Kik and Solana may be trying to keep damaging allegations hidden from the public. On June 18, a user posted a link to a court document that accuses Kik of facilitating the exchange of child porn on the Kin Foundation’s subreddit. The link was then crossposted to Solana’s subreddit. Moderators for both subreddits subsequently removed…
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Why Bitcoin hitting $9,600 could be a big deal, Robinhood vows to make improvements after customer’s suicide, and Wirecard’s missing billions. Coming every Sunday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more —…
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Reddit has partnered with the Ethereum Foundation to explore scaling solutions for its crypto-powered rewards system, asking the crypto community to submit and vet proposals. Social content platform Reddit is continuing to push forward with its Ethereum-powered ‘Community Points’ reward system, announcing that it is seeking developers to help it scale the tokens up for…
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Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian recently announced his planned actions to fight racism. Alexis Ohanian, a millionaire tech entreprenuer and co-founder of online social platform Reddit, recently publicized plans for his personal fight against racism. These include his desire to see a member of the black community replace him at his current board position. “I’ve resigned…
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The Fortnite community on Reddit conducts five times as many token transfers as r/CryptoCurrency in the new community points system. Reddit’s r/FortNiteBR community has conducted almost five times as many ERC-20 token transfers as the r/CryptoCurrency community with over 1% of Fortnite subscribers holding tokens. After only two weeks of Reddit launching their Ethereum-based Community…
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It’s designed to capture attention from high-profile people that others want to hear from. A new kind of cryptocurrency tipbot allows users to pay others to answer their questions on social media, providing a new tool to pool data in the ecosystem. Liser Lee of CCTip told Cointelegraph that the system can help drive engagement…
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Reddit’s co-founder believes the crypto markets have entered Spring, highlighting robust development in the space. Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian has described the virtual currency ecosystem firmly sitting in “crypto spring,” emphasizing the strength of development surrounding meaningful applications for blockchain technology. In an interview with Yahoo Finance published May 23, Ohanian stated: “We really do…
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Over 10,000 Redditors have signed up for the platform’s ETH-based rewards, however, 75% of them are Fortnight players. Within days of launching on the Rinkeby testnet, Reddit’s Ethereum (ETH)-based Community Points rewards system has seen more than 10,000 addresses created. Reddit’s points were rolled out across two subreddit communities pertaining to the topics of the…
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One of the largest online networks, Reddit, has announced a new community points system based on the Ethereum blockchain. In a bid to create a more user-centric social media platform — “a free frontier” — Reddit has introduced its new community points system built on top of the Ethereum blockchain. In a slide presentation shared…
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A video posted to Reddit claims to confirm that Reddit is preparing to launch a reputational currency built on the Ethereum blockchain. More details appear to have leaked regarding Reddit’s rumored Ethereum (ETH)-based “Community Points” system. A video posted to the platform purports to show a draft of FAQ copy explaining how the system will…
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