Avalanche, a blockchain offering scalability to the world of decentralized finance took its mainnet live on Sept. 21. “From Snowflake to Avalanche, the decentralized platform has come a long way, and its journey has only just begun,” Ava Labs said in a Sept. 21 statement on the mainnet launch. Ava Labs is the entity responsible for building the Avalanche blockchain and project. Emin Gün Sirer, ranked 52nd on Cointelegraph’s list of the top 100 people in crypto and blockchain, serves as Ava Labs’ CEO. Avalanche runs its own consensus protocol, paving…
Day: September 22, 2020
Canada’s first regulated crypto exchange Wealthsimple Crypto goes live
Wealthsimple Crypto, the first regulated cryptocurrency exchange in Canada, is rolling out its trading platform to the public today. Starting from Sept. 22, users in all 13 provinces and territories in Canada will be able to sign up for the new product and start trading cryptocurrencies. At the launch, Wealthsimple Crypto will allow users to buy and sell Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) through the platform’s mobile app. Deposits and withdrawals can only be made in Canadian dollars, The public launch of Wealthsimple Crypto comes shortly after the company received…