The first Bitcoin Futures ETF to be approved by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission began trading on Tuesday. It has become the fastest fund ever to reach $1 billion in assets under management (AUM). The previous record-holder was a gold-based ETF with the ticker GLD, which took 3 days to hit $1 billion in…
It’s no secret that I have been exploring some of the ideas of crypto currencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum on this show. North Korea is also a fascinating story to me, I’ve been thinking about it a lot since the string of interviews conducted by North Korean defector Yeon-mi Park. So when this book about…
Among the many announcements to come out of the Cardano Summit 2021 was more information on the first stablecoin coming to the Cardano blockchain. It will be named ‘Djed’, after the pillar-like structure in Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs that represented stability. Djed will be issued by COTI, a decentralised payment platform that already acts as a…
The Solana Mainnet Beta experienced a denial of service due a large spike in transactions. Engineers across the ecosystem attempted to stabilise the network but were unsuccessful. The validator community decided to coordinate a complete restart of the network. The network is back online again after 80% of the validators restarted and upgraded to version…
A Non-Fungible Token (NFT) is a piece of data that is stored on a blockchain that certifies a digital asset to be unique. An NFT can represent pictures, videos, GIFs, audio and other types of digital files. Since they are stored on the blockchain they can be used to verify ownership and authenticity. All NFTs…
NFTs and Gaming The adoption of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) has rapidly accelerated in recent months. However, the adoption appears to be mostly limited to artwork collections such as CryptoPunks and Bored Ape Yacht Club. The most expensive NFT is currently Beeples ‘Everydays’ which sold for $69 million at auction. The artwork is a digital mosaic…
