April 2021 marks the tenth anniversary of Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto’s disappearance, an event that passed control of the blockchain to its community. Nakamoto sent his last message to other developers in 2011. Among those is a note that reads: “I’ve moved on to other things. It’s in good hands with Gavin and everyone.” That …
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Hegic will reward long-term traders, LPs, hodlers, and Discord users with its forthcoming governance token. Decentralized finance protocol Hegic has announced a soft governance launch designed to reward its long-term users. According to an April 19 announcement, Hegic intends to reward its most loyal users with its new gHEGIC governance token, straying from the public …
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The new liquidation engine has been designed to offer Maker’s users greater predictability and security. Decentralized lending and stablecoin protocol MakerDAO has opened governance voting to allow new tokens as collateral. A number of new collateral types have been proposed for MakerDAO, potentially increasing the number of digital assets that can now be used to …
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Institutional investors have rallied around XRP and other altcoins this past week, with nearly $33 million being injected in XRP investment products. Institutional investors have rallied around XRP this past week, with the assets under management, or AUM, or XRP investment products nearly doubling. According to CoinShares’ weekly digital asset fund flows report, roughly $33 …
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$1.55 billion in Bitcoin options are set to expire on April 23 and the recent BTC crash to $51,000 has given bears a $340 million advantage. Bitcoin (BTC) price is making a slow recovery after facing a sharp 16% correction in the early hours of April 18. While some analysts blame a 9,000 BTC deposit …
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BTC The Bitcoin price had a rollercoaster week after moving to new all-time highs around the $65,000 level on Tuesday, before seeing a big sell-off on Sunday. BTC Price Index BTC had been drifting lower from the highs and was looking to test the $60,000 mark again when a large bout of selling in thin …
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You have to overcome many barriers to reach your target. If you observe the percentage of failing and winning, you will found that majority of the traders fail to stay in this market and lose huge money. However, that doesn’t mean that it is impossible to be a winner in trading. If you try utmost …
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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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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 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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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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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 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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The academic institution with a student body of roughly 11,000 said the addition of crypto payments was part of a plan to support local businesses like Elrond. A public university in the Romanian city of Sibiu in Transylvania has said it will allow students to pay for their admission fees in crypto. According to an …
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Traders appear to be waiting for a trigger to start the next leg of Bitcoin’s uptrend and if that happens, XLM, MIOTA, XMR and XTZ could join the party. Bitcoin’s (BTC) hesitation near the all-time high suggests that the bulls and the bears are waiting for a trigger to start the next trending move. The …
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