Day: October 22, 2022

Oct 22
VC Roundup: Web3 dev, EVM sharding and crypto banking headline blockchain funding deals

Web3 dominance within crypto funding rounds has been well documented by Cointelegraph Research. In addition to the Web3 mega funds announced recently, venture capital has also been making smaller, more targeted investments in the sector. In this week’s Venture Capital (VC) Roundup, we chronicle the latest Web3 funding initiatives and draw attention to a sharding […]

Oct 22
Polkadot co-founder Gavin Wood steps down as CEO of Parity

Wood will remain the company’s majority shareholder and take on the title of chief architect, where his focus will shift to developing and promoting the mass adoption of Web3 technology. 3446 Total views 8 Total shares Gavin Wood, the co-founder of Polkadot, is stepping down as the CEO of blockchain infrastructure company Parity Technologies. Parity […]

Oct 22
Unsung hero saves DeFi protocol from potential exploit: Finance Redefined

Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you significant developments over the last week. The last week’s headline was dominated by some of the biggest hacks in DeFi. This week is redemption time for many DeFi protocols that either averted an attempted hack […]

Oct 22
Amendment to UK financial services bill provides regulation for crypto activities

The bill addressed stablecoin regulation from the start; now the Financial Conduct Authority will be empowered to regulate activities with crypto assets if the amended bill passes. 3291 Total views 6 Total shares An amendment to the Financial Services and Markets Bill now before the United Kingdom’s Parliament would extend the law’s powers to regulate […]

Oct 22
Gate.io users at risk as scammers fake giveaway on hacked Twitter account

The fake website is actively promoting a fake giveaway of 500,000 USDT while asking users to connect their wallets (such as MetaMask) to claim the rewards. 2369 Total views 33 Total shares Hackers took over the official Twitter account of crypto exchange Gate.io, putting over 1 million users at risk of losing funds to an […]

Oct 22
Spain overtakes El Salvador to become third largest crypto ATM hub

Spain currently hosts 215 crypto ATMs, pushing El Salvador — home to 212 crypto ATMs — down to the fourth position after surpassing the country by 3 crypto ATMs. 1080 Total views 61 Total shares The European country of Spain is officially home to the third-largest network of Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrency ATMs after the […]

Oct 22
3 reasons why DeFi investors should always look before leaping

Welcome readers, and thanks for subscribing! The Altcoin Roundup newsletter is now authored by Cointelegraph’s resident newsletter writer Big Smokey. In the next few weeks, this newsletter will be renamed Crypto Market Musings, a weekly newsletter that provides ahead-of-the-curve analysis and tracks emerging trends in the crypto market.  The publication date of the newsletter will […]