FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried may be bidding on Celsius' assets. News of the possible purchase caused Celsius' native token to rocket upwards. The token had nosedived earlier following news of the departure of Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky. FTX recently won the auction for Voyager Digital's assets. The company claims it has $1 billion left to spend on acquisitions.
FTX has won the bid to acquire Voyager Digital's assets. Voyager is estimated to be worth $1.311 billion. FTX reportedly bid $1.422 billion for the assets. The company tried to acquire Voyager earlier in the year through Alameda Research, a trading firm founded by FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried. Alameda will return its $200 million crypto loan to Voyager by the end of the month.
Robinhood's Web3 wallet beta is now live for 10,000 iOS users who signed up for the waitlist. The wallet can be used to access the decentralized web. It is a self-custody wallet, so users are responsible for keeping their keys secure. Users will be able to use the wallet to trade cryptocurrencies without any fees. The wallet will not support viewing NFTs or connecting to NFT marketplaces until the public release.
Optimism is officially live on OpenSea. The integration onboards several collections onto the marketplace, such as Apetimism, Bored Town, MotorHeadz, and OptiChads. Optimism creators will need to set up their creator fees on OpenSea. A link to a guide on how creator earnings work on OpenSea is available in the thread.
The Bitcoin Journey is a curated collection of videos, articles, and stories for a better understanding of Bitcoin. It aims to cover the fundamentals of Bitcoin technology in about three to four hours. The Bitcoin Journey talks about Bitcoin and how it works, why Bitcoin exists, and how Bitcoin can make a difference in somebody's life.
This article contains snippets from the new Cosmos whitepaper and some thoughts on the release. The whitepaper discusses new roles for the Hub and ATOM, layered architecture, how the Hub will manage revenue, interchain security, liquid staking, and much more.
FTX is moving its US headquarters to Miami. The company moved into its Chicago headquarters only four months ago. FTX has not yet announced what it plans to do with its Chicago offices. FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried said that establishing offices around the world was key to the company's mission of getting licensure for its various businesses. Miami's mayor has made attracting crypto companies and talent a key priority for his administration.
Nitro will connect Solana's infrastructure, performance, and community to every blockchain. It is compatible with the Solana Virtual Machine, so teams can deploy directly onto Nitro without making any modifications to their code. This allows apps to benefit from the interoperability of the Inter-Blockchain Communication protocol without much effort from developers. A link to the documentation for Nitro is available in the thread.
Charles Hoskinson called the Ethereum Merge a flawed Proof-of-Stake implementation and claims that it will create issues for the network in the long run.