As the World Economic Forum brings global leaders together to tackle global issues, a number of cryptocurrency and blockchain events will create a vibrant sideshow in the snowy ski destination in the Swiss Alps. Cointelegraph will be on the ground to cover the World Economic Forum (WEF) as well as a host of blockchain-focused events taking place. Key members from global governments, businesses and civil society converge on the town annually for the WEF conference, but cryptocurrency and blockchain events are beginning to make their mark during the exclusive event. The official WEF agenda for 2023 has made provision for cryptocurrency and blockchain as talking points featuring during the week-long conference. A session titled ‘Finding the Right Balance for Crypto’ on 19 January (15:00 CET) ...
Turning Cointelegraph articles into digital collectibles to preserve the crypto industry’s most memorable moments is now becoming a reality. The Cointelegraph Historical collection will allow every article ever published by the largest crypto media outlet to become mintable into nonfungible tokens (NFTs). With the help of readers, Cointelegraph seeks to create the first decentralized catalog of news that will cement the evolution of crypto onto the blockchain. The waitlist is now open, but only the first 500 readers will be able to participate in the early access that will commence at the start of November. The feature will be rolled out to everyone shortly after that, in mid-November. [embedded content] Just like NBA Top Shot tokenizes memorable moments from the world of basketb...
With the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting drawing to a close, attendees had the opportunity to join Cointelegraph for a farewell party at Ex Bar in Davos — where they could actually pay for food and drinks using cryptocurrency. The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum is scheduled to take place between May 22–26, with a slew of world leaders expected to attend. What role will blockchain have at the event? https://t.co/wEtEvuVK5I — Cointelegraph (@Cointelegraph) May 20, 2022 Early partygoers had the opportunity to win one of 20 cards loaded with up to 100 Davos Coins, which are pegged one-for-one with the Swiss franc. The winners enjoyed a seamless checkout experience using a new hardware wallet with the look and feel of a regular credit card. Powered by German crypto c...
Cointelegraph is delighted to announce the launch of its French edition, Cointelegraph France, providing the latest cryptocurrency and blockchain news en français and marking another historic milestone in the publication’s global presence. Founded in 2013, Cointelegraph is the leading independent cryptocurrency and blockchain-focused publication covering news about blockchain, cryptocurrencies, nonfungible tokens (NFT), metaverse, decentralized finance and other emerging fintech trends. Apart from the main edition in English, Cointelegraph maintains 10 local versions, operating editions in multiple languages, including Arabic, Spanish, German, Italian, Turkish, Chinese, Korean and Portuguese, managed by Cointelegraph VP of Global Operations Elijah Leyb. The new French edition is a joint ve...
The Cointelegraph Top 100 continues to bring you the most influential, analytical and artistic people who shaped the crypto industry in 2021. While 2022 has been a rough ride so far, last year had enough ups and downs to prepare a Top 100 list that also portrays the crypto and blockchain landscape of one year in history. It’s impossible to populate a list in any niche that would be universally accepted; therefore, the criteria for making the list this year were unconventional in many ways, as the Cointelegraph team spent numerous hours finding the trendsetters over the past year who not only had a fruitful 2021 but are likely to continue shaping the industry in 2022. DISCOVER COINTELEGRAPH’s TOP 100 IN CRYPTO AND BLOCKCHAIN 2022 During the 10-day countdown, four days have already passed, s...
In an effort to democratize access to nonfungible tokens, art collections and other digital assets of value for the masses, Bitwise Asset Management launched its new index fund on Dec. 16. As per the announcement, the Bitwise Blue-Chip NFT Index Fund is designed to allow accredited investors to invest in major nonfungible tokens and art collections. The NFT industry has exploded in 2021. Retailers throughout the world purchased millions of dollars worth of CryptoPunks, drawing institutional and accredited investors. In the third quarter of 2021, NFT trading volumes surpassed $10 billion for the first time. The crypto firm stated that the Bitwise Blue-Chip NFT Index Fund is now available to qualified investors for private placement subscriptions. The minimum investment is set at $25,00...