The Democratic Party's candidate for the U.S. presidential elections coming up early next month, Kamala Harris, has largely maintained a low profile when it comes to discussing the crypto industry. Her broader policy platform, the "Opportunity Economy," noticeably avoided...
A Nigerian court has denied the bail request for Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan, despite citing health concerns, instead, the court directed the prison authorities to transfer him to a hospital for necessary medical care. On October 11, Judge Emeka...
Jesse Pollak, the team lead for Ethereum's Layer 2 blockchain Base, has taken on a new role within Coinbase's executive team. Alongside his continued leadership of the Base project, Pollak will now head Coinbase Wallet, reinforcing the company’s mission...
Jesse Walden, managing partner at Variant Fund, has predicted that the original "cypherpunk" principles guiding early smart contract platforms will likely diminish over the next decade as institutional adoption emphasises speed and regulatory compliance. In a blog post dated...
A new perspective on the downfall of Silvergate Bank, once a major player in the cryptocurrency sector, has emerged from industry executive Nic Carter. In a September 25 article for Pirate Wires, Carter, a partner at Castle Island Ventures,...
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has praised the Celo blockchain for reaching a significant milestone concerning the use of stablecoins on the platform. In an X post on September 25, 2024, Buterin praised Celo for surpassing Tron in daily active...
Marco Monaco, the growth lead for ConsenSys' zk-rollup project Linea, has announced his resignation from the project. Monaco revealed his decision on September 11 via a post on X. During his two-year tenure with Linea, Monaco played a pivotal...
Caroline Ellison, former co-CEO of Alameda Research, is seeking a sentence of time served and supervised release instead of prison as her sentencing approaches on September 24. In their recent court filing, her attorneys highlighted her "extraordinary cooperation with...
Former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpelès will launch a new crypto exchange, EllipX, later this month in Poland. Karpelès reportedly revealed this during the Korea Blockchain Week event in Seoul on September 4, 2024. He expressed his desire to...
Binance CEO Richard Teng has called on U.S. authorities and international advocates to intervene as Tigran Gambaryan, a former U.S. federal agent and Binance executive, approaches six months of detention in Nigeria under deteriorating conditions. In a statement published...
