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Stablecoin Issuance Surged Last Year — UST Saw the Largest 12-Month Increase
30.1.2022
Stablecoins have become prominent payment rails in the world of cryptocurrencies commanding $177 billion in fiat value today. The top ten stablecoins by market capitalization represent the largest share of the value in the fiat-pegged coin economy and many of these tokens grew exponentially last...
Value Locked in Defi Climbs Higher, Polkadot TVL Spikes, Terra’s LUNA Sheds 21%
30.1.2022
On Sunday, January 30, 2022, the top smart contract protocol tokens by market capitalization is $592 billion or 32.66% of the $1.8 trillion crypto economy. Meanwhile, the total-value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) protocols is $192.42 billion up 5.28% since January 23. Defi TVL Climbs...
NFT Minecraft Project Sells $1.2 Million In Tokens, Deletes Everything A Few Days Later
29.1.2022
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: An NFT project sells a ton of tokens, making a shit ton of cash in the process for a thing that probably will exist in the future. Then the project and folks involved disappear with the money, leaving those who bought into it screwed. Well, it’s reportedly...
Nansen Report Highlights Growth of Defi and NFTs in 2021
29.1.2022
Nansen, a cryptocurrency and blockchain statistics and analytics platform, has issued a report on the growth of decentralized finance (defi) in 2021. The document highlights how defi managed to keep growing, opening the field to new participant chains. Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) also had a notable...
Dreams of the Metaverse: Rethinking Sports Through High-Tech
28.1.2022
Ryan Wilkinson, head of product at Blockasset, a Solana-based first athlete-verified platform that connects athletes with their fans._______
If you’ve ever been to a sports game, you know that few things can rival the energy of a packed stadium, with whole sectors of fans cheering and gasping...
Hacker Siphons $80 Million From Qubit Cross-Chain Bridge, Largest Defi Exploit of 2022 to Date
28.1.2022
Findings stemming from a recent report published by the security-focused blockchain firm Certik indicate that the Binance smart chain ↔ Ethereum bridge called Qubit has been hacked for $80 million. Data shows on January 27, 2022, an attacker siphoned a number of tokens from an exploit...
Japanese Ruling Party Launches NFT Task Force, Eyes New Growth in the Sector
28.1.2022
Japan may be edging toward regulating non-fungible tokens (NFTs) – after the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, which has been in power since 1955, launched an NFT policy task force....
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‘Broader Range’ of Institutions Seeking Crypto Exposure Beyond Just Bitcoin - Coinbase
28.1.2022
There was “a broader range” of investors that wanted exposure to crypto last year, with many of them seeking access to new products such as bitcoin (BTC)-backed exchange-traded funds (ETFs), decentralized finance (DeFi), and non-fungible tokens (NFTs), a new report from Coinbase...
RichQUACK to Launch Tokens Supporting an Incubated Project
28.1.2022
The latest hyper-deflationary crypto-token, RichQUACK, is supported by a huge community of more than 195,000 followers on Twitter and over 65,000 followers on Telegram. RichQUACK has launched Earthling, its native token, that supports the first-ever incubated project. This platform promotes...
Crypto Swap Platform LetsExchange Grew 100x in Less Than a Year
28.1.2022
PRESS RELEASE. LetsExchange.io, an instant cryptocurrency exchange platform, reports the tremendous growth it has achieved since its launch in early 2021. In March 2021, the platform had 6,000 active users from 20 countries. At the time, users could swap 200 digital coins and tokens, accounting...
Reddit Reportedly Testing NFT Profile Pic Functionality
28.1.2022
Reddit, one of the largest micro-posting sites on the internet, is reportedly venturing further into the world of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The company is testing a new functionality that allows users to set NFTs as profile pics, something Twitter is already doing now. Reddit released its...
Vitalik Buterin Discusses 'Large & Underexplored Design Space' of Non-Transferable NFTs
28.1.2022
Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin has discussed the benefits of non-transferable non-fungible tokens (NFTs) — tokens that can’t be sold or separated from their owners — saying that there are certain use cases for such tokens.
In a blog post, Buterin illustrated the concept...
Rebase Market Carnage: TIME Slips 61%, Wonderland Admin Allegedly Co-Founded Quadrigacx
27.1.2022
While reserve-based crypto assets like gold tokens and stablecoins have been able to weather the crypto market carnage over the last two weeks, rebase tokens like wonderland (TIME), and Olympus (OHM) have seen massive losses. Wonderland is down more than 96% since the crypto asset’s all-time...
Coinbase Gives Preview Of Its NFT Platform, Reddit Tests NFT Profile Pic Feature
27.1.2022
In anticipation of the official launch of their non-fungible token (NFT) platform, major crypto exchange Coinbase has shared a preview of the forthcoming product.
In a recent series of tweets, Sanchan S. Saxena, Vice President for Products at Coinbase, said his intention was to demonstrate...
IRS Says It Is Fighting ‘Mountains’ of Crypto & NFT ‘Fraud’ and Celebrity Shills
27.1.2022
The United States tax body, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), says it believes the crypto and non-fungible token (NFT) space is beset with “fraud” – and has warned that celebrities promoting crypto on social media could face probes....
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Have We Reached Peak NFT Hype?
27.1.2022
James Butterfill is Investment Strategist at major European digital asset investment firm CoinShares.____...
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2 Gold-Backed Crypto Asset Market Caps Near $1 Billion, XAUT Jumps 19,000% in 23 Months
25.1.2022
While reserve-backed crypto assets and stablecoin market valuations increased a great deal during the last year, gold-backed cryptocurrencies have also seen their market caps swell. Between the tokens tether gold and pax gold, the market valuations of these two gold cryptos are nearing a billion...
OpenSea Denies Hack and Bug Allegations, Claims Issue is Related to UI
25.1.2022
Major non-fungible token (NFT) platform OpenSea has denied hack allegations, saying that yesterday's issue was related to user interface (UI) design.
"This is not an exploit or a bug – it’s an issue that arises because of the nature of the blockchain," the OpenSea spokesperson told...
S Korean Presidential Candidates Manifestos Issued as NFTs; Crypto Enters National Statistics
25.1.2022
The manifestos of South Korea’s main presidential candidates have been released as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) – as the nation’s March general election takes yet another crypto-flavored turn and Statistics Korea makes a crypto move....
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Top Meme Coins by Market Capitalization Shed Billions, DOGE Down 80% Since All-Time High
24.1.2022
As digital asset markets have shed significant value during the last two weeks, the top meme coins by market capitalization have dropped considerably against the U.S. dollar. The top meme asset dogecoin has lost 23.9% over the last seven days, while shiba inu’s value was reduced by 31.1%...