Bitcoin price ‘easily’ due to hit $2M in six years — Larry Lepard
Current BTC price is nearing the level where Lepard will “back up the truck,” with the asset manager eyeing 100X gains.
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New Blockchain Aptos Unveils Controversial Tokenomics, APT Incentive Plans
Tokens that private investors hold are subject to a 12-month lockup, while the entire circulating supply will be released in the next ten years.
EU Commissioner urges lawmakers to hurry up with crypto regulations
During her visit to the United States, the official highlighted the importance of a truly global regulatory effort.
Fortnite’s Halloween update will turn you into a werewolf
Image: Epic Games Spooky season has arrived in Fortnite. The game’s most recent patch has ushered in Fortnitemares, the annual Halloween event, and it includes the ability to turn into a werewolf. As part of the update, there’s now a DJ hanging out at the Reality Tree, and players can perform a ritual to get … Read more
UK launch startup Orbex closes fresh funding in push to first orbital launch next year
The United Kingdom is known for many things, but rocket launches are not one of them. Spaceflight startup Orbex is part of a slew of U.K.-based companies hoping to change that by bringing vertical launch to U.K. soil for the first time. Orbex is aiming to conduct its first orbital rocket launch as early as … Read more
Kenzz, an Egyptian e-commerce platform for the mass market, grabs $3.5M seed funding
Kenzz, an e-commerce platform bringing shopping to the mass market in Egypt and MENA, is announcing that it has raised $3.5 million in seed funding. U.S.-based and MENA-focused venture capital firm Outliers Ventures led the round. Some of the participating investors include HOF Capital, Foundation Ventures, and Samurai Incubate. The company, founded this February by … Read more
V3 Ventures launches to put €100M into startups in health, beauty and food
Verlinvest, a family-backed, “evergreen”, growth fund investor, that has previously funded a few well-known consumer brands like Oatly, Vita Coco, Tony’s Chocolonely, Who Gives A Crap, Pedego, Chewy.com, Hint & others, is getting into the venture game. After putting around €50m into VC initiatives globally, it’s now embarking on being the kick-starter LP in a … Read more
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Revyze is building the TikTok of educational videos
Meet Revyze, a French startup that is developing a mobile app for iOS and Android at the intersection of education and social. In many ways, Revyze looks just like TikTok. But it is focused specifically on educational content for teenagers. “We talked with kids attending 30 or 35 different high schools,” co-founder Florent Sciberras told … Read more
‘Performing as expected’ — Aptos Labs defends day 1 criticism
Aptos’ blockchain claims to handle three times the amount of transactions per second than Solana but day one of its launch saw the network transacting a much lower amount.
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Bitcoin, space travel and TikTok debut in Guinness World Records
The latest edition has included a host of achievements from “Cryptomania” including the record CryptoPunk NFT sale and El Salvador becoming the first country to adopt BTC as legal Tender.
Ripple wants to bring Ethereum smart contracts to the XRP Ledger
The EVM-compatible XRP Ledger sidechain is set to undergo its second phase in early 2023 — which will make the chain permissionless and improve scalability.
FTX, a16z-Backed Aptos Blockchain Off to a Rocky Start
Transaction speeds and tokenomics disappoint on the first day of transactions for the “Solana-killer” chain run by ex-Meta employees.
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3AC liquidators seek ‘alternative means’ to subpoena missing founders
Advisory firm Teneo argued that standard methods to contact the Three Arrows Capital founders have failed, and is now looking for other ways to subpoena them.
Motorola’s teasing a rollable concept phone
The device appears to extend and retract with the push of a button. | Image: Motorola At parent company Lenovo’s Tech World 2022 event, Motorola is showing off a rollable mobile phone in a quick video demo. With the press of a button, the screen extends and retracts, with a moving wallpaper to match. The … Read more
YouTube ends the test asking users to get a premium subscription to watch 4K videos
Earlier this month, YouTube ran an experiment where it asked some free users to upgrade to a premium account to watch videos in 4K resolution. The company has now ended this test — probably because of uproar from users. In a tweet, YouTube confirmed the end of the experiment and said, “viewers should now be … Read more
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‘Not even a single TX has been censored on ETH’ — Cyber Capital founder
Bons noted that even with 50% OFAC compliance among Ethereum validators, blocks will still be produced within 30 seconds.
Walmart CTO says crypto will become a ‘major’ payments disruptor
Suresh Kumar suggested that crypto will become an important payment tool across the Metaverse and social media, as these areas will be a major way customers discover new products.
DAOs Aren’t People, Crypto Lawyers Tell Court in CFTC’s Ooki Case
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission shouldn’t be able to serve an entire decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) at once, but rather, should serve the people in it, a group of lawyers said in an amicus filing Monday.
Mango Markets exploiter said actions were ‘legal,’ but was it?
A crypto lawyer believes the Mango Markets exploiter Avraham Eisenberg could still face consequences despite users supposedly agreeing not to pursue legal action.