Aaron Watts, Publisher at CoinCodex
Aaron is passionate about technology and finance. Aaron first discovered blockchain technology in 2016. After learning about the transformative power of crypto, which he primarily credits to Alex Tapscott's Blockchain Revolution, he sought to expand his knowledge by becoming more intimately involved with the blockchain space. He joined CoinCodex in 2018 and has since been covering a variety of topics, ranging from Bitcoin and Ethereum to NFTs and the metaverse.
Aaron Watts Latest Articles
A crucially important upgrade for the Ethereum network and of the most anticipated upgrades in the cryptocurrency sector this year has gone live hours ago. The so-called ‘London Hard Fork’, which went live at block number 129650000 is a giant leap towards Ethereum 2.0.
CryptoQuant, one of the leaders in providing a comprehensive market analytics product suite, has recently successfully completed its latest investment round during which it managed to raise $3 million. Hashed, one of the top venture capital firms that primarily focuses on blockchain projects, was among the leading investors.
This week, Ripple Labs, Inc. scored an important procedural victory in the lawsuit with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The judge has granted the payment company access to Binance’s records, which could prove that the Ripple CEO Brad Garinhhouse was acting outside the SEC’s legal authority.
During the Twitter Q2 investor’s call on Thursday, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey pointed out that Bitcoin is the “best candidate” to become the “native currency” of the internet and that it will be a “big part” of Twitter’s future. He envisions that Bitcoin will play a hugely important role in Twitter’s future and urged shareholders to aggressively pursue involvement in the cryptocurrency space.
For investors in decentralized finance (DeFi), the best opportunities are often in Initial DEX Offerings (IDO). It is never too early to start planning, so that tokens can be bought at the best available price. There are a few noteworthy IDOs on the calendar for Q3 this year.
On Wednesday, after weeks of back and forth between the two sides of the aisle, the US lawmakers and President Joe Biden reached a bipartisan agreement on a new $1 trillion infrastructure spending bill. In the draft language, there are hints that a part of the new legislation could be funded by a tax on digital assets.
Former Democratic presidential candidate and senator from Massachusetts, Elizabeth Warren, recently classified decentralized finance (DeFi) as a “growing threat” to consumers and urged Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to act and use her authority to more rigidly regulate the DeFi industry.
A report released by Forbes showed that the NFT market capitalization grew by 1,785% within the first half of 2021. In another development, Reuters reported that NFT sales volume hit $2.5 billion within the same period. There is, therefore, no doubt about the economic viability of the NFT market, hence the reason more projects are jumping in to take a slice of the market share. Today, there are several NFT platforms with varying services to community users.
In an effort to drastically scale up the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem, Cronos is introducing software tools to quickly port apps from Ethereum and other EVM-compatible chains. Cronos Chain will provide interested DeFi projects a massive boost, by providing funding of up to $1 million per project, via the CRO EVM Fund, and access to a 10+ million Crypto.com user base.
Seneca Lake is the biggest of New York state’s Finger Lakes and come summertime turns into an idyllic family getaway spot. Vacationers soak up the sun on its shores, swim, boat and fish, and when they’ve dried off, explore the area’s many restaurants and wineries. Dresden, one of the lakeside towns, is about the last place you’d expect to find a protest breaking out in early July.
