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6YO Cardano Still Compensates Lack Of Adoption With Plans & Hopes
10.7.2021
Charles Hoskinson. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, Real Vision Finance
Cardano (ADA) has been one of the better performing major cryptoassets this year. When bitcoin (BTC) started tanking following Tesla’s rejection of the cryptocurrency in May, ADA began a climb up to its current all-time...
New York, London, Beijing and 20 Crypto Jokes
10.7.2021
Another fun cryptoweek! Circle decided to go public on the New York Stock Exchange, and with crypto market sentiment finally rising, Grayscale Bitcoin Trust's shares were about to be freed for sale bringing a discussion on what it’d mean for BTC price. BNB rallied while Binance CEO had to bow...
Man Looking for Lost BTC 7,500 in a Rubbish Dump Plans Hi-Tech Search
9.7.2021
An aerial photography taken from a helicopter of a scrap metal recycling business in Newport Wales. A British man who has been trying to convince his local council to let him search a rubbish dump for a hard disk drive containing a bumper bitcoin (BTC) haul since 2014 now wants to use high-tech...
This Is How DAOs Are Taking A Greater Role in the DeFi and NFT Sectors
4.7.2021
Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) have been operating under the radar for a while now. Amid all the excitement over bull markets, DeFi and NFTs, DAOs have found themselves being neglected, despite the fact that they’re coming to play an increasing role within the crypto ecosystem.
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Inflation Watch: Four Facts about Soaring Food Prices
4.7.2021
Christian Bogmans is an economist in the International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s Research Department (Commodities Unit); Andrea Pescatori is an Economist at the Western Hemisphere Department of the IMF; Ervin Prifti is a Senior Economist with the Research Department of the IMF.
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Rising world food...
How Taproot Might Affect Bitcoin’s Competitiveness
3.7.2021
Taproot is on its way. The long-awaited Bitcoin (BTC) upgrade has been confirmed, after it passed the minimum threshold of 90% miner approval in mid-June, meaning that it will be implemented in November.
While the core features of Taproot — increased privacy and enhanced wallet scripting —...
Approachings, Warnings, Technicalities and 20 Crypto Jokes
3.7.2021
This week in the Cryptoverse, we saw that the Ethereum address activity approached Bitcoin's level in June, and BNB kept climbing despite the warnings issued to Binance in two countries and it closing shop in a third, but a day later, UK-based customers claimed they had been frozen out of...
Why Jason Calacanis Is Wrong and Worldcoin Is Unlikely to Succeed
1.7.2021
There is a new cryptocurrency in the works that has the backing of some of the biggest names in tech. Worldcoin is the startup behind the upcoming crypto project, and the founding team includes the former head of the Silicon Valley business incubator Y Combinator, Sam Altman. Additionally, the list...
El Salvador Will Be a Serious Test for Bitcoin's Layer-2 Networks
27.6.2021
A merchant in El Salvador’s El Zonte, or the Bitcoin Beach. Source: Twitter/@Bitcoinbeach
The adoption of legislation in El Salvador that could help foster the further development of bitcoin (BTC) as a store of value and medium of exchange in the country is one of the most important developments...
How SPACs & Bitcoin Disrupt Common Wisdom Of Investing
27.6.2021
Daniele D'Alvia, Teaching Fellow in Banking and Finance Law, Queen Mary University of London.
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What do Taylor Swift’s record company and Asian “superapp” Grab have in common? They are both part of Wall Street’s recent dealmaking fad: special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs).
SPACs...
Bitcoin and Ethereum Can Coexist With DeFi Bridging the Two
26.6.2021
Source: Adobe/p_r_g
While some of the most active members of Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) communities never stop fighting over technology and money, among other things (including memes), these both blockchain-powered networks still can coexist, according to the Bitcoin 2021 conference...
Dropping, Death Charts, Doubling Down and 20 Crypto Jokes
26.6.2021
This Cryptoweek, BTC dropped below USD 30K, before sharply rebounding, and although a death chart appeared on the charts, it may mean nothing at all. Despite the general market downturn, Amber Group became a new unicorn in the Cryptoverse. PayPal, Visa and other traditional investors doubled down...
How the Yield Farm Space is Changing
25.6.2021
George Harrap is a veteran crypto entrepreneur currently serving as the co-founder of Step Finance, a Solana-focused portfolio management dashboard, and Head of DeFi at YAP Global, a PR agency specializing in crypto, blockchain, and fintech.
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Yield farming on decentralized finance (DeFi)...
Crypto Savings Rates Are 10X Greater Than High Street, But Is It For You?
25.6.2021
Matthew Shillito, Lecturer in Law, University of Liverpool.
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Leading crypto banks such as BlockFi and Nexo are attracting a lot of attention. Customers can earn an APY (annual percentage yield) of up to 12%, dwarfing high-street savings accounts, whose interest rates are sub-1%. But before...
Solving These 7 Challenges Would Accelerate Bitcoin Adoption
20.6.2021
There are seven important challenges that are currently standing in the way of bitcoin (BTC) adoption, according to the Miami BTC conference participants speaking to Cryptonews.com – and yet, BTC is likely to see greater consumer and business adoption, which would also help its price.
Bitcoin...
Inside A Ransomware Attack: How Dark Webs of Cybercriminals Collaborate
20.6.2021
David S. Wall, Professor of Criminology, University of Leeds.
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In their Carbis Bay communique, the G7 announced their intention to work together to tackle ransomware groups. Days later, US president Joe Biden met with Russian president Vladimir Putin, where an extradition process to bring...
The ‘Number Go Up’ Mentality Drives Crypto World As It Matures
19.6.2021
Is crypto all about ‘number go up’? Many of its detractors would certainly say so, while many proponents get overly excited about big price rises, betraying the possibility that they’re only in it for the money.
In either case, while skeptics argue that bigger numbers are the only things that drive...
Rugged, Regulation, Flak, Inflation and 20 Crypto Jokes
19.6.2021
In yet another eventful crypto week, BTC touched USD 40K, while Elon Musk sent a positive message and Taproot activation was confirmed, and Pantera CEO said that bitcoin was this cheap only 20% of its history. MicroStrategy said it had no specific target for their BTC holdings, while its CEO raised...
Head of South Korean Opposition Party Admits Crypto Trading Experience
17.6.2021
Lee Jun-seok. Another major political leader has come out as a crypto enthusiast – as the new leader of the biggest South Korean opposition party has admitted to trading tokens “for fun.”
Lee Jun-seok, aged just 36, stunned the political world last week when he won the leadership election for...
Bitcoin Miner Relocation Within China and Worst Case Scenario
15.6.2021
The relocation of Bitcoin (BTC) miners within China is already underway – and should the situation worsen, they might also be moving out of the country in droves, according to Jiang Zhuoer, CEO of mining pool BTC.TOP. This, however, would lead to hashrate decentralization.
The majority of miners...