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For many Level 1 crypto projects, returning to normalcy from Terra’s death spiral meant a complete migration to a different ecosystem. But how does one make the right move, especially after knowing the unfortunate fate of their initial platform of choice?

As the African region continues to adopt crypto and blockchain, more venture funding flowed into the continent in 2022’s first quarter compared to the first quarter of 2021, according to a new report by blockchain-investment firm Crypto Valley Venture Capital (CV VC) and Standard Bank. 

Terra (UST), a stablecoin designed to peg the value of the US dollar, and its sister coin, Luna, both plummeted. Luna, a not-so-stable stablecoin, was selling at around $118 just a month ago, but it is now virtually worthless. The crypto currency managed to erode the wealth of millions of investors, many of whom were from India. The stock market and the crypto world have attracted a large number of new investors over the last two years, owing to a liquidity-driven bull market in a low-interest rate environment. Over 20 million Indians invested in cryptocurrency in 2021 alone. However, both markets' recent crashes have affected how investors see them. The recent market crisis has debunked several market fallacies, particularly in the lesser-known area of cryptocurrency and blockchain technologies.

Followers of decentralised finance (DeFi) are optimistic about its future despite Terra fall

A mysterious Redditor has made a data-driven prediction that the next major phase of development in the blockchain space will be in layer-2 solutions, primarily on Ethereum.

“How much lower is crypto going to go?”

The Avalanche Foundation announced via Twitter on Friday that Terraform Labs and the Luna Foundation Guard (LFG) have purchased 3.06 million AVAX in total.

Twelve years ago today, on May 22, 2010, programmer and early Bitcoin (BTC) miner Laszlo Hanyecz made history when he traded 10,000 BTC for two large pizzas. It was the first real-world cryptocurrency transaction, and media attention from the act legitimized Bitcoin in a big way.

The collapse of Terra’s ecosystem — namely, native coin LUNA and algorithmic stablecoin TerraUSD (UST) — rocked the wider blockchain and cryptocurrency ecosystem. Not only did Terra-ecosystem tokens (such as Anchor’s ANC) collapse in value, but the widespread fear, uncertainty and doubt sent market-leading cryptocurrencies Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) below $27,000 and $1,800, respectively, on some exchanges.

Depending who you ask, NFTs are either a new and exciting way to invest, or a bearish, overhyped sector. Regardless, journalists, investors and collectors have paid significant attention to the growing NFT market in the past year. NFTs continue to be one of the most popular Web3 entry points, an opportunity for everyone from casual art fans to crypto billionaires to own a unique asset stored on the blockchain. 

Cardano and Ethereum are often compared to each other

United States President Joe Biden’s executive order on digital assets has kickstarted an interagency mission to support financial innovation while protecting American consumers and interests. While many industry leaders welcome the constructive tone, some critics hope for a crackdown. We don’t blame them.

Blockchains have relied on proof-of-work (PoW) validation since their inception. Yet the PoW consensus proved to be unsustainable with its high energy usage and its need for fast, powerful hardware creating high barriers to entry. That’s why blockchains are adopting proof-of-stake consensus algorithms (PoS), where those wanting to earn rewards don’t have to compete against other miners, but can simply stake part of their crypto for a chance to be chosen to be a validator — and reap the returns.

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One of the hardest things to explain in the cryptocurrency market is the plummeting price of a token despite steady increments in the number of wallets holding the token. 

You’ve seen it before. An amazingly talented gaming founder teams up with a top-tier studio, promising to create a wondrous game experience built on the industry’s most powerful engines. But then, it happens: It’s paired with a dubious shitcoin that launches well before even a morsel of game content drops.

GMT, the token of recently hot “move-to-earn” mobile running game STEPN, went up nearly 39% in mid-May. In fact, the move-to-earn fitness app also saw its token GMT register strong gains in March and April. However, it has been falling in the past two weeks.

A DAO, or decentralized autonomous organization, is an online-based organization that exists and operates with no single leader or governing body. DAOs are run by code written on a blockchain like Ethereum (ETH) and are owned and operated by the people who use them.

Attendees to the BlockDown Croatia 2022 festival were witness to Cointelegraph’s discussions around sociopolitics of the Web3 ecosystem, non-fungible tokens (NFT) and the Metaverse. It turns out that ongoing innovations across the crypto ecosystem are well-positioned to dictate the future of media and entertainment.

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With tokens licking their wounds and healing from the unexpected bloodbath witnessed in May, some tokens haven’t exactly followed the “slow and steady” path to recovery. One such token is ATOM, and the token witnessed a huge spike in its price in the past 24 hours. The sudden spike accounted for a frantic yet rewarding couple of hours for the Cosmos blockchain.