Binance, the one-year-old startup that appeared from nowhere to become the world’s top crypto exchange, is making major moves as it enters the next phase of its business. That includes a plan to offer fiat-to-crypto trading in international markets and the release of a decentralized exchange to complement its current trading site. The company routinely […]
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The second blockchain bubble is now complete — what’s next?
The last few months haven’t been easy for crypto investors. Following the dizzying highs of crypto trading late last year, which saw Bitcoin reach a peak of $19,276 and a market cap of $323 billion and Ether reach $1,152 with a market cap of more than $112 billion, prices have crashed. Today, Bitcoin trades at […]
View More The second blockchain bubble is now complete — what’s next?The quantum meltdown of encryption
Shlomi Dolev Contributor Shlomi Dolev is the Chair Professor and founder of the Computer Science department of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He is the author of Self-Stabilization. Shlomi also is a cybersecurity entrepreneur and the co-founder and chief scientist of Secret Double Octopus. More posts by this contributor The quantum computing apocalypse is imminent […]
View More The quantum meltdown of encryptionThe future of Ethereum looks bright
In what amounted to one of the most far-reaching and interesting conversations at TC Sessions in Zug, Ethereum masterminds Vitalik Buterin, Justin Drake, and Karl Floersch spoke openly – and often candidly – about a bright future for Ethereum scaling and, more interestingly, their way to build teams that work. “There’s definitely changes that we […]
View More The future of Ethereum looks brightVitalik Buterin: “I definitely hope centralized exchanges go burn in hell as much as possible”
Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin talked about a wide range of topics during an interview with Jon Evans at TechCrunch Sessions: Blockchain. He was surprisingly balanced and stated multiple times that everyone has different needs and it’s hard to live in a world where everything is centralized or decentralized. “Back in 2013, when GHash had 51 […]
View More Vitalik Buterin: “I definitely hope centralized exchanges go burn in hell as much as possible”Bag Week 2018: The Bitcoin Genesis Block backpack will centralize your belongings
Welcome to Bag Week 2018. Every year your faithful friends at TechCrunch spend an entire week looking at bags. Why? Because bags — often ignored but full of our important electronics — are the outward representations of our techie styles, and we put far too little thought into where we keep our most prized possessions. […]
View More Bag Week 2018: The Bitcoin Genesis Block backpack will centralize your belongingsEthereum’s co-founder just solved the ‘chicken and egg’ question on Twitter, and he’s not stopping there
Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of cryptocurrency Ethereum, is having a blast on Twitter.
An active tweeter, Buterin uses the platform to announce news about Ethereum, but also to crack jokes or debate almost anything. On Tuesday, he decided to…
Catch Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao at TechCrunch’s blockchain event on July 6
Changpeng Zhao, CEO of Binance — the world’s largest crypto exchange — is the newest addition who will join us for TC Sessions: Blockchain, TechCrunch’s first event dedicated to blockchain technology, which takes place July 6 in Zug, Switzerland. The event will bring together the startup/business world and blockchain community to explore the potential of the blockchain, […]
View More Catch Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao at TechCrunch’s blockchain event on July 6Join Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin at our blockchain event on July 6
We’re delighted to announce that Vitalik Buterin, the creator of Ethereum and a true blockchain visionary, is confirmed to speak at our upcoming TC Sessions: Blockchain event. Blockchain is the most disruptive new technology in technology today, and we’re excited to bring one of its most influential voices to our first show dedicated entirely to the technology […]
View More Join Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin at our blockchain event on July 6Tradeshift’s Gert Sylvest and Bancor’s Galia Benartzi sign on for TC Sessions: Blockchain in July
We are excited to announce two more top-quality speakers for our forthcoming TC Sessions: Blockchain event which takes place on July 6. Gert Sylvest, co-founder of Tradeshift and GM of Tradeshift Frontiers, and Galia Benartzi, co-founder and head of business development for Bancor, join our growing list of confirmed speakers. In case you missed those, they include Brian Behlendorf, […]
View More Tradeshift’s Gert Sylvest and Bancor’s Galia Benartzi sign on for TC Sessions: Blockchain in JulyRefugee charity turns to crypto with $1M donation from Ethereum’s founder and OmiseGo
The crypto industry is often criticized from the outline for creating wealth that exists only in digital form, is unstable and driven by greed. That’s why a new charity initiative from top figures inside the Ethereum community might make a few non-believers sit up for a moment. GiveDirectly, a charity that provides no-strings-attached grants to […]
View More Refugee charity turns to crypto with $1M donation from Ethereum’s founder and OmiseGoEverledger’s Kemp and Omise’s Hasegawa join TC Blockchain
Blockchain technology and the decentralizing effects of distributed ledgers have enormous amounts of potential and may mean the Internet will never be the same again. The fact that one could eventually run vast applications without any servers is equally transformational. But it’s still very much a wild west out there in terms of ascertaining who […]
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