Ex-Sushi CTO Raises $8M for NFT Lending Platform Astaria
The platform, led by CEO Justin Bram and DeFi vet Joseph Delong, aims to provide instant liquidity for your JPEGs and should be available to the public by September. Original Source
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Tether is gaining momentum against competing stablecoins, says Tether CTO
Paolo Ardoino, the chief technology officer of Tether and Bitfinex, is confident that Tether will preserve its status as the most used stablecoin, despite the rapid growth of competitors such as USD Coin (USDC). “If you see the volumes of Tether compared to the rest of stablecoins, they are insanely higher.
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Stablecoins are the perfect Trojan horse for Bitcoin, says Tether CTO
As one of a number of Cointelegraph representatives attending the Paris Blockchain Week Summit (PBWS) at the historic Palais Brongniart — a neoclassical building that had been the headquarters for the Parisian stock exchange from 1826 to 1987 — European news reporter Joe Hall sat down for an in-depth interview
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Chainlink Labs Hires Diem CTO Dahlia Malkhi to Lead Research
Malkhi was an integral executive at the now-shuttered stablecoin project. Original Source
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Loopring Names CTO Steve Guo as CEO, Replacing Founder Wang
Loopring, an Ethereum-based project that helps developers to build decentralized exchanges (DEX), named Chief Technology Officer Steve Guo as its CEO, replacing founder Daniel Wang.Wang will continue to work as an adviser and will spend time developing the project’s layer 2 strategy, the firm said in a blog post Thursday.Guo
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Former SushiSwap CTO writes short reflection about leadership failures at blockchain DEX
On Friday, Joseph Delong, former chief technology officer of decentralized exchange, or DEX, SushiSwap, published a brief reflection of experiences during his tenure.Delong unilaterally resigned two days prior, citing internal structural chaos among developers behind the popular DEX. In explaining his decision, Delong outlined failures to scale operations, lack of
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AWS turns crypto exchanges offline, and Sushi CTO resigns, Dec. 3–10
Welcome to the latest edition of Cointelegraph’s decentralized finance newsletter.Although the markets may be down and technical indicators built upon AWS malfunctioning, fear not young degens, fundamental news and the spirit of Wagmi is abundant as ever. So, read on and discover all you need to know about the most important
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SushiSwap CTO resigns citing internal structural chaos
Late Wednesday, Joseph Delong, chief technology officer of SushiSwap, the thirteenth largest decentralized exchange, or DEX, by trading volume, tendered his immediate resignation from the role. Explaining his decision, Delong gave the following statement:"I wish Sushi the best and am saddened that Sushi is so imperiled within and without. The
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Sushi CTO Joseph Delong Resigns After Reports of Project Infighting
Sushi is currently looking to release Trident, a major upgrade expected to include a variety of automated market maker (AMM) models connected through Tines, an order-routing engine, as well as BentoBox, a yield-bearing base layer for the various AMMs. Sushi’s primary product is currently a fork of Uniswap v2 deployed
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Twitter CTO Parag Agrawal Replaces Jack Dorsey as CEO
Twitter chief technology officer Parag Agrawal has replaced Jack Dorsey as the social media platform’s chief executive officer, following confirmation that Twitter founder Dorsey is stepping down. Dorsey will remain as a member of Twitter’s board until his term expires in mid-2022. Original Source
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