Invest: Ethereum Economy

Huobi Plugs Into EU’s SEPA and UK Faster Payments Systems With Banxa Integration

Seychelles-based crypto exchange Huobi has integrated fiat-to-crypto payment service Banxa to its trading platform with zero fees, the firm announced Wednesday.

Business  ·  14 October 2020

Bloq Enters DeFi World With Simplified Staking Product ‘Vesper’

Vesper will pool and stake deposited ether (ETH), wrapped bitcoin (wBTC) or tether (USDT) across DeFi protocols selected on the basis of a user’s risk preference starting mid-November.

News  ·  14 October 2020
DeFi

Binance’s CZ Views ‘CeDeFi’ as a Complement, Not a Competitor, to DeFi

Binance’s latest experiment to integrate decentralized finance with its centralized platform, Binance Smart Chain, is not here to beat DeFi, said the company’s CEO during CoinDesk’s invest: ethereum economy program.

Markets  ·  14 October 2020
Newsletters

Blockchain Bites: Ethereum Power Users, Composability Questions, Staking Solutions

This special edition of Blockchain Bites covers everything you need to know from CoinDesk's invest: ethereum economy conference and the news from elsewhere in the cryptoverse.

News  ·  14 October 2020
Ethereum

Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin Calls on Power Users to Move to Layer 2 Scaling

Talking at CoinDesk's invest: ethereum economy event, the Ethereum founder called for users of the second-largest blockchain to move over to scaling solutions that are “already here."

People  ·  14 October 2020
Newsletters

Blockchain Bites: Your Guide to Invest Ethereum Economy

The fully virtual CoinDesk invest: ethereum economy goes live today. Here's everything you need to know about the event.

News  ·  14 October 2020
CoinFlash

If This New Tech Works, You Won’t Need 32 Ether to Earn Staking Rewards

Ethereum startup Blox is introducing shared staking pools, allowing users to aggregate their ether holdings to participate in Eth 2.0.

Tech  ·  14 October 2020
Opinion

Tokenized Staked ETH Will Replace ETH – And That’s a Good Thing

Ethereum's shift to proof-of-stake will take conventional ETH out of circulation, replaced by a tokenized version of itself, says the CEO of Staked.

Markets  ·  14 October 2020
Ethereum

Ethereum-Enhancers Not Ethereum-Killers

The new competitive arena in the so-called scaling wars is between Ethereum-enhancers, not Ethereum-killers.

Tech  ·  14 October 2020
Newsletters

Blockchain Bites: G20’s CBDC Rules, Ethereum 2.0’s Tests, Blockchain’s $1.7T Boost

PricewaterhouseCoopers thinks blockchain will add $1.7 trillion to the global economy while the G20 mulls CBDCs.

News  ·  13 October 2020
Opinion

Ethereum Is Building the Internet of Value

The original internet was built without money in mind. The next internet will be different. Change, albeit small, is already here.

Tech  ·  13 October 2020
Newsletters

Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin on Ethereum – The Whos, Whats and Whys

Elon Musk disupted claims of a Gigafactory Bitcoin ATM, BitMEX hired a head of compliance and there's nearly $1.5 billion worth of Ethereum-tokenized bitcoin.

News  ·  12 October 2020
Newsletters

Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin Crosses $11K While DOJ Takes Aim at Crypto

Bitcoin crossed the $11,000 threshold, central banks enumerate "core principles" for a CBDC, Coinbase sees 60 employees walk.

News  ·  9 October 2020
Newsletters

Blockchain Bites: Square’s $50M BTC Investment, MetaMask’s 1M Users, BitMEX’s New CEO

Square became the latest publicly traded firm to pile cash reserves into bitcoin while members of BitMEX's founding team resign.

News  ·  8 October 2020
Newsletters

Blockchain Bites: Crypto’s Top Universities, Bitcoin’s New Addresses, MetaMask’s Token Swaps

MetaMask unveiled token swaps, a rise in new bitcoin addresses invites speculation and Ripple threatened to leave the U.S. for a friendlier regulatory environment.

News  ·  7 October 2020