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Square’s $297M stake in Tidal could unlock DLT features, analyst says
5.3.2021
Square’s majority stake in Jay-Z’s streaming service Tidal will potentially help artists grow their fan bases using blockchain technology, a Gartner analyst said
New staking and governance features back Ocean Protocol’s 40% rally
4.3.2021
Ocean Protocol’s new governance features and the ability to yield farm OCEAN tokens are improving the fundamentals of the decentralized data monetization platform
5 Leverage Trading Platforms (for Experienced Margin Traders) in 2021
3.3.2021
As we continue to see new all-time highs in a broad range of cryptoassets, margin traders are back in full force, attempting to capitalize on a bull market that still might trick and liquidate many inexperienced traders.
In this guide, you will discover five trading platforms that you can use...
DOGE’s Rally Has Revived Dogecoin Development, But For How Long?
28.2.2021
Amid all-time highs for bitcoin (BTC), ethereum (ETH) and various other tokens, dogecoin (DOGE) has remained something of a black sheep of the crypto family. It rallied almost 2,000% in the past 12 months, yet it’s still widely regarded as a ‘joke’ currency, despite — or partly because of —...
Crypto Exchanges Scale, But Outages Likely To Remain A Fact Of Life
27.2.2021
Exchanges have been the epicenter of the recent crypto bull market, facilitating the surge of bitcoin (BTC) and other coins towards new all-time highs. However, while they have almost certainly profited from the record prices and volumes the market’s now witnessing, many have been found lacking...
BTC Downturn, ETH Scaling, Coinbase Listing and 20 Crypto Jokes
27.2.2021
Welcome! Let's do a short recap of what happened in the crypto week behind us. Coin Metrics said there's little reason to believe that Bitcoin miners are responsible for downturns in BTC’s price, Kraken’s CEO Jesse Powell said that “extreme” ethereum selling caused Monday’s flash crash to USD...
Boost app engagement with chat, voice, and video APIs
25.2.2021
Sendbird is a service for helping you add social features to your app. Wanna add in-app chat? Sendbird does that. Wanna add in-app voice or video calls? Sendbird does that.
Here’s how I always think about stuff like this. Whatever …
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The Bitcoin Lightning Network Grows Even If You’ve Forgotten About It
21.2.2021
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You may be forgiven for forgetting about the Lightning Network (LN). The layer-two scaling solution that aims to help Bitcoin (BTC) manage a much higher workload, has been seemingly consigned to the sidelines by the ascent of bitcoin as a store of value...
Microstrategy Is Not For Microsoft and 20 Crypto Jokes
20.2.2021
As bitcoin (BTC) soared over USD 50,000 this week, American politicians engaged in a high-stakes crypto pledge wars, while MicroStrategy raised over USD 1bn for its bitcoin purchases. The world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, started “to dabble a bit’’ in bitcoin, even though Microsoft said...
Solana Founder On Critical DeFi Challenges and How To Fix Them
18.2.2021
Anatoly Yakovenko. Source: A video screenshot, Youtube/Solana
High transaction fees and security are the two most pressing challenges in the decentralized finance (DeFi) industry, according to Anatoly Yakovenko, Founder and CEO of blockchain developer Solana (SOL). The fee challenge can be solved...
Decentralized Exchanges Set To Accelerate in 2021
13.2.2021
Cryptocurrencies are decentralized forms of electronic money, yet for the most part, the places where you obtain cryptoassets — exchanges — are thoroughly centralized. This centralization has a practical and a political downside, since not only does it introduce single points of failure in which...
Tesla's BTC, Apple's Chance, Mastercard's Stablecoins, and 20 Crypto Jokes
13.2.2021
This week started with Tesla announcing USD 1.5 billion worth of bitcoin (BTC) purchase, thus prompting a new BTC price all-time high of USD 48,000. The CME Group launched the trading of ethereum (ETH) futures, while an analyst said that Apple has a “a clear multi-billion dollar opportunity...
WordPress 5.7: Big ol’ jQuery Update
11.2.2021
WordPress core is making the jump from jQuery 1.12.4 to jQuery 3.5.1! This is a big deal for lots of reasons — like modern features, better DX, and security improvements to name a few. Right now, the plan is to …
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7 Traditional Investors Who Said Bah Humbug to Bitcoin
11.2.2021
While there is no shortage of investors who have given bitcoin (BTC) their seal of approval, there is a possibly even longer list of financial Svengalis who would happily dance on the cryptoasset’s grave.
Check out this list of just a few of the investment top guns who just love to nay-say about...
BBC Features Stories of Traders who Struck it Rich on Bitcoin
10.2.2021
The mainstream media is continuing to focus on bitcoin (BTC) in the wake of the token’s Tesla-fuelled record-breaking rise. And in the UK, the national broadcaster, the BBC, has delved into the world of British and international crypto investors, unearthing tales of folks hit the jackpot with BTC...
Are GameStop-Style Surges In Crypto Any Different From Old Pumps & Dumps?
7.2.2021
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The biggest financial craze of the first month of 2021 was neither bitcoin (BTC) nor any other cryptoasset. It’s GameStop (GME), or rather the anti-short collective buying that has emerged around this stock of a troubled US company and other heavily shorted securities.
In...
The ethics of hiring cheap Filipino staff: Crypto in the Philippines Part 2
7.2.2021
"When you realize the difference in purchasing power it's like ‘Yes, they are earning much, much less than an Australian salary’. But it also costs much, much less, to live here."
IPOs, M&As, and New Token Sales To Bring Fresh Capital For Crypto in 2021
6.2.2021
Few commentators have remarked on one big difference between the 2020 and 2017 bull markets: the fact that record bitcoin (BTC) prices weren’t complemented by a wave of high-profile initial coin offerings (ICOs). Unlike 2017, there were few notable ICOs that took advantage of heightened interest...
Pumping, Dumping, Rallying, Jumping and 20 Crypto Jokes
6.2.2021
This eventful week in crypto, ethereum reached a new all-time high, insiders shared a number of bullish signs for BTC, dogecoin dumped, then pumped again, tron dumped, then XRP doubled and dumped, while Ripple gave its preliminary legal response to the SEC and SBI’s crypto exchange started offering...
Can't Beat Crypto Regulators? Educate Them
5.2.2021
Crypto industry players urge each other to focus more on educating regulators to avoid overregulation and help authorities to foster financial innovation.
According to Dave Hodgson, Chief Investment Officer at NEM Group and Managing Director at NEM Ventures, “one primary obstacle that we are facing...