systems has changed drastically, at an exponential rate. In an interview with Mpho Dagada, Hoskinson, the CEO of IOHK, a technology company that leads the development … Continued
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Interview: Joseph Lubin, Co-Founder of Ethereum & ConsenSys
We were able to sit down with Ethereum and ConsenSys Founder Joseph Lubin last week at TechCrunch Disrupt SF and talk to him about some of the projects that ConsenSys is working on. [Editor’s Note: This interview has been edited for clarity] CCN: What is ConsenSys? Joseph Lubin: ConsenSys is a venture development studio with
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Joseph Lubin Differs With Fellow Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin on the Industry’s Growth Capacity
Has the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry hit a glass ceiling? Are the days of unprecedented overnight growth for startups in the industry behind us? This is something not even two of the biggest names in the crypto industry can see eye to eye on. Just two days ago, Ethereum’s co-founder Vitalik Buterin expressed his belief that the days of “1,000-times growth” had come to an end. However, his fellow co-founder Joseph Lubin disagrees, stating today, September 11 that this is just the beginning. According to Lubin, the world is only beginning to appreciate the potential that blockchain technology holds and that a time will come when almost every asset will be tokenized.