Speaking over the weekend in a surprise AMA from Ethiopia, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson called a viewer “another idiot” following his question about plans to burn ADA.Recently, rumors of an ADA burn have been building. But as explained by Hoskinson, token burning is a fruitless exercise that won’t achieve what burn proponents expect.Why burning Cardano won’t workIn setting … [Read more...] about Cardano founder sets the record straight over talk of an ADA burn
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Saylor dismisses talk that MicroStrategy shareholders are concerned with Bitcoin buys
MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor rejected the idea that Bitcoin is damaging his company The firm was founded in 1989 as a software company. But since August 2020, when the firm first added Bitcoin as a treasury strategy, it has gone big on BTC, leading to some analysts calling MSTR a “backdoor” Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF).This approach has prompted criticism from some … [Read more...] about Saylor dismisses talk that MicroStrategy shareholders are concerned with Bitcoin buys
Founders of New Kids on the Blockchain talk filmmaking and building a successful YouTube channel
CryptoSlate recently had the opportunity to chat with award-winning filmmakers Ashley Pugh and Lisa Downs who are founders of crypto YouTube channel New Kids on the Blockchain.In the interview, we discuss:How Ash and Lisa got into cryptoTheir goals and objectives for their channelTheir documentary – New Kids on the Blockchain – A savage journey to the heart of Crypto and ICO … [Read more...] about Founders of New Kids on the Blockchain talk filmmaking and building a successful YouTube channel
You can’t talk about blockchain and not bring up CBDCs and stablecoins
Ever since the publication of Satoshi Nakamoto’s white paper back in November 2008, “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System,” the term “blockchain” has been synonymous with digital currencies in the sense of the underlying technology that allows for the transfer of value, peer-to-peer. What’s interesting is that the term “blockchain” is not used once in that white … [Read more...] about You can’t talk about blockchain and not bring up CBDCs and stablecoins
Filecoin the talk of the town, Polkadot and NFTs gain attention
Distributed storage network project Filecoin is the talk of the town as FIL was the most highly traded token on Huobi, OKEx and Gate on Thursday. These three exchanges have a predominantly Chinese user base and represent a large part of the Tier One trading volume for major pairs. On Thursday afternoon, Huobi trading volumes of FIL were more than three times that of BTC as the … [Read more...] about Filecoin the talk of the town, Polkadot and NFTs gain attention