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Reddit user discovers 61.3 million LRC moved to Loopring Exchange

Investors and market observers are speculating that a recent Loopring transaction is linked to a GameStop (GME) float.  On Tuesday, a deposit of 61.3 million LRC ($164.8 million) was made on the Loopring Exchange. In addition, the assets were transferred from layer 1 to layer 2. This transaction was discovered by a Reddit user u/Prof Dankmemes, who claimed that the address that initiated the transfer had “connections.”  The connection in question is said to have previously been linked to Loopring’s Chief Executive Officer and founder, Daniel Wang. This might be

DOEX set to become the first DEX on Cardano

Although it is one of the top-performing blockchain networks, Cardano is yet to have a native Decentralized Exchange (DEX) like those found in other blockchain networks. Currently, there exists no exchange list for tokens of projects that are based on the Cardano blockchain. This will soon become a thing of the past, now that the team at DOEX is making some serious headway into the development of their project. DOEX is set to be the first Cardano Blockchain-based DEX, and according to its roadmap, the DOEX DEX is scheduled to

Loopring CEO Moves 61.3 Million LRC, Triggering GameStop NFT Speculation

On Nov 16, a transaction of 61.3 million LRC being moved to layer 2 occurred on the Loopring network. The Crypto community speculates that this could be a move to support a forthcoming GameStop NFT marketplace.Sponsored Sponsored Investors and market speculators are having a field day after a recent Loopring transaction has them thinking that it could be related to a GameStop (GME) float. On Nov 16, a deposit of 61.3 million LRC, worth $164.8 million, on the Loopring Exchange occurred. The assets were also moved from layer 1 to

This crypto ad exec tells us how the industry will evolve and why transparency is so important

CryptoSlate recently had the opportunity to chat with Milo McCloud, the co-founder of Paradox Group, a well-known crypto advertising firm that works with some of the biggest names in blockchain.What is the professional background of the Paradox founders and what is their previous experience in crypto?I am a blockchain, fintech, and cryptocurrency specialist focusing on growth opportunities for companies in these sectors.Prior to co-founding Paradox Group, I worked in investment sales and marketing, as well as having represented Great Britain in Alpine Skiing as an international athlete.My co-founder, Paul Burnham,

100 years ago, Henry Ford proposed ‘energy currency’ to replace gold

In 1921, American industrialist Henry Ford proposed the creation of an “energy currency” that could form the basis of a new monetary system — offering striking similarities to the peer-to-peer electronic cash system outlined in Satoshi Nakamoto’s 2008 Bitcoin (BTC) whitepaper. Front page of the New York Tribune dated Sunday, December 4, 1921. Source: Library of CongressBitcoin as an energy currencyOn Dec. 4, 1921, the New York Tribune published an article outlining Ford’s vision of replacing gold with an energy currency that he believed could break the banking elites’ grip on

Our communications about the data breach and the phishing attempts

12/21/2020 | Blog posts, Security Since we discovered the data breach in July we have been as open and transparent as possible and proactive in our communications to our customers. We sent an email to our whole database, approximately 1M people on July 29th, yet only 40% opened this security notice. The same day we communicated openly and proactively to the media: The Block, Decrypt, Capital…  on social media (Twitter, Reddit and Facebook).  This data breach led to aggressive phishing attacks against our clients. We communicated heavily about it. First,

Uncomfortable Truths of Trading And What to Watch Out For

There are some uncomfortable truths about trading crypto, which many people refuse to acknowledge. For instance, everybody — no matter how they play the market — is part of an emotional scheme. That means you, too. Thierry Gilgen, CEO of MachinaTrader, takes a deeper look into how social media channels dominate information about cryptocurrencies. The market is not purely mathematics. Raw human emotions play a big role, and that includes you potentially getting played. It is easy to be carried away while trading and make an emotional-based decision that results

TrustSwap Review: Making Smart Contracts Mainstream

The cryptocurrency space can be a scary place if you are not careful. There are scammers left and right, and not just in Discord and Telegram. Many cryptocurrency projects have revealed themselves to be nothing short of a ponzi scheme. Some have even ended with a rug pull – the team dumping their share of the crypto on the market and running with the cash.TrustSwap is a cryptocurrency project that is hoping to change that by using smart contracts. They want to create a new standard for initial coin offerings

Roger Ver Promotes Dash on Reddit

In a somewhat surprising turn of events, Roger Ver, the co-founder of Bitcoin fork, Bitcoin Cash (BCH), today told users to buy DASH on Reddit. The statement came as a result of users requesting an Infrastructure Funding Plan (IFP) for BCH.  The Dash Twitter world was quick to point out Ver’s statement: As a founder of his own cryptocurrency, Ver does not often shill other coins, and his endorsement isn’t always a positive thing. Ver has been an outspoken critic of the parent Bitcoin chain for years, saying that Bitcoin

Ethereum Price Falters Around $430 as ETH2 Testnet Experiences Outage

Ethereum’s price has begun to falter after surging higher late last week. The cryptocurrency trades at $430 as of this article’s writing, which is a few percent below and a few percent above the local highs and lows, respectively. ETH is flat in the past 24 hours, trading down by a negligible 0.15%. The stagnation in the value of the leading cryptocurrency comes as the Ethereum 2.0 (ETH2) testnet has experienced an outage. It is unclear if the price action and outage are correlated, but ETH2 is a fundamental driver.