“Check Out Thorchain (RUNE),” ShapeShift CEO Erik Voorhees Says
The chief executive officer of ShapeShift, Erik Voorhees, is cementing himself as a fan of the DeFi space. Decentralized finance (DeFi) has gained many supporters over recent months, Voorhees being one of them. He is an early adopter of Bitcoin that became one of the first public investors and innovators in the space. Related Reading: […]
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Just recently, Shapeshift founder and CEO Erik Voorhees published a blog post about a new project called Thorchain, a protocol that allows for decentralized exchanges without wrapping or bridging technology commonly used today. Thorchain launched on April 13, 2021, and the Shapeshift founder recently revealed his company is the first to leverage the multi-chain protocol in order to provide decentralized swaps in a noncustodial fashion. Shapeshift Leverages Thorchain for Multi-Chain Unwrapped Swaps Back in September 2018, the popular trading application Shapeshift changed its business model....
The non-custodial cryptocurrency exchange first announced plans to integrate decentralized exchanges in January. Now, mobile users can trade BTC with ETH and LTC without an intermediary. ShapeShift, a cryptocurrency exchange based in Switzerland, has announced full integration with THORChain, enabling direct trading of native Bitcoin (BTC) with Ethereum (ETH) and Litecoin (LTC).As of Tuesday, ShapeShift’s mobile users have the ability to make cross-chain swaps without the use of an intermediary, custodian or counterparty of any kind. This capability will be extended to ShapeShift’s....
The first truly native cross-chain DEX is about to go live. ShapeShift CEO and crypto industry stalwart, Erik Voorhees, has suggested the launch of Thorchain is arguably the biggest event in crypto this week.And considering all eyes in crypto are on the direct listing of major US exchange Coinbase on the Nasdaq on Wednesday — with a potential valuation of $140 billion according to the FTX derivatives exchange — that’s a pretty big claim.Thorchain’s launch is scheduled for Tuesday, April 13, and will mark the first time that native crypto assets can be traded on a DEX across unique....
ShapeShift has recently announced that Michael Perklin has joined the team as Chief Information Security Officer. Cointelegraph has caught up Michael Perklin and Erik Voorhees, CEO and Founder of ShapeShift, on their way from Satoshi Roundtable and asked to elaborate on some key security concerns that come with Blockchain technology. Coming back stronger. Unfortunately, hacks are still inevitable, and ShapeShift suffered a breach in April 2016. A significant sum from the company’s hot wallet was stolen but not a cent of customer funds was lost, stated Erik Voorhees, the company’s CEO the....
Recently, popular cryptocurrency exchange ShapeShift was hacked twice. The first time, an employee was behind the theft. Then, the employee, “Bob,” sold information to a second hacker, who stole from ShapeShift again. After publishing a play-by-play article on Bitcoin.com, CEO Erik Voorhees sat down with us to talk about what his company is doing in the....