4 takeaways from the Winklevoss Twins’ Bitcoin rendezvous with Barstool’s PortnoyBTC $11,821 (+2.1%) • ETH $442 (+9.7%) • XRP $0309 (+7.2%)
What do you do when two identical men standing 6 ft 5 in tall pull up to your house in the Hamptons during a pandemic? If you’re Dave Portnoy, the founder of Barstool Sports, you open the door and welcome them in. On Aug. 13, the enigmatic sports, gaming, and investing celebrity was visited by the Winklevoss Twins — Tyler Winklevoss and Cameron Winklevoss, co-founders of the Gemini crypto exchange and Bitcoin billionaires. They weren’t there to discuss Facebook, sports, or anything of that sort. What the Winklevi, as Portnoy calls them, were there to talk about was — no surprises here — Bitcoin. More news ⏬Crypto.com will sell Bitcoin at “50% off” in September, here’s whyHong Kong-based crypto exchange and card provider Crypto dot com is launching an attractive competition for Bitcoin fanatics in September, ahead of its “public beta” exit. Thanks to our premium sponsors⭐️ CryptoAltum - CryptoAltum is a leading trading platform with a special leaning towards digital assets. Its mission is to make crypto trading easy and accessible to everyone. ⭐️ Paradox Group - Paradox is the Official Advertising Partners of CryptoSlate and specialises in Marketing and Blockchain Advertising. Ethereum developers already want to launch YAM 2.0 after 90% price dropAfter garnering a purported $750 million worth of deposits of Ethereum, Yearn.finance, and other cryptocurrencies, DeFi’s latest protocol Yam Finance collapsed on the morning of August 13. Data analyst: Ethereum transaction fees will put a “hard cap” on DeFi bull runEthereum’s decentralized finance (DeFi) community and market have seen exponential growth over recent months. How a “Chad” minted Curve tokens early and briefly surpassed BTC’s market capCurve’s tokens launched early this morning after an unknown individual/s deployed open-source contracts and minted CRV. Yield farming protocol tanks and takes YFI, COMP, LEND down with itThe DeFi market took a huge hit earlier today when YAM, an experimental yield farming project, suffered a contract bug that caused its market cap to drop from $60 million to virtually zero. Crypto market dataFor more pertinent market data, please see: Connect with usDisclaimer: None of the content in this newsletter is meant to be financial advice. Please do your own due diligence before taking any action related to content within this article. If you liked this post from CryptoSlate, why not share it? |