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Self-Custody Is More Than a Feature – Dennis Jarvis, CEO of Bitcoin.com
16.6.2022
While markets are going up, people get more comfortable putting their cryptoassets into trusted third parties such as centralized exchanges and centralized lending platforms that promise increasingly enticing returns. The good times never last, though. As markets peak and monetary policy tightens...
Centralized vs. decentralized digital networks: Key differences
11.6.2022
Find out what differentiates centralized and decentralized digital networks—and which structure is right for your organization
Decentralized Exchanges Beat Centralized Counterparts for On-Chain Flows: Chainalysis
6.6.2022
Uniswap and other decentralized exchanges may have their downsides, but they're outpacing centralized exchanges for on-chain inflows
The ‘Google of Blockchains’ Sunsets Its Centralized Service
2.6.2022
The Graph announced it will urge developers to migrate to its Etheruem-based indexer network as it shuts down its centralized service by early 2023
Crypto inheritance: Are HODLers doomed to rely on centralized options?
23.5.2022
Are crypto inheritance solutions a centralizing force? To some, yes, but to others, decentralized solutions are out there
Bitcoin Held on Trading Platforms Continues to Drop Lower, Over 68% of the Total Held by 5 Exchanges
22.5.2022
Amid the market carnage tied to Terra’s recent fallout, bitcoin sent to exchanges saw a brief spike on May 7, jumping more than 2% higher from 2.481 million to 2.532 million bitcoin. Despite the recent increase of bitcoin sent to trading platforms, the number of bitcoins on exchanges today...
Argentinian Tax Agency Supports Creation of Global Crypto Report System to Avoid Evasion
27.4.2022
The AFIP, the Argentinian tax agency, is supporting the creation of a centralized system that serves as a registry for cryptocurrency holders. According to statements from its head, this would make it easier for tax agencies all over the world to curb evasion. The organization has already made...
The Future of Crypto Payments Will Be Centralized
26.4.2022
Custodial wallets will be the lynchpin of retail crypto payments. This post is part of CoinDesk's Payments Week
Latam Is a Hotbed of Opportunities for Crypto Companies, According to Ripple
24.4.2022
Ripple, the cryptocurrency and payments company, has issued an article examining the opportunities that Latam brings for crypto companies as its regulated payments rails come to crypto. While the region faces some obstacles due to its economic traits and the dominance of centralized banks,...
Terra’s Algorithmic Dollar-Pegged Crypto UST Is Now the Third-Largest Stablecoin
18.4.2022
The algorithmic stablecoin stemming from the Terra (LUNA) network has become the third-largest stablecoin token in terms of market capitalization at $17.54 billion. As of today, UST’s market capitalization has surpassed the BSC-based stablecoin BUSD by more than $67 million. Stablecoin...
Fast, Secure and Interoperable, Parex Is the New Decentralized Exchange to Look Out For
12.4.2022
PRESS RELEASE. We are hugely excited to announce the official launch of Parex, a new decentralized exchange with an in-built PRX token unique to the mining production mechanism. Developed in response to the costly and often ethically dubious state of centralized finance, Parex promises to offer...
Leading centralized exchanges extend market share in 2022
12.4.2022
The “top-tier” exchanges as ranked in a report by CryptoCompare increased their market share to 96% in February 2022
GAIMIN Delivers a Decentralized Approach to the Increasing Requirement for More Data Processing Power
9.4.2022
With the current concerns around global energy usage, combined with increasing requirements for data processing services, many countries previously supportive of centralized data processing businesses are investigating the impact of these businesses and how they mitigate a requirement...
DeFi Could Rely On CBDC, But More Bridges With Centralized Finance Are Needed - Expert Panel
5.4.2022
As decentralized finance (DeFi) and central banking share a number of objectives, building bridges between decentralized and centralized finance (CeFi) could open up new possibilities for the use of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) , according to the participants of a debate held by...
DeFi ‘Crucial’ for Financial Inclusion, CBDCs Still Welcome Despite Being Centralized
4.4.2022
Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols are “crucial” for financial inclusion, particularly in the developing world. And despite being inherently centralized, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) are a welcome part of that, said the participants at a discussion hosted by the Bank...
Binance launches Binance Bridge 2.0 to integrate CeFi and DeFi
29.3.2022
The service would allow users to bridge assets from any blockchain to BNB Chain
ETH Continues to Leave Trading Platforms, Ethereum Balance on Exchanges Lowest in 3 Years
19.3.2022
While the second-largest crypto asset by market cap has gained more than 15% in value against the U.S. dollar during the last week, the number of ethereum stored on exchanges has dropped significantly during the last few weeks. In less than two years, more than 29% of the ether held on exchanges...
Bitcoin Exchange Reserves Drop to Lowest Point in 3 Years
12.3.2022
The number of bitcoin held on exchanges has continued to drop in recent times as the metric suggests crypto advocates are pulling funds off of trading platforms for long-term holding. At the time of writing, 2.32 million bitcoin worth over $90 billion is held on centralized cryptocurrency...
LA Token launches LACHAIN to bridge Ethereum-based networks
11.3.2022
The latest centralized exchange blockchain from LA Token claims to be the DeFi Hub for its users and is compatible with all Ethereum-based networks, though it is off to a slow start in an increasingly competitive ecosystem
Canadian Regulator Alerts Police to Tweets by Coinbase and Kraken Advocating Non-Custodial Wallets
23.2.2022
Canada’s securities regulator has flagged tweets by Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and Kraken CEO Jesse Powell encouraging people to use non-custodial wallets to evade freeze orders by the Trudeau government. “We are aware of this information and have shared it with the RCMP...