Category Archives: Coins

According to data provided by the CoinGecko analytics website, Cardano’s ADA has grown to become the third-biggest cryptocurrency by market cap. It has left behind Binance Coin (BNB) and the most popular USD-pegged stablecoin—Tether’s USDT. Image via CoinGecko As per the CoinGecko crypto scale, ADA has demonstrated a rise by over 13 percent in the past […]

Tim Harrison, IOHK’s marketing and communications director, has announced that Cardano is targeting the mainnet launch of the Alonzo hard fork for Sept. 12. The highly-anticipated upgrade will allow users to run smart contracts on the largest proof of stake (PoS) blockchain. Nigel Hemsley, Cardano’s head of delivery, claims that the project’s engineering teams and […]

On the eve of its much-anticipated smart contract launch, Cardano (ADA) shares the details of its largest community-driven initiative ever, Project Catalyst Fund6. Three months, 150 projects, $4 million in ADA: Here are Project Catalyst’s top foci According to the official blog post by Input Output Global, the software development team behind Cardano (ADA) blockchain solutions, […]

In what appears to be a long-overdue appointment, Rostin Behnam will be named chair of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission by President Joe Biden, according to an Aug. 14 report by Bloomberg. The top derivatives regulator has been rudderless since the departure of Heath Tarbert in January. Behnam was appointed as the CFTC’s acting […]

During his recent ask-me-anything session, IOHK CEO Charles Hoskinson said that smart contracts are not impervious to a potential hack since “anything” that is written and built can be broken. He further dwelled upon the concept of “certified software,” which “exponentially” reduces the chance of such black swan events occurring: If you have a specification and […]

Earlier today, the overall value of all digital currencies regained the $2 trillion level triggered by Bitcoin and top-line altcoins – XRP, ADA and Dogecoin – rallying and showing big gains. On Saturday, August 14, the total value of the cryptocurrency market went up to $2.06 trillion. On that day, the flagship cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, managed […]

IOHK CEO Charles Hoskinson has once again sparred with Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz on Twitter after the latter called Cardano’s rally into question. On Aug. 15, Novogratz tweeted that ADA, the native cryptocurrency of the largest proof-of-stake blockchain, occupying the third place on CoinMarketCap was “a mystery” to him. He later added that none […]

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Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz has set the record straight about his stance on Cardano after yet another tiff with Charles Hoskinson, the creator of the biggest proof-of-stake blockchain to date. Novogratz says that he doesn’t wish ill on the Cardano community but adds that there are better alternatives. I have learned one thing in […]

According to a recent development update published by IOHK, six cryptocurrency exchanges are “actively engaging” with the Cardano Foundation to integrate the much-anticipated smart contract upgrade. Meanwhile, the first exchanges are making progress integrating with our components, with 6 exchanges now actively engaging with the CF-led integration team. We expect numbers to increase rapidly as […]