HK and Singapore’s mega-rich are eyeing crypto investments: KPMG

Hong Kong and Singapore’s wealthy elite appear to be looking at digital assets with fervor after a new report from KPMG suggesting over 90% of family offices and high-net-worth individuals (HNWI) are... Read more »

Bitcoin’s Mining Difficulty Jumps 3.44% Higher Reaching Another Lifetime High

Bitcoin recorded another mining difficulty rise on Sunday, October 23, 2022, at block height 760,032 rising 3.44% higher. This means that not only is it 3.44% harder to find a bitcoin block... Read more »

Global Bitcoin payments market projected to reach $3.7B by 2031: Research

The global Bitcoin (BTC) payments market will reach $3.7 billion by 2031, registering a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16.3% from 2022 to 2031, with private keys and hardware driving the... Read more »

Financial web3 project userbases decline; blockchain gaming has 5x user retention versus web2

Levan Kvirkvelia from on-chain analytics platform Cluster reached out to CryptoSlate to share his findings from analyzing over one hundred “web3 services.” Cluster, which is still in beta, analyzes data from critical... Read more »

Mining Rig Manufacturer Canaan Launches 2 New ASIC Bitcoin Miners With up to 130 Terahash

On Monday, bitcoin mining rig manufacturer Canaan Inc., announced the launch of the company’s latest high-performance bitcoin miners called the A13 series. Canaan has revealed two models in the A13 series, which... Read more »

Rishi Sunak Is the U.K.’s New Prime Minister. Here’s What He Thinks of Crypto

Key Takeaways Rishi Sunak has emerged as the next expected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Rishi Sunak appears to hold a positive view of crypto, blockchain, and distributed ledger technologies.  While... Read more »

Russian Parliament Rejects Mining Bill Allowing Crypto Payments, Expects New Draft

The lower house of Russian parliament, the State Duma, has voted against a piece of legislation designed to regulate cryptocurrency mining. While lawmakers turned down that proposal, which also aimed to legalize... Read more »

Chinese streaming platform implements smart contracts to handle copyright issues

China’s iQIYI — a streaming platform similar to Netflix — is looking to implement Ethereum (ETH) smart contract standard ERC-3475 to handle copyright issues. The news was announced on DeBond’s medium account, who... Read more »

Crypto platform Freeway halts services citing ‘unprecedented volatility’

Crypto platform Freeway has halted some of its services, citing “unprecedented volatility” in the foreign exchange and cryptocurrency markets in “recent times.” In an Oct. 23 post, the platform announced they are... Read more »

Zilliqa’s vision for Web3 gaming prioritizes gameplay – deep dive into roadmap – SlateCast #26

Zilliqa (ZIL) platform is known for its scalability solution called sharding. Sharding refers to dividing the network into several smaller component networks called shards. This allows the platform to process transactions in... Read more »