Neither the author, Tim Fries, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. On January 3rd, 2009, the unknown Satoshi Nakamoto mined Bitcoin’s genesis block. We saw the first major price increase in 2010 when the value of a single BTC rose from $0.0008 to $0.08. Another […]
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Ethereum Wallet, Gnosis Safe Launches SafeSnap to Enhance Decentralized Governance in DeFi
In a document released on Tuesday, Gnosis, Gnosis Safe’s creator, a trusted Ethereum and ERC-20 tokens custodian, announced the launch of SafeSnap, in partnership with Snapshot, a decentralized governance platform. The new feature enables the decentralized execution of crypto governance protocols by bringing off-chain votes back on-chain. Decentralized governance protocols have taken off with the […]
TRON Takes Aim at Ethereum’s NFT Market with the Launch of its TRC-721 Standard
Tron founder Justin Sun publicly revealed the specifications of the TRC-721 standard in a tweet shared on Tuesday, which will support the in-demand non-fungible token (NFT) market. An accompanying document explains TRC-721 as a set of standard rules that allows the creation and issuing of NFT tokens on the TRON blockchain. The standard allows full […]
Alpha Begins its “Multi-Chain Ecosystem” with the Launch on Binance Smart Chain (BSC)
Alpha Homora is now also running on Binance Smart Chain (BSC), besides the second largest network Ethereum. “The beginning of a multi-chain Alpha ecosystem and the value accrual mechanism across multiple chains starts now,” stated the Alpha team. BSC has seen a lot of traction lately as fees on Ethereum remain elevated, helping Binance Smart […]
Uniswap Creator Teases about V3 as 1Inch Protocol Launches Faster and Cheaper Version 3
Decentralized finance (DeFi) application 1inch has released its version 3 with some new features, promising to offer its users the fastest trades at best rates. The DEX aggregation protocol is targeting the pulse of the problem, high transaction fees on Ethereum that is making it difficult for smaller users to utilize different applications on the […]
Alon Goren, Founding Partner of Draper Goren Holm – Interview Series
Alon Goren is a Founding Partner at Draper Goren Holm, a blockchain venture studio and fund created by Tim Draper, Alon Goren, and Josef Holm with a focus on incubating and accelerating the best early-stage startups from around the world. Josef and Alon are the same team that has built some of the top blockchain […]
Bank of Japan Governor Warns the Central Bank Must ‘Prepare Thoroughly’ to Launch a Digital Yen
In a report by Reuters, BoJ head, Haruhiko Kuroda, said on Tuesday that the central bank is looking to start experimentation on a digital currency in the coming month. He further commented that the bank is not looking to launch its digital yen any time soon – stressing the bank needs to “prepare thoroughly” when […]
Cardano price spikes 25% as Coinbase Pro adds ADA
Cardano’s price increased by over 25% to see it move above Binance Coin as the 3rd most valuable cryptocurrency by market cap Cardano (ADA) saw its price spike by more than 25% on Wednesday, hitting an intraday high of $1.29. Although the cryptocurrency’s price has since cooled off with a retreat to the $1.27 region, […]
Signal Now Allows You to Cost-Effectively Support Your Privacy with Crypto
Neither the author, Tim Fries, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. The moniker “cryptocurrency” originally envisioned two key facets—anonymity and security. As an open-source messaging app encrypting communication, Signal represents both. The next natural step has just been taken. Arms Race Between Technology and Centralized […]
Investing In Solana (SOL) – Everything You Need to Know
Solana (SOL) is a fourth-generation blockchain and cryptocurrency that leverages an open infrastructure to provide greater scalability. The network introduces various new and unique technologies to provide users with unmatched transaction speeds and enterprise-level security. Consequently, the network has seen considerable growth since its introduction in 2017. What Problems Does Solana (SOL) Solve? There are […]