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A blockchain you've never heard of is rebranding

21 Aug 2024 1 minute read 2 comments LeftFooted

Klaytn is a cryptocurrency and blockchain I only became familiar with because it's one of the few (and cheapest) ways to cash out on a faucet I use daily. Originally developed in South Korea, Klaytn is an all-purpose blockchain designed to accommoda...

Fantom is rebranding to Sonic Labs

21 Aug 2024 1 minute read 3 comments LeftFooted

Remember Fantom (FTM)? For about five minutes, FTM was available for payouts on Publish0x, and it is now rebranding to Sonic Labs. According to Michael Kang, CEO of the Fantom Foundation, the move to Sonic Labs and Sonic Foundation is designed to ad...

Major token unlocks this week

19 Aug 2024 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

One of the things to keep an eye on in crypto is the token unlock calendar. On a regular basis, usually more times per week, a portion of the total supply of several tokens is unlocked, which means they become tradable. Now there's a lot of ifs and...

random airdrops, random airdrops everywhere

19 Aug 2024 1 minute read 2 comments LeftFooted

Solana used to be the king of airdrops, the go-to ecosystem for that sort of thing, but that's changing. In the last few months, I've been receiving minuscule airdrops on just about any chain, and I generally don't know where they're from. The late...

University of Wyoming is launching a Bitcoin Research Institute

19 Aug 2024 1 minute read 2 comments LeftFooted

The University of Wyoming, which is in Laramie, has just launched the new Bitcoin Research Institute. The new Research Institute, which is de-facto led by Andrew M. Bailey, author of Resistance Money: A Philosophical Case for Bitcoin. Bailey said th...

We should never forget that politicians don't believe in anything

19 Aug 2024 1 minute read 2 comments LeftFooted

Trump has recently been used as a champion and ambassador of crypto, while others point out that he only does it for the votes. And the answer to that is, of course he's doing it for the votes? Why else would he do that? I think we're doing ourselv...

You live and you learn

18 Aug 2024 1 minute read 3 comments LeftFooted

Sweatcoin has always had offers, even before they tokenised Sweat and made it tradable. I keep an eye on it, from time to time. You get the occasional half useful offer, such as a free month of Amazon Music or three free months of NordVPN. That sort...

Trump made $7 million selling NFTs

18 Aug 2024 1 minute read 3 comments LeftFooted

Donald Trump made over $7 million selling NFTs. This was revealed in a report obtained by ethics watchdog Citizens for Ethics. According to the report, Trump still holds at least $3.5 worth of crypto, all of it Ethereum-based crypto including 10m M...

What is Meta Pool, a multi-chain staking platform?

17 Aug 2024 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

Meta Pool is a multi-chain staking platform that supports staking across different networks. With Meta Pool, you can stake on Ethereum, Solana, NEAR, Q Network and Aurora. Meta Pool also provides liquidity pools where users can also be liquidity pr...

Do what works, not what you want to work

16 Aug 2024 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

One of the few remaining useful ways to use FB is with groups. FB groups can be useful for a variety of things. For example, whenever I know I'm gonna be travelling somewhere I've never been, I join a FB group for locals, for expats, for people from...