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Defi Boom: Bubble Fears Grow as ‘Toxic’ Community Disagrees on Way Forward
The decentralized finance (defi) space is headed for an implosion unless the divided community leaders step forward with solutions. This is discernible from September 13 Sunday morning tweets by some influential players in the defi space…
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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Passes $10.7K; Ethereum Gas Usage Hits Record September Highs
Bitcoin is making gains Monday and Ethereum usage is hitting record highs in September.
Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $10,669 as of 20:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET). Gaining 3.4% over the previous 24 hours.
Bitcoin’s 24-hour range: $10,250-$10,759…
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RGB Continues Its Work to Bring Better Smart Contracts to Bitcoin
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Under development by the LNP/BP Standards Association, the RGB protocol entered beta in June.
The second layer network promises to bring smart contracts and tokenized assets to Bitcoin with a Lightning Network-esque technical…
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New Index From DeFi Pulse and Set Protocol Offers Easy Access to 10 DeFi Tokens in 1
Data company DeFi Pulse and investment-minded Set Protocol have created a permissionless index of the very best DeFi tokens, called the DeFiPulse Index.
DeFi Pulse has become the key source of information for assessing which projects are…
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The Business of Geopolitical Competition
As Oracle wins a bid for TikTok U.S., a look at how tech competition, culture competition and currency competition shape the business of geopolitics.
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Crypto exchange volume sees highest month-over-month increase…
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Bitcoin Options Traders Bet the Price of BTC Can Touch $36K by December
This past weekend, data shows the most active bitcoin options contracts were calls for $28k, $32k, and $36k by the year’s end. This means a number of options traders are betting the price of bitcoin will exceed the all-time high (ATH) the…
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Defi Protocol Bzx Loses $8.1 Million in Third Hack This Year
So called decentralized finance (defi) lending platform Bzx on Sunday lost $8.1 million in a new hacking attack, the third this year, caused by a flawed code in its smart contracts.
The bug allowed the hacker to mint 219,200 LINK tokens…
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DeFi Defied: Five Key Benefits The COV Token Will Bring To Covesting
In the ever-evolving crypto market that never sleeps, new trends and coins are popping up every passing day. The recent decentralized finance explosion has only hastened the pace at which fly-by-night coins are being created.
At the same…
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Sushiswap’s 2 Million Token Airdrop: Founders Face Accusations of ‘Making Defi a Joke Again’
Sushiswap’s new leader and FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried tweeted on September 12 that the promised 2 million token airdrop would go on as scheduled. The process was expected to last up to two hours or less depending on network congestion.
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One of the Most Seminal and Legitimizing Events in Bitcoin History Flying Under the Radar, Says…
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Crypto investment firm Galaxy Digital says Bitcoin has pulled off one of the most important events in its nearly 12-year history.
In a new market report from Galaxy Fund Management, portfolio manager Paul Cappelli points…
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