Cointelegraph has appointed Wes Kaplan, the company’s thriving chief business development officer, as the new CEO of Cointelegraph. He takes over leadership from award-winning journalist Jay Cassano, who has served as CEO since September 2020 after joining as editor-in-chief in mid-2019. “I’m thankful for the opportunity to take the largest crypto news agency in the world to new heights, collaborating with an inimitable editorial team and some of the most creative minds working in the field today,” Kaplan said, adding: “It is a rare joy to take the helm of a company that I’ve long admired, building on the exceptional …

The CEO of a decentralized derivatives exchange has told Cointelegraph that many DEXs are unusable — and he's determined to change that. Lei Wang is the head of Kine, which aims to provide a fast, effortless way to trade derivatives across multiple blockchains. In a live ask-me-anything session on Cointelegraph's YouTube channel, he revealed that trades using Kine's infrastructure are completed in 20 milliseconds — and users can take out multiple positions on the same asset, all while managing them separately. Plus, in an attempt to reach a broad cross-section of users, a copy trading feature serves as an educational …

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 were …

Attendees to the BlockDown Croatia 2022 festival were witness to Cointelegraph’s discussions around sociopolitics of the Web3 ecosystem, nonfungible tokens (NFT) and the Metaverse. It turns out that ongoing innovations across the crypto ecosystem are well-positioned to dictate the future of media and entertainment. While crypto continues to blur the lines between the virtual and physical worlds, Cointelegraph’s editor-in-chief, Kristina Cornèr, agreed that “It’s been a crazy year” when talking about the rising impact of crypto innovations within media companies during the BlockDown festival. Cornèr highlighted use cases within the NFT space that gives independent artists and journalists a platform …

Celebrate the 12th Bitcoin Pizza Day together with Cointelegraph. Many crypto bull runs ago, Laszlo Hanyecz, programmer and early Bitcoin (BTC) miner, made history on May 22, 2010, when he traded 10,000 BTC for two large pizzas. It was the first real-world cryptocurrency transaction and legitimized Bitcoin in a major way. Check out Cointelegraph Store for the hottest crypto swag Inspired by that delicious turning point in the world of global finance, the Cointelegraph Store has created a fresh new line of merch. You won’t even have to tip your driver when it arrives. Bitcoin Pizza Apron The Bitcoin Pizza …

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 …

The countdown for Cointelegraph’s list of the most influential figures in crypto and blockchain is coming to a close, saving the best for last. The Top 10 are out, and a surprise contender takes the special spot at #0. The past year has been rough, and heading into the final days of February, it’s not getting any better. Countless difficulties — including the pandemic, inflation, riots and protests, and military conflict — have raised fears to an all-time high while sending the markets and prices low. But hope is not lost. Bitcoin (BTC) bounced back, hodlers keep hodling and humankind …

The Cointelegraph Top 100 list has reached the leading 30 entries, and many notable individuals made it to the top. So far, the list includes many prominent personalities from various industries like rap icon Snoop Dogg and football star Tom Brady. Apart from these, blockchain-focused characters like Yearn.finance founder Andre Cronje and the Web3 community also took their spots. It’s impossible to measure and compare people’s contributions without controversy and disagreements from the blockchain community. However, Cointelegraph dares to undertake this vital task to keep track of key figures in the industry who made a mark in 2021, have etched …

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 …

The cryptocurrency market has matured from a fringe technology experiment to a global asset class valued at over $2.7 trillion. It’s about time we start treating it as a business — and reporting on it as such. Cointelegraph’s Business Beat has been busy over the past year covering the biggest developments in the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry. Capital raises, high-profile partnerships, mergers and acquisitions, institutional adoption and highly specialized investment funds have all headlined our business feed over the past year. To make business news more digestible, Cointelegraph has launched the Crypto Biz newsletter — delivered every Thursday directly to …

Avalanche (AVAX) prices recovered on Sept. 22, paring a portion of losses that hit cryptocurrencies at the beginning of this week, led by worries about potential contagion in China’s housing market. The AVAX/USD exchange rate surged by as much as 12.05% to log an intraday high at $66.08. The pair’s gains came as a part of an interim rebound that started Tuesday after it bottomed out at a local low of $50.68. As a result, AVAX’s net rebound stretched by up to 30.37%. Cointelegraph’s VORTECS™ Score also flipped bullish ahead of the Avalanche token rally. The VORTECS™ Score is an …

The cryptocurrency market has been on a tear over the last month as Bitcoin price climbed 73% from a low of $29,200 on July 20 to a high of $50,478 on Aug. 26, a move that has warranted caution from Dan McDermitt, cryptocurrency market analyst and co-founder of TheChartGuys. According to McDermitt, Bitcoin’s relentless march over the past month was done “with a lack of weekly consolidation,” which was an impressive progression that frustrated bears as “every week is a higher low.” McDermitt is “expecting an equilibrium pattern on the monthly time frame, which is a pattern of higher lows …