Polkadot (DOT) founder Gavin Wood has unveiled a $777 million development fund ahead of the network’s parachain lease auctions. Wood tweeted on Oct. 17 that Polkadot’s treasury has allocated more than 18.9 million DOT (worth roughly $777 million at the time of writing) to a development fund that will be disbursed through community governance. Wood …
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The Salvadoran government has moved to prevent users of its Chivo digital wallet from gaming the app’s price freeze feature to glean risk-free profits through arbitrage. On Oct. 19, Chivo’s Twitter account announced that wallet users will not be able to see the reference price provided for trades executed using the price freeze feature — …
The world’s most popular decentralized exchange, Uniswap, is seeing layer two volumes surge as Ethereum transaction fees surge once again. On Oct. 19, Uniswap founder Hayden Adams tweeted that daily volume across v3 deployments of the decentralized exchange on layer-two networks has pushed into record levels. Adams estimated that Uniswap v3 processed an unprecedented $115 …
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Commentators are predicting that a second futures-based Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) will go live by the end of the week following the launch of ProShares’ Bitcoin Strategy ETF later today. On Oct. 19, Bloomberg’s analyst Eric Balchunas predicted that Valkyrie’s Bitcoin (BTC) futures-based ETF is “likely” to launch in the coming days after being certified …
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Former Republican Congressman George Nethercutt Jr. lashes out at the current U.S administration over its dealings with the crypto sector. In an opinion piece published by independent political news site The Hill, Nethercutt Jr. highlights the deliberate shunning of cryptocurrencies. Saying that, in doing so, the U.S effectively gives up its chance of becoming the …
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Following DOT’s rally last week, driven by the announcement of Polkadot’s highly-anticipated parachain auctions, Gavin Wood teased $774 million ready to be spent on innovative ideas. Polkadot, created by Wood, currently has 18,936,300 DOT in its treasury, which can, according to the founder, instead of being slowly burned by the protocol, fund anything that the …
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Registered investment advisors (RIAs) with about $110 trillion under management can now offer their clients cryptocurrency trading through Interactive Brokers. RIAs manage portfolios of almost 61 million clients. Registered Investment Advisors Can Now Offer Cryptocurrencies to Clients Global investment firm Interactive Brokers Group (Nasdaq: IBKR) announced Monday the launch of cryptocurrency trading for registered investment …
New York Attorney General Letitia James has ordered two cryptocurrency lending platforms to shut down and requested three other platforms to answer questions regarding their activities immediately. The letters to the companies published on the attorney general’s website indicate that the two platforms are Nexo and Celsius Network. New York Cracks Down on Unregistered Crypto …
Grayscale Investments has confirmed its plan to file for its bitcoin trust (GBTC) to be converted into a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). “The NYSE Arca will file a document called the 19b-4 to convert GBTC into an ETF,” said Grayscale’s official. GBTC to Become Bitcoin ETF Grayscale Investments has confirmed that it will convert its …
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Starting Today, Monday October 18, transfer ARPA, AUCTION and PERP into your Coinbase Pro account ahead of trading. Support for ARPA, AUCTION and PERP will generally be available in Coinbase’s supported jurisdictions with certain exceptions as indicated in each asset page is an Ethereum token that powers Bounce, a decentralized auction protocol for token and …
Bitcoin traders have found a way to use the recently launch Chivo App, the countries own BTC wallet, by El Salvador’s government to make a profit. As part of their BTC Law, this app operates with the second layer payment solution lightning network. Related Reading | Bitcoin Price Smashes Record For Highest Weekly Candle Close Ever …
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Cardano has now lost its spot at the 3rd place on the crypto top 10 as its price had refused to move in accordance with the broader crypto market. While other altcoins had rallied alongside bitcoin, ADA had remained mostly stagnant. Despite the hype created around the project when smart contracts capability was launched last …
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After closing its best highest week since its inception, the bulls remain in control of the price of Bitcoin. At press time, BTC’s price trade at $61,386 with a 3.8% profit in the daily and a 12.3% profit in the weekly chart. BTC moving sideways in the daily chart. Source: BTCUSD Tradingview In the crypto …
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One of Venezuela’s major international airports is making preparations to start accepting Bitcoin as a mode of payment. The Simón Bolívar International Airport has announced arrangements for BTC, DASH, and Venezuela’s oil-pegged crypto token – petro – for airport services. Preparations To Adopt Cryptocurrency As Payment Previously, Venezuelan regional news broadcasting company, El Siglo, reported …
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Bitcoin price is back at levels from earlier in the year, but has yet to set a new all-time high. Last night’s weekly candle close still came with a new broken record for price: the highest weekly candle close in the cryptocurrency’s history. Will the bullish weekly close lead to new highs? If so, will …
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