Laszlo Dobos

Reporter CryptoSlate

Educated in computer engineering, Laszlo began developing an interest for crypto and blockchain technology back in 2013. Lars started writing about IT and IT-se…

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Total Articles 145

Since Dec 2021

Last Active Apr 21, 2022

Primary Beat Analysis

Price Watch

Analysts: Bitcoin short-term sell pressure is absorbed by long-term holders

The market price of bitcoin fell below $39,000 at the end of the Easter holidays, but has recovered since. Amidst continued volatility and sell pressure, there is also a strong undercurrent of persistent and robust demand.

4 years ago

Exchanges

Kraken’s Bitcoin Lightning service hits 2,500 BTC in transactions

Less than three week since launch, Kraken’s Lightning service has already processed over 2,500 BTC in Lightning transactions. Kraken is now the sixth largest node on the Lightning network.

4 years ago

Analysis

BTC, ETH plummet amid US stock futures decline as investors prepare for Q1 earnings

Bitcoin, ether and other major cryptocurrencies have dropped sharply over the weekend, sending BTC below $39,000 and ether well below $3,000. Crypto is tightly correlated with general markets fearing the coming week.

4 years ago

Payments

AMC Theatres now accepts Dogecoin, Shiba Inu

American movie theater company AMC Theatres has added cryptocurrencies Dogecoin and Shiba Inu to the payment options included in the company’s mobile app. The movie company now accepts several cryptos via BitPay.

4 years ago

Analysis

Ethereum post-merge staking rewards will likely be lower than anticipated

Staking yields on the post-merge Ethereum proof-of-stake blockchain will be considerably lower than anticipated by most of the community.

4 years ago

Investments

AVAX developer Ava Labs looking to raise $350M in new funding round

The lead developer behind the Avalanche blockchain is in discussions to raise $350 million in a new funding round.

4 years ago

Memecoins

Elon Musk’s $43B bid on Twitter causes DOGE, SHIB to spike

Elon Musk has made an unsolicited offer to fully acquire social media giant Twitter for a total cash consideration of $43 billion

4 years ago

Memecoins

Shiba Inu supply shrinking as 2.41 billion SHIB got burned

Over the past week 2.41 billion SHIB tokens were burned thus shrinking the total supply of the popular doggy meme token and making it more scarce. At the same time, a whale bought $20.7 million worth of SHIB.

4 years ago

Exchanges

Belarusian crypto exchange stops trading for Russians over war in Ukraine

The Belarusian crypto exchange Currency.com announced on Tuesday they will put a halt on trading on behalf of Russian citizens following Russia’s invasion and war in Ukraine.

4 years ago

Adoption

Bitcoin Lightning payment volume increased 400% in a year, here’s why

A recent research report shows that the number of payments over Bitcoin’s Lightning network has roughly doubled over the last year, at the same time as the value of the payments in U.S. dollar terms has increased by more than 400%.

4 years ago

Adoption

Report: 40% of African-Americans say they use crypto

In a recent poll, 42% of all Americans between 18 and 34 years old said they have traded or used crypto, while 40% of all African-Americans do the same.

4 years ago

Exchanges

Crypto exchange Nexo to launch brokerage for big investors

Crypto exchange Nexo is launching a digital asset brokerage for large investors, corporations, and high-net-worth individuals.

4 years ago