Tagged: martin hiesboeck

Shift to DeFi “Wishful Thinking:” True Value of Blockchain is Elsewhere

Crypto markets are far off from their all-time highs, and today another crypto firm announced a bankruptcy filing due to FTX collateral damage. 2022 is not so much a crypto-winter but perhaps a crypto-ice age. The failure of FTX has harmed the entire crypto sector,… Read More

Acala Stablecoin aUSD No Longer Stable as it Loses Peg

Acala’s stablecoin aUSD, the “decentralized stablecoin of Polkadot” has lost its stablecoin status as it has depegged from the US dollar – now trading at around $0.85 but having dropped to almost $0.50. In a series of Tweets, Acala claimed the fall in value was… Read More

Uphold Head of Blockchain and Crypto Research Calls a Bottom

Uphold, a crypto trading platform that is registered with the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), is calling a bottom in the crypto markets. Since the beginning of 2022, digital assets have tumbled in value. At one point in 2021, crypto hovered around $3 trillion in… Read More

Head of Blockchain and Crypto Research at Uphold Slams Ethereum: “A garden of Eden for hackers”

    “We still believe The Merge will not happen.” Dr. Martin Hiesboeck, Head of Blockchain and Crypto Research at Uphold – a trading platform, has issued a statement slamming Ethereum while hammering creator Vitalik Buterin for his erratic and emotional Tweets. Hiesboeck is of the… Read More