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11.01 / 13:43

Blockchain BLOCK Platform Bitcoin How To Buy Cardano (ADA) in Canada: Everything You Need to Know

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11.01 / 12:19

Blockchain Adoption Banks Backed Financial Axis Bank issues financial contract on state-backed blockchain platform

Indian financial services giant Axis Bank issued a financial contract between two domestic businesses by using a government-backed blockchain platform called Secured Logistics Document Exchange (SLDE).

11.01 / 08:53

Blockchain Ethereum hacks Animoca Brands’ Lympo NFT platform hacked for $18.7 million

Sports NFT minting platform and Animoca Brands subsidiary Lympo suffered from a hot wallet security breach and lost 165.2 million LMT tokens worth $18.7 million at the time of the hack.

11.01 / 01:37

Blockchain Binance education Africa Binance sponsors AFCON to further develop crypto adoption in Africa

Monday marked the start of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations tournament — the largest men’s football championship series in Africa. At the same time, Binance announced its official partnership with the Confederation of African Football as well as its official sponsorship for the AFCON 2021 tournament, becoming the first crypto and blockchain sponsor for the event.

11.01 / 01:29

Blockchain Adoption Sport Bitcoin 3x NBA champion Andre Iguodala becomes the latest athlete to receive salary in crypto

On Monday afternoon, Andre Iguodala, three-time NBA champion and the professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors, announced via Twitter that he would be taking a portion of his estimated $2.647 million annual salary in Bitcoin (BTC). In addition, Iguodala added that he will give out $1 million worth in BTC to fans to increase the digital currency's adoption. Payments were said to be facilitated by Block's (formerly Square) Cash App.

10.01 / 20:51

Blockchain defi Platform AscendEX Lists Pollen Token, PLN

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10.01 / 20:35

Blockchain Altcoin avalanche Bitcoin Which layer-one protocols will outperform in 2022? | Tune in now to The Market Report

In this week’s show, Cointelegraph resident experts decide which layer-one protocol is more likely to rise above the rest in 2022.

10.01 / 15:45

Blockchain UPS cryptocurrency Cryptocurrency-based crimes pegged at $14 billion in 2021: Report

Cryptocurrency-based crime hit a high in 2021, with transactions involving illicit addresses receiving $14 billion over the year, up from $7.8 billion in 2020, blockchain data firm Chainalysis said.

10.01 / 13:56

Blockchain Stablecoin Adoption Central bank of Bahrain trials JPMorgan blockchain and token

Bahrain is the latest nation to explore blockchain technology by American investment bank JPMorgan, with the country’s central bank trialing JPMorgan’s proprietary digital currency.

10.01 / 13:47

Blockchain UPS Platform Intuit The Blockchain-based Webtoon Platform “TooNFT” Launches On Toomics’ Ecosystem

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10.01 / 12:25

Blockchain Binance Bloomberg Bitcoin Binance CEO CZ richest crypto billionaire at $96B: Bloomberg

Changpeng Zhao, the CEO of Binance, tops the list of richest crypto billionaires with an estimated net worth of $96 billion.

10.01 / 01:47

markets Blockchain defi Marketplace 5 NFT marketplaces that could topple OpenSea in 2022

OpenSea has been the dominant decentralized platform for users looking to mint, buy, sell and trade nonfungible tokens (NFTs). Serving more as an NFT aggregator than a gallery, OpenSea locked in $3.25 billion in volume for December 2021 alone, according to data from Dune Analytics and from December 2020 to December 2021, the total volume increased by a whopping 90,968%.

09.01 / 12:41

Blockchain Binance Bitcoin Pakistan to investigate Binance for multi-million dollar crypto scam

Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) reportedly issued a formal notice to crypto exchange Binance in an effort to identify links around a multi-million crypto scam in the region.

09.01 / 08:47

Blockchain Ethereum Hackers Cybercrime LCX loses $6.8M in a hot wallet compromise over Ethereum blockchain

The hack was first identified by PeckShield, a blockchain security company, based on the suspicious transfer of ERC-20 tokens from LXC to an unknown Ethereum (ETH) wallet.

09.01 / 01:45

markets Blockchain defi Gaming 5 NFT-based blockchain games that could soar in 2022

After the popularity of DeFi, came the rise of nonfungible tokens (NFTs) and to the surprise of many, NFTs took the spotlight and remain front and center with the highest volume in sales, occuring at the start of January 2022.

08.01 / 11:17

business Blockchain Stablecoin PayPal PayPal reportedly confirms plans to explore the launch of a stablecoin

American fintech giant PayPal Holdings has reportedly confirmed its intent to launch its own stablecoin named PayPal Coin. The development of an in-house stablecoin was first discovered in the source code of Paypal’s iPhone app by developer Steve Moser.

08.01 / 08:27

business Blockchain Adoption Ava Labs services Ava Labs and EV maker Togg to build smart contract-based mobility services

Turkey’s electronic vehicle (EV) manufacturer Togg has announced a strategic partnership with Ava Labs to design and build smart contract-based services aimed at improving autonomous mobility.

08.01 / 00:37

Blockchain Technology Ethereum Adoption Cross-Chain Vitalik Buterin gives thumbs down to cross-chain applications

In a Reddit post on Friday, Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum (ETH), outlined critical security concerns surrounding cross-chain bridges in the blockchain ecosystem. As told by Buterin, storing native assets directly-chain (Ethereum on Ethereum, Solana on Solana, etc.) provides a certain degree of immunity against 51% attacks. Even if hackers manage to censor or reverse transactions, they cannot propose blocks to take away one's crypto.

07.01 / 22:23

Blockchain defi Aave Decentralization Institutional Adoption Finance Redefined: Terra expanding UST and LUNA, and Aave Arc seeks institutional adoption, Dec. 31–Jan. 7

Welcome to the latest edition of Cointelegraph’s decentralized finance newsletter.

07.01 / 20:33

Blockchain defi Hackers security ImmuneFi report $10B in DeFi hacks and losses across 2021

Decentralized finance, or DeFi, security platform and bug bounty service ImmuneFi published an official report on Thursday which calculated the total volume of losses in the cryptocurrency markets in 2021. According to its report, the company found that losses resulting from hacks, scams and other malicious activities exceeded $10.2 billion dollars over the past year.

07.01 / 20:29

Blockchain Altcoins Investing Cosmos Time week Atomic Week for Cosmos as ATOM Tests All-Time High

The price of the Cosmos blockchain’s native token ATOM rose sharply in the crypto market today, despite selling pressure from the rest of the market. The gains today follow an extended period of higher prices for the token, leading to a (for now) failed test of its September all-time high.

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