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A Look Into the Polkadot (DOT) Ecosystem

22 Sep 2021 3 minute read 13 comments Zacharias

22 September 2021:  Considered an alternative to Ethereum alongside other networks like Cardano and Algorand, Polkadot (DOT) was founded by yet another Ethereum co-founder in Gavin Wood and funded by the Web3 Foundation.  Polkadot is described as a n...

[UPDATED] Pop & Drop Season Continues as Bitcoin, Ethereum Remain Cool | RekTimes Weekly Markets 1.6

17 Sep 2021 5 minute read 0 comments Zacharias

17 September 2021:  Although the market has seemingly slowed over the past week, there have been some dramatic winners and losers once again with the likes of Solana, Algorand, and FTX all taking a punch whille Avalanche (AVAX) and Cosmos (ATOM) have...

Speedway Motorsports Partners With GigLabs to Produce NASCAR NFTs

15 Sep 2021 2 minute read 1 comment Zacharias

14 September 2021:  Per an interview organized by Eric Estepp with the Chief Strategy Officer of Speedway Motorsports, Inc, Mike Burch, it is stated that the racing venue operator will role out NFTs this week in preparating for the upcoming NASCAR ev...

Drone Racing League Comes to Algorand

14 Sep 2021 2 minute read 3 comments Zacharias

14 September 2021:  Arguably one of the coolest innovative sports today, a startup drone racing league has minted a deal with Algorand in which the blockchain will pick up sponsor rights for the league's championship series as well as inside the dron...

Algorand Among Major Winners After Volatile Week | RekTimes Weekly Markets 1.5

13 Sep 2021 3 minute read 8 comments Zacharias

12 September 2021:  After the brief correction following El Salvador's adoption of Bitcoin, markets fell into a period of consolidation.  During the volatile trading sessions, a few winners of the week emerged, led by Algorand's massive 98% weekly ga...

I Bought Property on Upland | Rise of the Metaverse

8 Sep 2021 3 minute read 9 comments Zacharias

8 September 2021:  Upland is a blockchain-based NFT metaverse game in which players can purchase virtual property using the game's native tokens to own digital realestate.  The game launch in 2018 by entrepreneurs Dirk Lueth, Mani Honigstein and Idan...

Extreme Greed Leads to Red Bitcoin Day

7 Sep 2021 3 minute read 0 comments Zacharias

7 September 2021:  The correction throughout the cryptocurrency markets today should come as no surprise.  While today is the day in which El Salvador has officially adopted Bitcoin as legal tender -  Bitcoin Day - the markets have effectively destro...

RekTimes Top 10 Cryptocurrency Rankings - September 2021 (Volume 1.2)

5 Sep 2021 6 minute read 7 comments Zacharias

15 September 2021: Back in August, we presented our first official Top 10 Cryptocurrencies List in which ten projects were chosen based on potential a handful of different factors, including funding availability, community engagement, actual utility...

Big Gains in Alts Lead Into September | RekTimes Weekly Markets 1.4

4 Sep 2021 5 minute read 2 comments Zacharias

4 September 2021:  Multiple altcoins made large moves up over the past 7 days, including the likes of Ethereum, Polkadot, & Solana.  Historically, market pressures in the month of September have made for a volatile trading months in many coins with B...

An Introduction to Nexus Protocol (NXS)

3 Sep 2021 7 minute read 2 comments Zacharias

3 September 2021:  A major problem with the current iteration of the internet (with regards to Web2.0) is the centralization of data & subsequent breaches in data privacy that occur through third parties.  This is the precise issue that Web3.0 is att...