Betterment is an American financial advisory company which provides digital investment, retirement and cash management services.
Cardano is a public blockchain platform. It is open-source and decentralized, with consensus achieved using proof of stake. It can facilitate peer-to-peer transactions with its internal cryptocurrency, ADA.
CryptoKitties is a blockchain game developed by Canadian studio Dapper Labs. The game allows players to buy, sell, and create NFTs using on Ethereum. These NFTs represent virtual cats. The game's popularity in December 2017 congested the Ethereum network, causing it to reach an all-time high in the number of transactions and slowing it down significantly.
Cryptocurrency and crime describes notable examples of cybercrime related to theft of cryptocurrencies and some of the methods or security vulnerabilities commonly exploited. Cryptojacking is a form of cybercrime specific to cryptocurrencies that has been used on websites to hijack a victim's resources and use them for hashing and mining cryptocurrencies.
Video games that include elements that use blockchain technologies, including cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs), allow players to buy, sell, or trade in-game items with other players. The game publisher takes a fee from each transaction as a form of monetization. A subset of these games are also known as play-to-earn games because they include systems that allow players to earn cryptocurrency through gameplay. Blockchain games have existed since 2017, gaining more widespread attention from the video game industry in 2021. Several AAA publishers have expressed intent to include this technology in the future. Players, developers, and game companies have criticized the use of blockchain technology in video games for being exploitative, environmentally unsustainable, and unnecessary.
OKX is a global cryptocurrency spot and derivatives exchange. It was founded by Star Xu in 2017. OKX is owned by OK Group, which also owns crypto exchange Okcoin. It is not currently available to US-based investors. The company's CEO is Star Xu and its CMO is Haider Rafique.
Changpeng Zhao, commonly known as CZ, is a Chinese-born Canadian businessman, investor, and software engineer. Zhao is the co-founder and CEO of Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume as of July 2022.
Alex Mashinsky is an entrepreneur and business executive. He is a cofounder and former CEO of Celsius Network, a cryptocurrency lending platform, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on July 13, 2022. Mashinsky is the defendant in a civil lawsuit brought by the Attorney General of New York, who accuses him of committing securities fraud during his time as Celsius CEO.
A non-fungible token (NFT) is a unique digital identifier that is recorded on a blockchain, and is used to certify ownership and authenticity. It cannot be copied, substituted, or subdivided. The ownership of an NFT is recorded in the blockchain and can be transferred by the owner, allowing NFTs to be sold and traded. NFTs can be created by anybody, and require few or no coding skills to create. NFTs typically contain references to digital files such as artworks, photos, videos, and audio. Because NFTs are uniquely identifiable, they differ from cryptocurrencies, which are fungible.
Leopoldo D'Angelo (born 11 July 1995 in Turin, Italy, better known by the pseudonym "Dangiuz", is an Italian contemporary visual artist, digital artist and art director specializing in sci-fi themes. His work has been featured in art networks, TV channels and magazines such as RAI, Arte, Wallpaper*, NVIDIA Studio Standouts, Juxtapoz Magazine, Sohu and Digital Production, and showcased in various museums and galleries worldwide. He also took part in the creation of Rui Hachimura's Cherry Blossom kimono design and Maserati's MC20 concept art.
Solana is a blockchain platform which uses a proof-of-stake mechanism to provide smart contract functionality. Its native cryptocurrency is SOL.
FTX Trading Ltd., commonly known as FTX, is a bankrupt company that formerly operated a cryptocurrency exchange and crypto hedge fund. The exchange was founded in 2019 by Sam Bankman-Fried and Gary Wang and, at its peak in July 2021, had over one million users and was the third-largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume. FTX is incorporated in Antigua and Barbuda and headquartered in the Bahamas. FTX is closely associated with FTX.US, a separate exchange available to US residents.
Ireedui Gantogtokh, commonly known as ДОМОГ IZ, is a Mongolian entrepreneur, social activist and YouTuber. He gained popularity with his series of YouTube videos ranging in variety of topics from daily life vlog to inspirational videos. Ireedui is the founder of MEBORNY LLC, a leading digital marketing firm based in Mongolia. He is amongst the first Mongolian entrepreneurs to gain recognition in the global market and founded Bets.mn, Keys.mn, The Mefoxy Club, and IZC - IZ Coin.
OpenSea is an American non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace headquartered in New York City. The company was founded by Devin Finzer and Alex Atallah in 2017.
Crypto.com is a cryptocurrency exchange company based in Singapore. As of May 2022, the company had 50 million customers and 4,000 employees. The exchange issues its own exchange token named Cronos (CRO).
Bored Ape Yacht Club, often colloquially called Bored Apes, Bored Ape or BAYC, is a non-fungible token (NFT) collection built on the Ethereum blockchain. The collection features profile pictures of cartoon apes that are procedurally generated by an algorithm.
Vijay Pravin Maharajan is an Indian data scientist, entrepreneur, and a columnist in The Economic Times and CNN-News18
Mara is a pan-African financial technology, cryptocurrency, blockchain, and cryptoeconomy company.
Gate.io is a cryptocurrency exchange and blockchain platform established in 2013. According to Bloomberg it is ranked in the top-20 most worldwide for the trading volume.