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William Foxley

William Foxley

Will Foxley is the host of The Mining Pod and publisher at Blockspace Media. A former co-host of CoinDesk's The Hash, Will was the director of content at Compass Mining and a tech reporter at CoinDesk.

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Bitgo
BitGo Weighs Building a Sidechain for WBTC as Ethereum Fees Climb
Digital asset trust company BitGo is in the process of “reaching out” to community partners to build an Ethereum sidechain because of rising fees, according to CTO Ben Chan.
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By William Foxley
Aug 25, 2020 at 7:03 p.m. UTC
Aug 25, 2020
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Ethereum
High Ethereum Fees Push Tether to Its Eighth Blockchain, OMG Network
Tether’s USDT is now live on scaling blockchain OMG Network in a bid to decrease pressure on its parent blockchain, Ethereum.
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By William Foxley
Aug 19, 2020 at 9:33 p.m. UTC
Aug 19, 2020
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Derivatives
Chainlink to Provide Data for Farming Insurance Startup Arbol
Chainlink will provide climate data for insurance startup Arbol’s weather derivatives. Small to medium sized firms can use the Ethereum-based dapp for hedging natural events.
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By William Foxley
Aug 19, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Aug 19, 2020
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Stani Kulechov, founder and CEO of Aave, speaks at Consensus 2019.
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Real estate
Lending Protocol Aave Eyes Tokenized Mortgages With Launch of V2
Tokenized mortgages may be coming to decentralized finance (DeFi) following Aave v2’s specification announcement Friday.
Stani Kulechov, founder and CEO of Aave, speaks at Consensus 2019.
By William Foxley
Aug 14, 2020 at 5:53 p.m. UTC
Aug 14, 2020
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Ethereum
How DeFi 'Degens' Are Gaming Ethereum's Money Legos
From first heartbeat to last breath, YAM lasted less than 48 hours. But those are the rules of DeFi’s newest toy: “minimally viable monetary experiments.”
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By William Foxley
Aug 13, 2020 at 8:13 p.m. UTC
Aug 13, 2020
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Ethereum
DeFi Meme Coin YAM Succumbs to Fatal 'Rebase' Bug, Makes Plans for 'YAM 2.0'
DeFi meme coin YAM has lost control of its on-chain governance feature following a reported bug.
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By William FoxleyPaddy Baker
Aug 13, 2020 at 8:33 a.m. UTC
Aug 13, 2020
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Average and median Ethereum transaction fees since July 2015
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Transaction fees
Decentralized Finance Frenzy Drives Ethereum Transaction Fees to All-Time Highs
Average transaction fees broke all-time highs as median fees hover just below its high.
Average and median Ethereum transaction fees since July 2015
By Zack VoellWilliam Foxley
Aug 13, 2020 at 1:21 a.m. UTC
Aug 13, 2020
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Defi
Deposits in 'Monetary Experiment' Meme Token YAM Break $460M
YAM, DeFi’s latest farm-fresh product, has never been audited. Yet, that’s not holding back traders from pumping the token’s price to a high of $138 since it launched Tuesday.
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By William Foxley
Aug 12, 2020 at 4:05 p.m. UTC
Aug 12, 2020
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Ethereum
How Much Ether Is Out There? Ethereum Developers Create New Scripts for Self-Verification
Ethereum and Bitcoin advocates have engaged in spirited exchange since Friday to answer an ostensibly simple question: What’s the total supply of ether?
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By William Foxley
Aug 11, 2020 at 7:55 p.m. UTC
Aug 11, 2020
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Proof-of-work
Ethereum Classic's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week
Ethereum Classic suffered two 51% attacks in the same week. One week later, exchanges, investors and developers are split on the implications.
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By William Foxley
Aug 10, 2020 at 6:33 p.m. UTC
Aug 10, 2020
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