Wes Messamore

Hailing from Nashville, Wes has written about public policy since 2009. He started covering crypto news in 2017.

Author’s posts

Goldman Sachs says the popularity of Ethereum’s smart contracts means it could overtake Bitcoin as the number one crypto by market cap soon.

Goldman Sachs: Ethereum’s popularity could see ETH become dominant store of value

2021-07-07T03:43:49+01:00

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The British multinational bank has informed customers it is no longer facilitating payments made to the crypto exchange, confirming reports from users over the ...

Barclays tells cardholders it’s stopping payments to Binance

2021-07-05T19:00:48+01:00

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Worst case projections seem to suggest that bitcoin emissions will be down by more than two-thirds in five years.

Cambridge and IEA data shows Bitcoin carbon intensity peaked last year

2021-07-02T21:31:49+01:00

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CEO Jamie Dimon may not support crypto, but two JPMorgan analysts say proof-of-stake coin yields are attractive investments in this zero-rate environment.

JPMorgan report: Eth2 could kick-start $40B staking industry by 2025

2021-07-02T01:56:47+01:00

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Blockware raised $25M in a second oversubscribed round to expand bitcoin mining operations in a state with some of the lowest U.S. industrial electricity costs....

Blockware Mining raises $25 million to triple hash rate from Kentucky facility

2021-07-01T21:05:00+01:00

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A panel of expert witnesses and members of congress discussed the risks and rewards of cryptocurrency in committee Wednesday.

House committee reviews cryptocurrency risks, regulations in hearing

2021-06-30T22:32:41+01:00

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ETH 2.0 now has 10x more staked Ether to power its proof-of-stake mechanism than the Ethereum Foundation required at launch six months ago.

Ethereum 2.0 approaches 6 million staked ETH milestone

2021-06-30T19:47:03+01:00

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Dogecoin got a price bump Monday out of another Elon Musk tweet — this time, in support of a proposed update.

Elon Musk tweets his support over proposed Dogecoin changes

2021-06-28T23:07:14+01:00

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