Algorand Foundation Names Ex JP Morgan as CEO, ALGO Soars 10%

Today, the Algorand Foundation announced the appointment of Staci Warden as their CEO. On the board of the foundation since September 2021, according to a press release, Warden will take on the responsibilities as its leader. Related Reading | Bitcoin Steadies Above $45k, US Inflation Comes In At 7.5% Year Over Year The Algorand Foundation will nurture from Warden vast experience. Before joining the organization, she ran the Global Market Development practice at the Milken Institute, a nonprofit think tank created with the objective of aiding people at “building meaningful…

‘The vision is to create the largest library of world-class IP,’ says Ethernity CEO

Ethernity Chain (ERN) is an authenticated and licensed NFT marketplace in the business of acquiring intellectual property, or IP, from big-name brands in sports, history, music and entertainment. Among these notable figures is Shaquille O’Neal, Leonardo Messi and brands like DeLorean and Toys”R”Us. Cointelegraph spoke to Nick Rose, Ethernity Founder and CEO, about the launch of the company’s newest arm, Ethernal Labs, and its goals to become a comprehensive NFT ecosystem studio. Think Disney, NBCUniversal or Sony but for Web3 content creation. That’s the kind of disruption Rose spoke about when…

Kirobo CEO Asaf Naim Explains How Building a Safety Net for DeFi Users Will Make It Bigger Than Ever – Interview Bitcoin News

Kirobo is a decentralized application developer building out a suite of services focused on DeFi security and usability. With a $5 million investment from Digimax in 2021, Kirobo works to make decentralized finance as accessible and user-friendly as regular online banking. Kirobo is the proud recipient of two grants from the Israeli Innovation Authority—the only blockchain technology company to achieve this. Asaf Naim is the Co-Founder and CEO of Kirobo. He recently joined the Bitcoin.com News Podcast to talk about the platform, their Liquid Vault and Safe Transfer dapps and…

Mining Bitcoin With Natural Gas For A Clean Crypto Future | Business of Climate Change | Forbes

▶ Coinbase Website: Coinbase.com ▶ CEX Website: cex.io Cryptocurrency and the blockchain technology that underlies it is responsible for creating assets worth billions of dollars, but the digital “mining” of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies is an energy intensive process requiring thousands of computers.  But the energy geared towards mining cryptocurrency doesn’t necessarily have to harm the environment. Some cryptocurrencies are moving towards forms of mining that are less energy-intensive. Others have protocols that require the use of renewable energy.  Miners producing Bitcoin and similar cryptocurrencies are also working to take…

Google Exploring Blockchain Products — CEO Shares Web3 Strategies – Featured Bitcoin News

Google has shared some details of its web3 and blockchain strategies. “As a company, we are looking at how we might contribute to the ecosystem and add value,” said Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google and its parent company, Alphabet Inc. Google’s Web3 and Blockchain Strategies The CEO of Alphabet Inc. and its subsidiary Google, Sundar Pichai, shared some information on the group’s blockchain strategy during the company’s Q4 earnings call last week. Pichai was asked about his view on web3 and Alphabet’s approach to the industry. “Anytime there is…

Scam alert! Binance CEO warns users of massive SMS phishing scam

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao has alerted the crypto community against a ‘massive’ SMS phishing scam targeting Binance customers. On Friday, CZ tweeted alerting users of a phishing scam campaign directed at Binance users through SMS. There is a massive Phishing scam via SMS with a link to cancel withdrawals. It leads to a phishing website to harvest your credential as in the screenshot below. NEVER click on links from SMS! Always go to https://t.co/9rMMAmtCxH via a bookmark or type it in. Stay #SAFU pic.twitter.com/erNwe90FN1 — CZ Binance (@cz_binance) February 4,…

Loopring Names CTO Steve Guo as CEO, Replacing Founder Wang

Loopring, an Ethereum-based project that helps developers to build decentralized exchanges (DEX), named Chief Technology Officer Steve Guo as its CEO, replacing founder Daniel Wang. Wang will continue to work as an adviser and will spend time developing the project’s layer 2 strategy, the firm said in a blog post Thursday. Guo previously worked at Intel as a software engineer and a tech lead. He was admitted to the University of Science and Technology of China at the age of 15 years and graduated with a PhD in computer science…

Shopify CEO Joins Coinbase Board of Directors

Tobias Lütke, CEO and founder of the e-commerce site Shopify, will join Coinbase’s Board of Directors subject to formal board approval later this week. Lütke will help Coinbase with its expansion plans as the crypto exchange targets newer products that appeal to crypto traders and investors internationally, Coinbase said in a note. “We hope to unlock crypto’s potential to increase economic freedom in the same way Shopify democratized online commerce,” Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said in a press statement. Lütke was an early adopter of crypto through Shopify’s integration with…