An often-quoted Bitcoin criticism is the lack of privacy due to the BTC blockchain being an open ledger visible to all. But Mercury Wallet looks set to change that with its layer-2 privacy solution. Last month, Mercury Wallet announced the beta release of its privacy-enabled wallet. The technology they’ve developed allows users to securely send …
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Solana’s native wallet Phantom just hit over 1 million active users
With Solana becoming increasingly popular amongst crypto enthusiasts, available information has shown that Phantom, Solana’s native crypto wallet, just crossed one million active users leveraging on NFTs popularity and the bull run that saw the asset become one of the top 5 crypto assets by market cap. Solana price rise The “Ethereum killer” is now …
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The Crypto Economy Soars Past $3 Trillion — Momentum of Value Grew Much Faster Than Apple’s Market Valuation
On November 8, 2021, the cryptocurrency economy’s market capitalization reached the $3 trillion mark after gathering significant value over the course of 12 years. The overall value of the 10,464 crypto-assets in existence is now larger than Microsoft’s market valuation at $2.52 trillion and Apple’s $2.47 trillion market cap. Cryptocurrency Economy Is Now More Valuable …
The Future of Nightlife Is Here: Bitcoin of America Adds Bitcoin ATM to Joy District Chicago
press release PRESS RELEASE. Popular Bitcoin ATM operator, Bitcoin of America, has announced their newest location in one of Chicago’s hottest nightclubs. Joy District is known for its nightclub/restaurant hybrid. It is located in the heart of River North and has been awarded as one of Chicago’s best and hottest rooftop bars. You can now …
Athletic Shoe Giant Nike Looks Poised to Tackle Metaverse and NFTs: Report
Nike, the American multinational footwear and sports apparel giant, is getting ready to step into the metaverse and the world of non-fungible token (NFT) technology. Reports show Nike has a few employees “thinking about the metaverse” and a 2019 patent for “cryptokicks” indicates Nike has been preparing to use NFTs for quite some time. Nike’s …
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Small-Cap Altcoin Built on Polkadot Spikes After Earning Support From Crypto Giant Binance
A highly anticipated Polkadot-based project went soaring after crypto exchange Binance announced plans to list the token. Moonriver (MOVR) is a smart contract platform that features complete Ethereum compatibility. The project aims to make it easy to use popular developer tools to build or redeploy projects based on the Solidity programming language. It utilizes the Ethereum …
Here’s When Bitcoin Could Overtake Gold and Real Estate, According to Quant Analyst PlanB
Quantitative analyst PlanB is predicting when the market cap value of Bitcoin (BTC) could overtake that of more traditional assets such as gold and real estate. In an interview with Blockware Intelligence, the analyst says that BTC could reach a market cap valuation somewhere between gold and real estate by the next halving. A halving …
Bitcoin Transactions Boost Payments Firm Square’s Q3 Revenue for Significant Growth Year-Over-Year
Payments giant Square says that Bitcoin transactions have contributed nearly $2 billion to the company’s third-quarter revenue. In the company’s latest shareholder letter, Square says that the firm’s total net revenue for Q3 2021 was $3.84 billion. Excluding Bitcoin revenue via its Cash App, the figure falls to $2.03 billion. “Cash App generated $1.82 billion …
Crypto Analyst Issues Warning, Says Altcoins To Pay the Price As Bitcoin Gets Ready To ‘Go Hard’
A prominent crypto trader and analyst is warning that “altseason” hasn’t yet arrived because Bitcoin (BTC) is preparing to steal the show from the crypto markets. The analyst known as Altcoin Sherpa tells his 141,000 Twitter followers that altcoins won’t perform as well as they could in the near future, largely due to BTC’s bullish …
Fed board member to leave by 2022, leaving Biden to fill 3 seats
Randal Quarles has resigned his position from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, effective by the end of December. In a Friday resignation letter addressed to United States President Joe Biden, Quarles said he planned to leave the Fed “during or around the last week of December of this year” after serving …
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FarmVille NFTs on the horizon? Zynga hires new VP for blockchain gaming
Nonfungible tokens (NFTs) scored another win with gaming giant Zynga’s announcement of the upcoming integration of NFTs and blockchain into the publisher’s portfolio. San Francisco-based game developer Zynga, best known for its FarmVille and CSR Racing series, appointed marketing veteran Matt Wolf as its vice president to oversee the company’s blockchain gaming efforts. With the …
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DeFi protocol Acala raises $400M in crowdloans during first Polkadot parachain auction
Decentralized finance protocol Acala announced Monday that they have raised 8.5 million DOT (worth $451.8 million at time of publication) from over 53,000 participants. The protocol is also set to win the first parachain auction on Polkadot. Unlike typical crowdfunding rounds, Acala’s financing mechanism is a crowdloan, which means it will eventually need to pay back …
Price analysis 11/8: BTC, ETH, BNB, ADA, SOL, XRP, DOT, SHIB, DOGE, AVAX
Bitcoin (BTC) is close to making a new all-time high and Ether (ETH) finally soared to hit a new high at $4,800. This pushed the total crypto market capitalization above $3 trillion for the first time ever on Nov. 8, according to data from CoinGecko. Data from Santiment shows that Bitcoin whales holding between 10,000 …
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Bitcoin Price Higher as Market Tops $3 Trillion, BNB, PARA, KDA, Nov. 8
Bitcoin bounced higher from recent consolidation. Crypto market cap soars above $3 trillion for first time. KDA touts 480k TPS scalability. BTC Bitcoin was back above the $65,000 level on Monday with the recent all-time highs back in play. BTC Price Index But the overall cryptocurrency market is playing its part with total valuations passing …
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BitStarMarkets Review – What Makes BitStarMarkets so Special?
Whether you’re a first-time cryptocurrency investor or a skilled trader, you’ve probably heard of the BitStarMarkets app. The broker located in the United States allows you to buy stocks, ETFs, and cryptocurrencies without paying any commissions. What is more, there is no minimum deposit required. You may also trade options on a low-cost market. Is …
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