Gitcoin, a public Ethereum-based fundraising platform, has launched a governance token. The token used to oversee the Gitcoin ecosystem has no economic value and claims no financial rights. With the mission to empower communities to build and fund open source products, Gitcoin has introduced the GTC token and DAO, which it says will govern the […]
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Vertalo, the ‘Operating System for Digital Assets’, Secures $5M in Series A
Vertalo, the Texas based tokenization specialists, has recently announced the successful completion of its Series A funding round. In this particular round, Vertalo was able to raise $5 million in fresh capital from 13 different investors. Vertalo notes that this funding was raised on the back of ‘6 quarters of sequential growth’ – growth which […]
Shark Tank Co-Host Kevin O’Leary Set to Launch DeFi Firm
Canadian businessman and Shark Tank co-host has revealed plans to launch a DeFi start-up. Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary has announced that he intends to launch a DeFi investment company called DeFi Ventures. O’Leary confirmed that he is the major shareholder and that he has led a $20M fundraising round. The businessman and reality television star […]
Cardano Sees Increase in User Growth Ahead Of Major Upgrades
The Cardano network is witnessing an influx of new investors and cash inflows this year. The Cardano network has seen increased growth as its token ADA continues attracting investors. ADA hit a new all-time high on May 16 following several days of upward momentum that peaked at $2.46 . Year-to-date figures show the cryptocurrency has […]
SafeMoon Launches New Wallet With Simplex For Greater Security
SAFEMOON has seen its price rise by 1,550% since the start of March. What is SafeMoon? SafeMoon is a community-driven, fair-launched token and the fastest-growing decentralised finance (DeFi) token on Binance Smart Chain. The project announced this week it had partnered with crypto infrastructure provider Simplex to offer streamlined and integrated SafeMoon wallets. The partnership […]
Was The NFT Mania Fuelled By Collectibles Culture?
Collectibles by definition is an item valued by collectors. As history has shown, people are collecting everything from jars, sunglasses, vinyl to baseball cards, and most recently, lines of code. With digitization in full swing, physical collectible items have converged towards the digital medium. Examples of rare in-game items being collected and traded reiterate collectibles […]
Russia Becomes More Crypto-Friendly as its CBDC’s Launch Date Approaches
Neither the author, Tim Fries, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. Russia has had quite a peculiar history with the emerging crypto space. The country was ostensibly interested in the technology behind this innovation, as Vladimir Putin, back in 2017, met with the Ethereum creator and conversed […]
One River Asset Management Submits Proposal to SEC for Carbon-Neutral Bitcoin ETF
Institutional cryptocurrency fund manager One River Asset Management has joined the long list of asset managers pushing for the approval of a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). So far, the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has refused to approve any despite the onslaught of proposals. MC02 Tokens To Represent Carbon Reduction Putting a new twist […]
Senator Warren Pushes to Ban Congress from Owning Individual Stocks
Neither the author, Tim Fries, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. In an interview with Business Insider, Senator and 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidate, Elizabeth Warren, said she is planning to introduce legislation that prevents members of Congress from owning or trading stocks. This comes after multiple […]
Dogecoin is More Popular Among Americans Than Ethereum: A Harris Poll Survey
Founded in 2016, Ethereum (ETH) is an open-source, blockchain-based, decentralized software platform used for its own cryptocurrency- Ether which runs smart contracts. Since its establishment, the platform has introduced other features like DeFi (decentralized finance), NFTs (non-fungible tokens), and yield farming. It is currently the second-largest blockchain project by market capitalization after Bitcoin. On the […]
