Who Is Charlie Shrem?
Charlie Shrem, born 25 November 1989 in Brooklyn, New York, grew up in a Syrian-Jewish household above his parentsâ jewelry store on Kings Highway. He attended Yeshivah Flatbush, an orthodox Jewish day school, where classes began at seven thirty and ended at six. After graduation he enrolled at the City University of New York - […]
Ripple Price Trajectory in 2017
Bitcoin set repeated price records during 2017. XRP, by contrast, recorded its sharpest advance only in the final quarter. Ripple entered January 2017 at $0.006 per token after years of dormancy. The first material move arrived in late March, when the price spiked to $0.02. A sustained climb followed through April but also May. On […]
Michael Saylor Resigns as MicroStrategy CEO After Bitcoin Losses
Michael Saylor, co founder of MicroStrategy and outspoken Bitcoin proponent, will leave the chief executive post. He will serve as executive chairman and devote his attention to Bitcoin acquisition and advocacy. Shares of the Tysons Corner software firm jumped 14.8 percent on 3 August after the announcement. MicroStrategy disclosed a $917 million impairment charge on […]
Cardano - A Third-Generation Blockchain Built on Peer-Reviewed Research
Charles Hoskinson, co founder of Ethereum, launched Cardano in 2017 through Input Output Hong Kong, a company he established with Jeremy Wood in 2015. The project's stated goal is to deliver a blockchain that balances decentralization, scalability along with long-term viability. Every protocol change is subjected to academic peer review before release - papers appear […]
What Was FTX? An Overview of the Exchange
FTX Exchange operated as a centralized cryptocurrency exchange that listed spot markets, derivatives, options, volatility contracts along with leveraged products. Sam Bankman-Fried, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate and former Jane Street Capital exchange traded fund trader, founded the company in 2018. The group maintained two trading arms. FTX International, domiciled in the Bahamas, served […]