Category Archives: Solana (SOL)

Peter Brandt Suggests That Cardano, Ethereum and Bitcoin Could Follow Microsoft’s Path

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Cardano (ADA) Flirting with $2 Ahead of Big Announcement

Cardano (ADA), the native cryptocurrency of the eponymous proof-of-stake blockchain, hit a 12-week high of $1.99 earlier today on the OKEx exchange. It is now less than 20 percent away from its all-time high of $2.45 that was logged on May 16 after soaring 42 percent in just a week. Image by tradingview.com Notably, Cardano […]

Cardano’s ADA Surpasses $2 Prior to Smart Contracts Launch Announcement Later Today

Yuri Molchan After flirting with the $2 level on Thursday, ADA has broken above the $2 mark ahead of the big announcement expected later today About the author Yuri Molchan Yuri is interested in technology and technical innovations. He has been writing about DLT and crypto since 2017. Believes that blockchain and cryptocurrencies have a […]

ADA Becomes Top-3 Asset on CoinGecko, Surpassing BNB and USDT

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 […]

Date of Cardano’s Smart Contract Launch Finally Announced

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 […]

Cardano (ADA) Opens Registration for Fund6 of Project Catalyst. Why Is This Important for the Ecosystem?

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, […]

Biden Reportedly Chooses New CFTC Chair to Oversee Crypto Market

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 […]

Can Cardano’s Smart Contracts Be Hacked? Charles Hoskinson Explains

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 […]

Crypto Market Back at $2 Trillion Market Cap as Bitcoin, ADA, XRP, DOGE Rise

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 […]

Hoskinson Slams Novogratz for Dismissing Cardano

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 […]