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Almost 1M Ether would have been burnt in past year if fee proposal approved
The long awaited EIP-1559 would have seen almost 1 million ETH burnt in the last 365 days if it had been implemented, but miners are yet to get on board.
The controversial Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) 1559 would have burnt 970,000…
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Foresight or folly? Data show 70% of exchanges are unmoved by DeFi volume
Survey data show centralized exchanges are not worried about DeFi trading volumes, so why are they building their own DEXs?
A recent survey by cryptocurrency data aggregator, CryptoCompare, shows that centralized exchange operators do not…
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Yearn Finance’s founder says he ‘doesn’t build for speculators’
Andre Cronje’s “I test in prod” statement is not as bad as it seems.
The founder of Yearn Finance, Andre Cronje, has seen a fair share of criticism lately as he deployed some smart contracts that ended up losing users’…
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BTC and ETH make up for only 44% of TVL in DeFi
October 15, 2020 By Sam Grant
The frenzy around DeFi might be waning but make no mistake, DeFi is still going strong.
Around $4 billion worth of Bitcoin and Ethereum has been injected into DeFi protocols over the last five months.…
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First Mover: As Ethereum Enthusiasm Builds, ‘Bear Case’ Could Still See Prices Double
Oct 15, 2020 at 12:49 UTCUpdated Oct 15, 2020 at 13:17 UTC
Ethereum has emerged from its larval stage and cryptocurrency traders are bullish on the pupal.(Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)
First Mover: As Ethereum…
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Breitling Goes Live With Ethereum-Based System to Put All New Watches on the Blockchain
Oct 15, 2020 at 08:16 UTCUpdated Oct 15, 2020 at 14:00 UTC
Breitling watch (Bence Balla-Schottner/Unsplash)
Breitling Goes Live With Ethereum-Based System to Put All New Watches on the Blockchain
The actual…
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Finance Redefined: Can DeFi and on-chain governance change human nature? Oct. 7-14
Decentralized community governance isn’t always so decentralized.
This week, one bit of news really grabbed my attention: Dharma getting criticized for allegedly trying to capture Uniswap governance.
Dharma is the company behind a crypto…
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Over 60% Of All ETH Hasn’t Moved In More Than A Year: Will Ethereum 2.0 Change That?
Ethereum investors prefer to HODL their assets, according to recent data. About 60% of all ETH tokens haven’t moved in at least one year.
The question remains how and if this trend will change in the following months after the launch of the…
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High Gas Fees Prevent Ethereum From Being Ethereum
Oct 14, 2020 at 14:42 UTCUpdated Oct 14, 2020 at 14:43 UTC
High Gas Fees Prevent Ethereum From Being Ethereum
High Ethereum gas prices make it impossible for ERC-20 projects to run any microtransaction payments on…
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Price analysis 10/14: BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH, BNB, LINK, DOT, ADA, LTC, BSV
Bitcoin and most major altcoins are sustaining above their immediate support levels, increasing the possibility that the uptrend will resume.
The bond yields across most developed economies have dropped sharply since the central banks…
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