Day: 21 April 2022

Did Vitalik Buterin Sign Up For This Subsocial Web3 Feature?

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Vitalik Buterin, the inventor of Ethereum, was one of the first users to sign up for the Subsocial’s Dotsama Domains. At least, someone registered the domain vitalik.web3 on the platform. Via their official Twitter handle, Subsocial welcomed Buterin as they celebrated a new milestone for the platform. Related Reading | Ethereum Founder Vitalik Buterin Welcomes Another Crypto Winter Welcome to Subsocial @VitalikButerin pic.twitter.com/7orYlmbmRT — Subsocial (@SubsocialChain) April 19, 2022 Supported by Polkadot, Subsocial is a suite of substrate pallets with a web user interface, per their official website. The platform enables…

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Solana Crypto Wallet ‘Phantom’ Launches on Android

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Solana crypto wallet Phantom has officially gone live on Android. Through this addition, users of the world’s most popular operating system will now be able to use the self-dubbed ‘friendliest crypto wallet’ to make low-fee crypto and NFT transactions through the touch of a few buttons.  The launch features all of the newly released Phantom features, including its shiny push notification and ‘Recent Activity’ functions which allow transactions to take place with instant status confirmations. Phantom on Android will also include the platform’s specialized wallet functionality which allows sending, receiving,…

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GBTC premium nears 2022 high as SEC faces call to approve Bitcoin ETF ‘people really want’

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Things are looking up for the United States’ largest institutional Bitcoin (BTC) product by asset holdings as pressure mounts on regulators. Data from on-chain monitoring resource Coinglass confirms that as of April 21, the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) is rebounding toward 2022 highs. Grayscale CEO: “‘If’ not ‘when’” for U.S. Bitcoin spot ETF After a problematic year so far, GBTC has benefitted from steadying Bitcoin price action. Bitcoin’s descent from November’s all-time highs added to an already negative “premium” on GBTC, meaning that its share price in fact traded at…

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Co-Founder of Zimbabwean Fintech Startup: ‘Everyone Has a Right to Access Funds and Financial Freedom’

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Cryptocurrencies have been proven to be a financial tool that can be used to store value or make payments by those excluded from the financial system. Yet, despite this being true in many jurisdictions, many of those that might benefit from cryptocurrencies are still not using them. Regulatory Uncertainty and Ignorance There may be several different reasons why this is the case, but as many in the crypto space have acknowledged, regulatory uncertainty and ignorance are often the key factors that dissuade prospective users from adopting this fintech. Therefore, in…

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