Back in 2021, a study showed that there is a high demand for cryptocurrency payment abilities among both crypto holders and non-holders. However, in the same study, 50% of participants noted that there are not enough businesses that accept crypto. This may change very soon. Almost one out of four small and mid-size businesses (SMBs) …
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HodlX Guest Post Submit Your Post Crypto markets have been trading poorly, along with broader risk markets, since the start of 2022. Over the past week, Bitcoin is down 11.7% and Ethereum is down 17.3%. As for our crypto indices, our DeFi index has fallen 13.9% over the past week and our smart contract index …
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In an astonishing turn of events, two lucky miners from the Solo CK mining pool have defied all odds and added a new block on the Bitcoin blockchain in the same week. On Monday, a tiny miner successfully solved a block with a modest hash rate capacity of 126 terahashes per second (TH/s). Bitcoin mining …
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U.S.-based music platform LÜM is set to announce 25 partnerships with globally known musicians as part of a re-launch involving NBA Top Shot’s Dapper Labs later this quarter. LÜM was founded in 2018 and built up a user base of more than 200,000 users with a platform that provided services such as social media, music …
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Bank of America digital asset strategist Alkesh Shah has predicted that Ethereum competitor Solana could become the “Visa of the digital asset ecosystem” in a Jan 11 research note. The Solana network launched in 2020, and has since grown into the fifth largest cryptocurrency with a market capitalization of $47 billion. An order of magnitude …
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Tokens like Ethereum, Solana and Polkadot all power their own chains with a common goal of providing a scalable platform for decentralized global apps. Polkadot in particular enables the use of parachains which are custom, project-specific blockchains that are integrated within the Polkadot ecosystem. Parachains are considered parallel chains that have their own runtime logic. …
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January 12, 2022 – Los Angeles, California Funding to propel continued growth and expansion of FCF for seasons version two and version three. Bored Ape Yacht Club and Gutter Cat Gang communities join the league as the final two expansion teams. Fan Controlled Football (FCF) – the only professional sports league that empowers fans to make the …
Crypto analytics firm Santiment says a diverging pattern indicates whales are accumulating massive amounts of Ethereum (ETH) while exchanges see their supply of the leading smart contract platform shrink. The market insights agency tells its 122,600 Twitter followers that the ratio of Ethereum held by whales off of crypto exchanges compared to on exchanges is …
Two altcoins have quietly pulled off massive rallies, doubling in price while Bitcoin and the broader crypto markets traded sideways over the last week. Ion is the utility token for Osmosis, a cross-chain automated market maker (AMM) that allows developers to build and deploy their own customized AMMs. Osmosis is built on top of the …
A group of editors on Wikipedia, the free user generated encyclopedia, have voted against classifying NFTs as a form of art and have come to a consensus to shelve the issue until a later date. A survey and debate started on the platform at the end of December revolving around the most expensive art sales …
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Coinbase is acquiring FairX, a CFTC-regulated derivatives exchange The acquisition is a key stepping stone on Coinbase’s path to offer crypto derivatives to retail and institutional customers in the US This is an important step toward Coinbase ultimately making the derivatives market accessible to our millions of customers through an industry-leading, simplified user experience Coinbase is …
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Inverse Finance (INV), Liquity (LQTY), Polyswarm (NCT) and Propy (PRO) are launching on Coinbase Pro Starting Today, Wednesday January 12, transfer INV, LQTY, NCT AND PRO into your Coinbase Pro account ahead of trading. Support for INV, LQTY, NCT AND PRO will generally be available in Coinbase’s supported jurisdictions with certain exceptions as indicated in each …
Starting today Goldfinch Protocol (GFI) is available on Coinbase.com and in the Coinbase Android and iOS apps. Coinbase customers can now trade, send, receive, or store GFI in most Coinbase-supported regions, with certain exceptions indicated in each asset page here. Trading for these assets is also supported on Coinbase Pro. Goldfinch Protocol (GFI) is an Ethereum …
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Metaxy, a Free-to-Play and Metaverse NFT game, will conduct its IDO on four launchpads: GameStation, KoiStarter, BinStarter, and DAOLaunch on January 17, 18 & 19, 2022. After a fruitful year of explosive growth and success of NFT games like Axie Infinity or Gods Unchained, it was only a matter of time before blockchain gaming exploded. …
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The Lightning Network has been integrated into Cash App, a peer-to-peer payment service operated by Block, previously Square Inc. The feature allows transactions between parties that aren’t connected to the blockchain network. It was created to address the scalability issues with the flagship cryptocurrency. Bitcoin Lightning Important For Speedy Transactions Block (previously Square), a fintech …
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