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Ethereum’s Gas Spike Forces Coinbase Pro to Pass Network Fees to Customers
While Ethereum network fees have jumped to new highs this year, the popular cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase Pro, announced that the trading platform would be passing network fees onto customers. The move followed the exchange listing!--/noptimize-->!--noptimize-->…
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Price analysis 9/18: BTC, ETH, XRP, DOT, BCH, BNB, LINK, CRO, LTC, BSV
Bitcoin and altcoins are facing selling near key resistance levels, but for now the possibility of a sharp fall remains low. The U.S. Federal Reserve recently hinted that it could keep interest rates near zero at least through 2023. The…
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East Asia Dominates World’s Onchain Crypto Activity, Europe and North America Trail Behind
Crypto activity continues to flourish worldwide, according to a new cryptocurrency adoption index published by the blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis. The researchers compile onchain digital currency retail value transferred, onchain!--/noptimize-->!--noptimize-->…
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Firstderivative Yield Farming Project Is Now Live With x10 Bonus
The latest trends at the cryptocurrency market are largely characterized by DeFi gaining more momentum and the upcoming launch of ETH 2.0 staking algorithm. As both DeFi and staking markets keep growing swiftly, their synergy also!--/noptimize-->!--noptimize-->…
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New Binance-Backed DeFi Site Lets You Earn Yield on Bitcoin, Other Non-Ethereum Assets
Kava Labs has launched its first application: a yield-generating decentralized finance (DeFi) platform for bitcoin (BTC) and other non-Ethereum assets.
The product, called Harvest and built on the Kava blockchain, allows users to stake…
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What Is DeFi?
DeFi is short for “decentralized finance,” an umbrella term for a variety of financial applications in cryptocurrency or blockchain geared toward disrupting financial intermediaries. DeFi draws inspiration from blockchain, the technology…
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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Tests $11K; Uniswap Passes $1.5B Locked
Bitcoin has lost its market momentum. Meanwhile, the amount of cryptocurrency locked in decentralized exchange Uniswap was nearly doubled on Friday.
Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $10,867 as of 20:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET). Slipping 0.42% over the…
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Checking In With Terra, the Korean Stablecoin Firm Bringing Online Shoppers to Crypto
You’re going to have to wait a little longer for the liquidity mining–powered savings account from Korean stablecoin maker Terra.
The savings account’s returns will be based on various proof-of-stake currencies, plus additional yield…
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‘I Didn’t Buy It to Sell It. Ever.’ MicroStrategy’s Michael Saylor on His $425M Bitcoin Bet
The CEO of publicly traded MicroStrategy (MSTR) shares why he started to feel like he was “sitting on a 500-lb block of ice” and how he came to bitcoin as a solution.
MicroStrategy made waves when it announced in early August it was moving…
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UK Mulls Over Negative Interest Rates, US to Keep Near Zero Rates for Years
The Bank of England is now seriously considering implementing negative interest rates while the U.S. Federal Reserve has pledged to keep interest rates near zero for years. Some analysts say even the Fed will soon consider negative!--/noptimize-->!--noptimize-->…
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