Emerging blockchain platform Cardano (ADA) and open-source blockchain payment platform Stellar Lumens (XLM) are capturing the attention of institutional investors, according to digital asset investment firm CoinShares. In a new report on the digital asset markets, CoinShares unveils that while many assets are bleeding institutional money, ADA and XLM are receiving positive inflows from big …
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Canada’s Hive Blockchain Technologies approved for Nasdaq listing
While the SEC continues to slow-roll the listing of a Bitcoin ETF, traders on legacy exchanges eager to get some exposure to crypto will soon have another outlet. In an announcement on Friday, Canada’s Hive Blockchain Technologies revealed that it has received approval to list shares on the Nasdaq stock exchange. Hive currently trades on …
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Ethereum (ETH) Percent Addresses in Profit Hit a 5-month Low of 90.73%
Ethereum percent addresses still in profit has hit a 5-month low of 90.73% The number of Ethereum addresses in loss has also hit a 5-month high of 5.542 million Ethereum miner revenue has also reached a 3-month low of $1.121 Million 187k ETH has been sent to crypto exchanges in the last week and could …
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Indian Rapper Raftaar to Be Paid in Cryptocurrency for Upcoming Performance in Canada
Indian rapper Raftaar is reportedly accepting cryptocurrency for his upcoming performance in Canada. “Nevertheless, I’ve finally taken the baby steps in this direction and all the credit goes to my manager, Ankit Khanna for making this dream a reality for me,” Raftaar said. Raftaar, an Indian rapper, lyricist, dancer, TV personality and music composer, made …
Indian ‘Crypto King’ Arrested by Narcotics Control Bureau — Wazirx Says Not Our User
India’s Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has arrested a Mumbai resident known as “crypto king,” who allegedly used bitcoin to purchase narcotics on the dark web. Indian cryptocurrency exchange Wazirx says the accused is not one of its customers. ‘Crypto King’ Arrested in India A Mumbai resident, Makarand Pardeep Adivirkar, also known as “crypto king” in …
Basketball Players in Canada to Be Paid in Bitcoin
CEBL, the Canadian men’s basketball league, will offer its professional basketball players the option to receive a portion of their salary in cryptocurrency. The new payment option has been enabled through a partnership with the Canadian cryptocurrency exchange Bitbuy. Bitbuy to Convert Canadian Dollar Salaries Into Bitcoin The Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) announced the …
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History Is Made: Propy Completes First Ever Real Estate Property Sale Via NFT
A couple of weeks ago I was asking people to Buy My House. I first bought the property, located in Kiev, Ukraine, in 2017. That was exciting. I paid ETH for the property (about $60k at the time) and title transferred via Propy on a blockchain, all approved by the Ukrainian government. Never before had …
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Announcing The Arrington ALGO Growth Fund
We are big fans of Algorand. We first invested in their private rounds years ago and have accumulated additional ALGO since. And over the years we have stayed close to founder (and Turing Award recipient) Silivo Micali, CEO Steve Kokinos, COO Sean Ford and VP Marketing Keli Callaghan. This is one of the best all around …
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The Space Race For Open Markets: Vega
Are modern markets open markets? Markets are part of our lives in unimaginable ways yet have never been more mysterious. Today, trading is a game of warring algos and enigmatic finance, addicted to obfuscating collateral and hiding system risk. Crypto promised to get us a step closer to open markets, gifting us perfect and incorruptible …
Buy My House
In 2017 I bought a condo apartment in Kiev, Ukraine. This wasn’t a normal purchase – I used the then-nascent Propy protocol to make the purchase and have the property title recorded, for the first time ever, to a blockchain. I also paid for the condo in Ether. These days, property title transfers on Propy …
Highly Anticipated Airdrop for XRP Holders May Not Go As Planned – Here’s Why
Flare Network’s highly anticipated airdrop for XRP holders is facing a crucial fork in the road just ahead of launch. Flare, which plans on distributing billions of Spark tokens to XRP holders, is announcing they are rethinking the airdrop due to complications with tax issues. ADVERTISEMENT Flare’s original plan was to send eligible XRP …
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A RUNE with a view: How smart crypto traders caught a 48% price pump
THORChain and Kyber provide the perfect examples of how quant analysis and breaking news can help cryptocurrency investors to capitalize on volatile markets. Disparities in information access and data analytics tech are what give institutional players an edge over regular retail investors in the digital asset space. The core idea behind Markets Pro, Cointelegraph’s crypto …
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Ethereum faces largest ever options expiry as bears appear to dominate
Ether (ETH) faces its largest options expiry ever on June 25 as nearly $1.5 billion out of $3.3 billion notional open interest (OI) in ETH options will expire. June’s expiry has over 638,000 ETH options contracts in its purview, accounting for 45% of the total open interest in these options. Although it’s the largest options …
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Polygon Devs. Propose a Modified Implementation of EIP-1559 on MATIC
The Polygon (MATIC) development team has opened discussions for the implementation of EIP-1559 on its network MATIC has a fixed supply therefore implementation of EIP-1559 would mean restructuring payouts The development team proposes the implementation of EIP-1559 on Polygon without burning the base fee They propose that the base fee be sent to the foundation …
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Smart contracts and the law: Tech developments challenge legal community
Regulators will be challenged to respond to and address smart contracts, as they represent a cross section of law and technology. Smart contracts are an important element of the blockchain revolution, although they predate blockchain. According to most sources, it was Nick Szabo who coined the term “smart contract” in the 1990s. The mechanism of …
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