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Swiss Insurance Giant AXA Starts Accepting Bitcoin
Private customers of AXA Switzerland can now pay bills through BTC. Go to Source
What Does the Success of Coinbase’s Public Offering Mean for Crypto?
Coinbase’s share price closed yesterday at $328.28, giving the company a total valuation of $85.7 billion Go to Source
LINK Soars to All-time Highs on Launch of the Chainlink 2.0 Whitepaper
The team at Chainlink has launched the whitepaper to version 2.0 of the project The new whitepaper proposes hybrid smart contracts on Chainlink The digital asset of LINK has set a new all-time high of $44.1447 – Binance rate Chainlink 2.0 might signal a new phase of growth for LINK in the crypto markets The …
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Bitcoin Could Be in the Greed Stage Based on High Leverage Being Used
Bitcoin’s market could have entered the ‘greed stage’ based on the high leverage being used by BTC traders The amount of leverage has increased since February The weekly Bitcoin chart is hinting of exhaustion and a top might not be too far away The Bitcoin market might have entered the ‘greed stage’. This is according …
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USDT on TRON Exceeds USDT on Ethereum 729 Days After Launch
USDT issued on Tron (TRX) has eclipsed that issued on Ethereum The milestone was achieved 729 days after TRC20-USDT was launched Justin Sun marked the milestone through Twitter by thanking the Tron community TRX has had an impressive run in the markets but a pullback could be on the horizon The amount of Tether (USDT) …
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Coinbase Closes Day 1 of Trading as the World’s Most Valuable Exchange
Coinbase (COIN) closed the first day of trading at a value of $328 Coinbase closed the first day of trading COIN as the most valuable exchange in the world Coinbase managed to eclipse the CME Group, the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, and ICE The market cap of COIN has also exceeded that of Binance …
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Chinese mining pools’ hash power plummets amid regional blackouts
Blackouts for safety inspections in China’s Xinjiang region have significantly impacted the hash rate of many top Chinese Bitcoin mining pools. The hashing power of top Bitcoin mining pools located in Northwest China appears to have plummeted due to a regional blackout to enable safety inspections. The news was reported by Wu Blockchain, the author …
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Blockchain is hard for developers and everyday users. Is it getting any easier?
The blockchain sector has known for years that technical hurdles need to be eliminated for mass adoption to take place. Has any progress been made? For several years, one of the biggest hurdles to blockchain adoption has concerned the fact that it’s a rather technical space. Experienced developers find it daunting to build decentralized apps …
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Brian Brooks defends fintech charter to House Financial Services Committee
Brian Brooks has defended the fintech charter he oversaw while heading the OCC, warning heavy-handed crypto regulations could undermine U.S. competitiveness globally. Brian Brooks has defended the fintech banking charter introduced while he served as the acting comptroller of the currency after Congressional Democrats took aim at the license on Thursday. Brian appeared as a …
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Liquity Protocol attracts $1B TVL in just 10 days
The “interest-free loans” decentralized lending protocol now has $1 billion worth of locked-up value after it launched on April 5. The team behind Liquity Protocol — a DeFi project launched on April 5 — has attracted $1 billion worth of locked up value according to data from Dune Analytics. From $0 to $1B TVL in …
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Visa, Mastercard, and PayPal: Major Payment Companies and Crypto
Cryptocurrency has rapidly attracted the attention of mainstream companies. One of the year’s most significant trends has concerned the three leading payment companies—Visa, Mastercard, and PayPal—as each company has turned toward crypto. Visa Will Settle With Crypto At the end of March, Visa announced that it is working with the digital asset bank Anchorage. This …
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XRP Leads the Majors on Court Boost, LTC Hits New 2021 Highs, BTC, DOGE, Apr. 12
XRP XRP was one of the top coins for the week with a gain of 85% taking the coin to highs at $1.40. Ripple’s pending court case by the SEC saw some recent twists in the favour of the crypto project and traders are buying in anticipation of a positive result. XRP Price Index …
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Co-Founder of South Africa’s Crypto Index Fund Reveals the Plan to Launch Country’s First Bitcoin ETF
Earle Loxton, the cofounder of EC10 (formerly DCX Capital) the institution behind the South African crypto index fund, says plans are afoot to launch the country’s first exchange-traded fund (ETF). The ETF is expected to offer South African institutional investors an indirect way of getting exposure to bitcoin. According to Loxton, an application for this …
NFT Roundup: Tom Brady’s Autograph Initiative, Topps Digital Baseball Cards, Annoying Orange’s 4K NFT Clip
The past week has been busier than usual for the NFT ecosystem. Rap stars Jeezy and Riff Raff entered the NFT realm, Hoard introduced its lending platform for NFT-collateralized crypto loans, The Topps Company is dropping its Series 1 Baseball collectibles, super-quarterback Tom Brady is launching his own NFT initiative, Terra Virtua is releasing a …