Category: ICO

Your After Hours Guide to Consensus 2024, Thursday Night

Perhaps the most anticipated after hours event is the scheduled boxing match between Bankless co-founder David Hoffman and Castle Island Venture partner Nic Carter, at the Austin Convention Center. While Crypto Twitter eagerly awaits the fight between the two avatars of Bitcoin and Ethereum, Carter and Hoffman’s fight is actually part of a larger series called Karate Combat, which will feature a number of martial arts including IFC, Karate and grappling. Tickets are limited, doors open at 5 p.m. Source

Your Afterhours Guide to Consensus 2024, Tuesday Night

For those of you who are coming to Consensus 2024 in Austin, Texas this May 28 – 31 looking to network, which as our research indicates, most of you are, you’ll likely want to hit up at least a few of the dozens of happy hours, cocktail parties and entertainment planned to coincide with the event. Source

What Consensus Speakers Are Looking Forward to This Year

Fannizadeh: Many things! It’ll actually be my first time and I’m very excited. We’re almost a month away and I’ve already heard of many interesting events lined up and have meetings organized – I can’t wait to just get together with the attendees, I heard the crowd is excellent. I usually go to very specific community centric or legal and policy conferences. But Consensus is so comprehensive, right? It seems like a platform where we can reach “consensus,” discuss things with very different actors all in one place. And you…

Several U.S. House Democrats Petition Colleagues to Join Yes Side on Crypto Bill

“As Democrats, we feel this is a crucial opportunity to regulate the digital asset markets,” the eight lawmakers wrote in the internal memo Tuesday asking support from their colleagues. “This should not be a partisan issue,” according to the lawmakers, including Reps. Wiley Nickel (D-N.C.), Yadira Caraveo (D-Colo.), Jim Himes (D-Conn.), Jasmine Crockett (D-Tex.), Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.), Darren Soto (D-Fla.), Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) and Don Davis (D-N.C.). Source

The Biden Administration Is Easing Up on Crypto (a Vibes Analysis)

It remains to be seen whether Biden will veto the measure, despite the fact that the independent Government Accountability Office (GAO) said the SEC inappropriately imposed the guidance. However, the important thing here is that sane, bipartisan, crypto rulemaking is possible, despite the opposition of figures like arch crypto skeptic Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA). Source

Second Ethereum Foundation Researcher Acknowledges Advisory Deal Paid in EIGEN

“I am taking this position personally, not representing the Ethereum Foundation, and with a focus on risks and decentralization. I am therefore fully expected to take contrarian views on Eigenlayer,” Feist wrote in his post. “I do receive a significant amount of tokens from this position. I do not believe that they will change or influence my positions on how the core protocol should be developed, but I believe that the community should know about this, so that they can keep me accountable.” Source