Peter Vessenes talks crypto regulation, exciting blockchain technology and what can take crypto to the next level on Cointelegraph China’s Focus talk show. Welcome back to Cointelegraph China’s Focus talk show. This time around, Peter Vessenes is under the spotlight. He is the founder of CoinLab, the first venture-backed Bitcoin company. He also co-founded the…
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OKEx Director of Financial Markets Lennix Lai explains why crypto is a perfect fit for people who want to earn passive income. First, there were property rents. Then came interests. As modern civilization evolves, people always find new ways to earn money without actually producing, or even doing all that much. This concept is today…
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Jeffrey Wernick discussed Bitcoin, Ethereum, Wall Street and Google with Cointelegraph China’s new Focus talk show. Welcome to Cointelegraph China Focus. Focus is a new talk show series launched by Cointelegraph China that covers the hottest topics from around the world. Cointelegraph China Focus invites blockchain industry leaders from all around the globe to participate…
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Here’s our one-on-one interview with the chief strategy officer of CoinShares. It seems Meltem Demirors does a little bit of everything. The crypto journeywoman has served as vice president of Digital Currency Group, a member of the World Economic Forum’s Blockchain Council, an advisor to MIT Media Lab, and a lecturer at the University of…
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Cointelegraph spoke to the newly appointed executive director of the European Commission’s international DLT association regarding his new role and the blockchain landscape in Europe. The International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications (INATBA), a distributed ledger technology initiative established by the European Commission (EC) last year, has appointed former Bitfury Group global ambassador Marc Taverner…
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BitPanda CEO Eric Demuth explains why regulations are necessary to avoid a “Wild West” for crypto, and names first stop outside of the EU. The crypto ecosystem tends to see regulations as “the big bad wolf.” In this narrative, government and regulators set rules that slow down innovation and damage growth for the crypto industry.…
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The Ethereum community is still engaged in bitter debates on ProgPoW and ASIC resistance, which some believe exposed the ‘suboptimal’ nature of its governance. The Ethereum (ETH) community has recently been engaged in a bitter debate sparked by a proposed mining algorithm change. Dubbed ProgPoW, the proposal would invalidate all currently existing ASICs to only…
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Celer and Polkadot have partnered to bring layer two scaling to the upcoming blockchain network developed by Parity, which enables more advanced optimizations. Celer Network will develop its layer-2 solutions for Polkadot, an upcoming blockchain network developed by Web3 Foundation and supported by Parity Technologies. The sidechain scaling solution is positioned to improve performance beyond…
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Vitalik Buterin discloses the roadmap for ETH 2.0 to Cointelegraph, raises concerns for PoS systems and questions around the urgency for launch. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin discussed plans for Ethereum 2.0 during an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph on Feb.19 at the Stanford Blockchain Conference. Buterin explained that the major development for ETH 2.0 over the…
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Alex Dreyfus, CEO of sports blockchain venture Chiliz, explains the relationship between the sports industry and crypto. It seemed nobody cared about AR until Pokémon Go launched in 2016. All of the sudden, every headline was about how augmented reality could change the world. Sophisticated technologies like AR, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence need their…
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