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State of Bitcoin: ‘Calm Before the Storm?’
As bitcoin’s short-squeeze rally takes a breather, the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market cap is stalling ahead of the $50,000 resistance level and remains stuck in a sideways range.
Solana Hits All-Time High, GoSats Launches Bitcoin Reward Card
Solana hits an all-time high. India’s GoSats launches a bitcoin reward cashback card, and a new survey from Finder shows Asia ranks top on cryptocurrency adoption. We’ll have more on that story and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world in this episode of "The Daily Forkast."
Lollapalooza and Solana Make Blockchain and NFT Music
The 2021 Lollapalooza music festival kicked off Thursday with Solana as the official blockchain powering its non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace. “The Hash” panel discusses this latest move bringing blockchain & crypto tech awareness to the masses.
Solana Offers $5M Fund for Creators to Start Building on Web 3.0
The Solana Foundation and two of the network’s leading platforms, Audius and Metaplex, are putting $5 million towards the Solana Creator Fund to lure 1,000 musicians and artists into building on Web 3.0. "The Hash" panel discusses how the fund may contribute to the future of Web 3.0, exploring the power of the Solana blockchain as a potential source of income for creators.
Is Solana Better Than Ethereum?
Australia-based blockchain company Power Ledger is migrating to Solana from Ethereum in search of higher speed and scalability. "The Hash" hosts discuss Solana as a rising protocol looking to take on Ethereum's dominance in the DeFi space. "Ethereum's very likely to be the winner here," host Adam B. Levine said, despite Solana's advantage over transaction speed.
Solana Labs Raises $314M in Token Sale Led by A16z, Polychain
Solana Labs has raised $314 million from top crypto venture firms, including Andreessen Horowitz and Polychain Capital. One of the most significant token sales in recent memory, it supercharges plans to build an expansive decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem on the Solana blockchain. Is Solana becoming a leading contender as the “ethereum killer?”
Censorship Resistance is at the Heart of the Solana Network
Is Solana an "Eth-Killer"? Anatoly Yakovenko, CEO of Solana, joins "The Hash" to explain why Solana is a faster, cheaper alternative to Ethereum and the problems it was created to solve.
NFT Platforms Continue to Attract Venture Capital Money
Investor money continues to pour into the NFT sphere. Jay-Z is among the backers of a $19 million funding round for Bitski, and the team behind the infamous Banksy burning NFT has raised $3 million to build a new NFT platform on the Solana blockchain. “The Hash” panel unpacks these latest developments.
