Who is Vitalik Buterin?
Born on January 31, 1994 Canadian-Russian nationality Ethereum co-founder Youngest billionaire in the world Vitalik Buterin, often referred to simply as Vitalik in the crypto space, is a co-founder of Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency in the world. Childhood and education Born in 1994 in Kolomna, Russia, Vitalik immigrated to Canada with his parents in […]
Amberfi interview with Yale PhD student Eliza Riley Oak
The web3 community is filled with amazing people who create, build and inspire. And we’re excited to be publishing a series of conversations with people we’ve interacted with at different events. Meet Eliza Riley Oak, a Ph.D. student at Yale University, who we talked to at Permissionless 2022. Haley: Hello, everybody, I’m here with Eliza […]
Web3 news, June 15: An outlook on not so grim NFT market
I have to be honest with you –– the markets do look tough right now. With major cryptocurrencies losing more than 30% in price and the biggest crypto companies like Coinbase and BlockFi laying off up to 18% of their employees, it’s getting more and more complicated not to get worried. But there is good news, too. […]
Web3 news, June 7: Samsung’s Web3 Discord, Metaverse crypto index, English Premier League NFT move
Bitwise, Multicoin, Matthew Ball set up Metaverse Crypto Index Fund Bitwise Asset Management, Multicoin Capital and Matthew Ball have launched the Ball Multicoin Bitwise Metaverse Index Fund, a metaverse crypto asset index and fund with 40 crypto assets. Matthew Ball describes it as a “rules-driven index that combines the best of institutional indexing approaches with […]
Web3, June 6: $50 million earned in NFT sales, $370,000 stolen in attack, $72 million raised in game
19-year old transgender artist earns $50 million selling NFTs Victor Langlois is joining the list of highly successful NFT artists making six figures. The 19-year-old transgender artist has shared that he made earned $50 million in less than a year by selling his NFTs. Langlois was one of the artists whose work was sold at a Christie’s […]
What is cryptocurrency?
In simple terms, a cryptocurrency is a digital form of money, a digital asset representing a store of value. It is a decentralized currency built on blockchain. A cryptocurrency is: Decentralized Encrypted Recorded and verified on a blockchain Not controlled by any government or other authority The first-ever (and the biggest one by market capitalization) […]
What is a blockchain?
The word “blockchain” seems to be everywhere these days. Everyone, from the biggest corporations like IBM to small startups, is jumping on the blockchain bandwagon, trying to leverage the best of it for their products and clients. And even though the technology might look confusing from the outside, it really isn’t, and here’s our guide […]
Web3 news, May 31: Sci-fi project from Hunger Games execs, Gary Vee’s NFT venture, market outlook
‘Hunger Games’ creative execs turning new project into Web3 world In an interview with Decrypt, Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Bryan Unkeless, Blaise Hemingway and Bryce Anderson shared their vision and plans for the upcoming sci-fi project called Runner. Runner is built to become a video game, NFT profile picture project, comic book and TV show. “While our […]
What is Bitcoin Pizza Day?
Every year, on May 22, the crypto industry celebrates Bitcoin Pizza Day. Although it is not about pizza with Bitcoin, it is about Bitcoin and about pizza. Here’s what happened. In 2010, a user named “laszlo” started a thread called “Pizza for bitcoins?” on bitcointalk.org. They offered to “pay 10,000 bitcoins for a couple of […]
Web3, May 23: eBay, GameStop, and Pharrell Williams
Ebay taps into Web3 with NFT collection An e-commerce giant eBay is releasing a collection of 13 “limited-edition” digital collectibles, containing 299 NFTs, in partnership with a Canadian hockey legend, Wayne Gretzky. Each collectible depicts a 3D animated rendering of Gretzky making one of his famous moves on the ice. […]