Alameda’s CEO, meanwhile, tweeted that her trading firm’s financial condition is stronger than what was reflected by the balance sheet CoinDesk wrote about. She also offered, in a reply to the Binance CEO’s post, to buy his firm’s FTT token holdings for $22 each. Source
Support for Ripple Labs in its fight against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over xrp has grown, with 12 amicus briefs filed. “It’s unprecedented,” Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said, adding that each brief explains in its own unique way “the irreparable harm the SEC will do to every facet of the U.S. crypto economy if it gets its way.” 12 Amicus Briefs Filed in Support of Ripple A growing number of amicus briefs have been filed in support of Ripple Labs as the company continues to fight the…
During the last few weeks, a number of individuals have been discussing the upcoming release of Bitcoin Core version 24.0 and how the codebase will include full-replace-by-fee (RBF) logic. The discussion has become controversial as a few Lightning Network and zero confirmation advocates have expressed a distaste for the full-RBF idea. The CEO of Synonym, John Carvalho, has been a vocal critic of the proposal on Twitter and on Nov. 3, Carvalho remarked that a subset of Core developers “are currently trying to attack Bitcoin by forcing a pet agenda…
“Our goal when we designed the tokenomics was to create something that fairly represents the community,” Aptos CEO Mo Shaikh told CoinDesk in an interview. “If you look at our tokenomics distribution, we have among the lowest across any blockchain for investors. … It’s among the most fair that we have seen even compared to other projects.” Source
The CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Binance does not see central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) as a threat to cryptocurrencies, like bitcoin and ether. “It will validate the blockchain concept so that anybody who still has concerns about the technology will say: ‘Ok, our government is using the technology now,’” he opined. CZ Sees No Threat to Crypto Coming From CBDCs Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) said Wednesday that he believes central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) are not a threat to cryptocurrencies, like bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH), Reuters reported. According…
Traditional ideas about gaming, coming from both the firms developing the games and the players themselves, could slow down adoption of Web3 games, according to WAX co-founder and CEO William Quigley. Speaking to Cointelegraph at a Web Summit panel in Portugal on Nov. 3, Quigley said “trying to build a video game using a blockchain is a pain in the ass,” clarifying that many of the products on the market are based on browsers but utilize in-game digital assets on the blockchain. The WAX CEO added that nonfungible tokens, or…
Zhao wants his crypto exchange to become a bridge between traditional finance and crypto, according to a report in Bloomberg. Source
Binance founder and CEO Changpeng CZ Zhao is looking into potentially buying banks as a way of bridging the gap between the worlds of traditional finance and crypto, according to an interview Zhao did with Bloomberg at the Web Summit conference in Lisbon. Zhao did not name any specific targets, and also said he’s open to either minority investments or a full acquisition. Original Source BanksBinanceBloombergBuyingCEOZhao CryptoX Portal
“Es una situación complicada”, aseguró CZ. Si bien entidades con licencia de Binance en países de Europa —como Francia, Italia, España, Lituania y Suecia, entre otras—definitivamente no podrán ofrecer servicios a los ciudadanos rusos, dijo, la pregunta es menos sencilla en jurisdicciones que están fuera de la Unión Europea (UE). Source
Cointelegraph hit the gym with Ray Youssef, co-founder and CEO of Paxful, to tackle Bitcoin adoption in the Global South. In between sets and a little out of breath, Youssef told Cointelegraph, “The Global South is where we should be looking” for Bitcoin (BTC) adoption. A New Yorker born in Egypt, Youssef regularly visits Africa and the Global South to promote Bitcoin and peer-to-peer finance. He is determined to bring Bitcoin to those living and working across Africa and to undermine the “economic apartheid” created by government-issued fiat money. Youssef…