Ethereum

Four-time NBA champion and serial entrepreneur Shaquille "Shaq" O'Neal is releasing his own NFT collection titled "Shaquille O'Neal: The Eras of Dominance Collection," which will run on the Ethernity chain, an Ethereum layer 2, and will be available for purchase on Oct. 15. O'Neal purchased his first two NFTs last week. "The Hash" squad discusses the latest sports star dabbling into NFTs in an ongoing trend making waves in the crypto industry.

Oct 4, 2021

"The Hash" team discusses the latest blow to the mining community, suggesting the outlook for global mining operations. China-based BeePool, the world's fourth-largest Ethereum mining pool by processing power, or hashrate, which halted registrations for new users and new subsidiary accounts for existing users, will suspend all services to miners beginning Oct. 15 at 15:59 UTC (11:59 a.m. ET). This follows SparkPool, another top Chinese Ethereum mining pool, suspending operations.

Sep 28, 2021

Quantitative asset manager IDX Digital Assets has sold all of its bitcoin holdings. IDX Chief Investment Officer Ben McMillan discusses why, citing news from China, global regulatory actions, and BTC’s speculative nature.

Sep 28, 2021

Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith pled guilty Monday to charges related to his trip to North Korea for a blockchain conference.

Sep 28, 2021

Ethereum scaling product Immutable X's token sale on CoinList sold out in less than an hour, raising over $12.5 million. The protocol is poised to integrate with several NFT marketplaces, including Mintable and OpenSea, saying it aims for the IMX token to be Ethereum's "Stripe for NFTs," offering gas-free NFT minting and trading. "The Hash" squad discusses the specifics, reactions, and implications of the token sale in the larger NFT ecosystem.

Sep 27, 2021

Virgil Griffith, the Ethereum developer charged with violating U.S. sanctions law by giving a crypto and blockchain presentation at a North Korean conference in 2019, has pleaded guilty to one charge of conspiracy and could serve up to 78 months in prison.

Sep 27, 2021

The world’s second-largest Ethereum mining pool, SparkPool, which initially stopped providing services to new Chinese users, has now expanded its suspension to all users by Sept. 30 following China's tightened crackdown on cryptocurrencies. "The Hash" panel discusses the outlook for mining operations in China and the wider repercussions of the country's most comprehensive crypto ban to date.

Sep 27, 2021

Virgil Griffith, a developer of the Ethereum network arrested at the end of 2019 on allegations he helped educate North Koreans about cryptocurrencies, will begin his trial Monday. Plus, the potential outcomes of the bipartisan infrastructure bill as the U.S. House of Representatives are to vote Monday.

Sep 27, 2021

Time magazine launched a new NFT collection dubbed "TIMEPieces" Thursday, offering "unlimited access" to its website through 2023. All 4,676 tokens, each priced at 0.1 ETH tied to digital artworks, were sold in minutes. But the sale also clogged the Ethereum blockchain, with buyers spending almost four times as much on transaction fees as they did on the NFTs themselves. "The Hash" hosts react, discussing the implications for a historic American institution getting involved in the NFT space.

Sep 24, 2021

Blockchain company Dfinity’s Internet Computer Protocol (ICP) is integrating with bitcoin to enable smart contracts on BTC. Following a community vote to upgrade the network, it will allow developers to let their creativity run wild in developing all manner of Web 3.0 services, already seen on Ethereum from DeFi to NFTs.

Sep 23, 2021