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01.05 / 15:21

business Blockchain Adoption community NFTs, DAOs and the importance of roadmaps

this JPEG can have sex with this JPEG and make a new baby JPEG? Say what?” When CryptoPunks started out in 2017, they seemed silly to many. They were just 128 X 128 pixels. Who cares about that? They weren’t really cool until Gary Vee had a mastermind call with influencers and said, “Crypto Punks are going to be huge, go get a bunch of them.” They went in and cornered the market and raised the prices.

01.05 / 14:15

business Blockchain Ethereum NFT Gas price surges ETH gas price surges as Yuga Labs cashes in $300M selling Otherside NFTs

While the community was witness to the largest NFT mint yet, Ethereum (ETH) gas prices rose to unprecedented levels, in addition to users experiencing failed transactions due to blockchain bottlenecks.

01.05 / 12:21

Blockchain Ethereum Adoption Liquidity Future Liquidity has driven DeFi’s growth to date, so what’s the future outlook?

In mid-February 2020, the total value locked within decentralized finance (DeFi) applications first exceeded $1 billion. Fueled by the DeFi summer of 2020, it wouldn’t even take a year before it multiplied 20-fold to reach $20 billion and only another ten months to reach $200 billion. Given the pace of growth so far, it doesn’t seem outlandish to imagine the DeFi markets hitting a trillion dollars within another year or two.

01.05 / 10:47

Blockchain Google Android Bitcoin Warning Warning: Smartphone text prediction guesses crypto hodler’s seed phrase

Seed phrases, a random combination of words from the BIP 39 list of 2048 words, act as one of the primary layers of security against unauthorized access to a user’s crypto holdings. But what happens when your ‘smart’ phone’s predictive typing remembers and suggests the words next time you try to access your digital wallet?

01.05 / 08:19

Blockchain defi Hackers hacks Rari Fuze hacker offered $10M bounty by Fei Protocol to return $80M loot

Decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Fei Protocol offered a $10 million bounty to hackers in an attempt to negotiate and retrieve a major chunk of the stolen funds from various Rari Fuse pools worth $79,348,385.61 or nearly $80 million.

01.05 / 08:19

Government Blockchain Adoption Self-custody, control and identity: How regulators got it wrong

The recent European Union proposal requiring centralized crypto exchanges and custodial wallet providers to collect and verify personal information about self-custodial wallet holders shows the dangers of recycling traditional finance (TradFi) rules and applying them to crypto without appreciating the conceptual differences. We can expect to see more of this as countries look to implement the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Travel Rule, initially designed for wire transfers, to transfers of crypto assets.

01.05 / 07:21

Blockchain SUN CoinMarketCap end Tron: Amid a slew of developments, is there light at the end of the tunnel for TRX

The success of a network within the blockchain ecosystem is largely dependent of its ability to float successful projects. In the past few weeks, the Tron Network made a few announcements intimating investors and enthusiasts alike on the plans and projects of the network.

30.04 / 20:21

markets Blockchain Ethereum defi Drop smart money Smart money is accumulating Ethereum even as traders warn of a drop to $2.4K

The upcoming Ethereum merge is one of the most widely discussed topics in the crypto sector and analysts have a wide range of perspectives on how the transition to proof of stake could impact Ether's price.

30.04 / 19:17

Blockchain ETH Binance Action Solana [SOL] suffered a loss in volume, should Binance be blamed

Solana, is an emerging Layer 1 blockchain designed to facilitate smart contracts and the creation of new decentralized applications (DApps). When looking at the top 10 ‘fastest developing assets’ by analyzing developer contributions and activity, Solana bagged second place.

30.04 / 16:21

Government Blockchain Law FATF Solving the ‘Sunrise Issue’ is the key to unlocking crypto mass adoption

We have all been there. You see something, hear something, or feel something, and want to share that feeling or observation with someone else. Do you pick up the phone? Send over a text? Record a voice note?

30.04 / 14:51

Blockchain Binance education Indian Binance to drive crypto and blockchain awareness among Indian investors

Crypto exchange Binance announced the parallel launch of three key educational initiatives to fast-track educating Indian investors and students about the cryptocurrency and blockchain ecosystem.

30.04 / 13:33

Blockchain BTC Markets Bitcoin network Time Bitcoin Network Bitcoin network difficulty breaks into a new all-time high of 29.794T

Reassuring its position as the most resilient blockchain network against attacks, the Bitcoin (BTC) network recorded a new all-time high network difficulty for the second time this month in April — jumping from its previous all-time high of 28.587 trillion to 29.794 trillion.

30.04 / 13:23

Blockchain UPS Binance Waters Bitcoin ApeCoin [APE] swings to new ATHs and whales are going bonkers?

It’s a strange day for metaverse tokens, no doubt about it. On one end of the spectrum, there’s The Sandbox [SAND] which lost about 6.52% of its value in the last day. On the other end, however, there was ApeCoin [APE] which blasted rug pull theorists right out of the water as it hit never-before-seen highs.

30.04 / 12:17

Blockchain Ethereum Adoption Environment Collectibles Entering NFTs: Understanding the environmental impact of digital collectibles

NFTs have taken pop culture by storm over the past year. On a nearly daily basis, a new celebrity announces their interest in the emerging technology — usually by dropping an NFT collection. From Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction NFTs to Snoop Dogg’s NFT music label, a wide range of notable names are beginning to realize the creative value that NFTs offer. While celebrity involvement has played a key role in raising mainstream awareness about the array of NFT use cases and investment potential, it has also drawn the ire of some fans.

30.04 / 09:27

Blockchain Ethereum ETH CoinMarketCap What 12M ETH staked in Ethereum consensus layer reveals about price

Momentum around Ethereum, the largest altcoin has significantly increased or remained bullish of late thanks to the much-anticipated ‘Merge‘.

30.04 / 08:45

business Blockchain Technology Adoption Demystifying the business imperatives of the Metaverse

In a previous article, I discussed the evolution of Web3 economies and current volatility, focusing on the participatory nature of Web3, which is the foundational technology enabling the creator economy.

30.04 / 05:33

Blockchain Adoption Bitcoin Crypto Crime Investigations Making crypto conventional by improving crypto crime investigations worldwide

When times are tough — as in the pandemic — enterprising human nature goes into overdrive. People seek out alternative ways to make money. That could be one of the reasons why cryptocurrencies skyrocketed in popularity in the last few years, driven in part by large numbers of people sitting at home wondering how to beat low-interest rates and rising inflation.

30.04 / 02:27

Blockchain Ethereum NFT identity week 4-digit ENS domains spike in demand this week and continue soaring

Since Ethereum Name Service, or ENS, released 10,000 four-digit .eth domains ranging from 0000 to 9999, the nonfungible token collection has caused a stir among NFT investors, speculators and enthusiasts alike. After all 10,000 ENS names sold out in one day, the number of people registering for ENS names and purchasing these digit number names on secondary markets has significantly affected the market's trading volume.

30.04 / 00:25

Blockchain CBDC Adoption ECB digital euro Customer ECB, Eurosystem begins experimental prototyping of digital euro customer interface

Progress will continue on the development of the digital euro as the European Central Bank (ECB) and Eurosystem have begun looking for companies to participate in an exercise to prototype customer-facing payments services. Payment service providers, banks and other relevant companies were invited to express interest in the project in an announcement released Thursday.

29.04 / 19:05

Blockchain defi Explained Cryptopedia: Learn the basics of smart contracts and how they work

Cointelegraph's Jackson DuMont tackles smart contracts in the latest episode of Cryptopedia. He explains how smart contracts work from the basics and provides examples of how they can be utilized in real-world scenarios.

29.04 / 19:05

Blockchain Adoption Investments Bitcoin Robinhood makes significant strides in crypto business in Q1 despite falling revenue

On April 28, discount-brokerage platform Robinhood published its financial results for the first quarter of 2022. Year-over-year, the firm's net revenue declined by 43% to $299 million. Specifically, revenue from cryptocurrency trading fell by 39% to $54 million during the same period. This was partly due to a decrease in the interest in meme stocks as well as an ongoing cryptocurrency bear market that dominated much of the first three months of the year.

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