PayPal Hiring Blockchain & AML Strategy Director
PayPal is hiring a blockchain strategy director based on a recent job posting. The new hire will be part of their Global Financial Crimes group.PayPal’s Blockchain StrategyAccording to the job descr...
AVA Labs Wants to Be Ethereum 2.0’s Testnet, and Then Some
Headed by Cornell professor Emin Gün Sirer, AVA Labs is building a next-generation blockchain that is working to become the so-called “AWS of Finance.” And even in a crypto community deeply oppo...
Don’t Say DeFi Broke, Instead Say It Survived
Several DeFi projects have fallen to some exploit since the beginning of 2020. But instead of casting the entire sector aside as broken, some investors say that despite these failures, DeFi survived.�...
$280 Million Hedge Fund to Leverage Bitfinex’s Liquidity
Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex has listed a Bahamas-based hedge fund, Fulgur Alpha, for institutional investors. Paolo Ardoino, CTO of Bitfinex, said the fund will trade almost exclusively on the pl...
South Korean Parliament Legalizes Bitcoin Trading
The National Assembly of South Korea unanimously approved what could be the official entry of cryptocurrency trading and holding into the nation’s legal system.Cryptocurrency Trading Is Now Legal in...