The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) just became the second-biggest Bitcoin futures exchange in open interest behind OKEx, buoyed by rising institutional demand. The CME Bitcoin futures market overtook Binance Futures to become the second-biggest Bitcoin (BTC) futures exchange by open interest. The data shows that the institutional volume is rapidly gaining a larger share of […]
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Crypto and blockchain matter for the global soccer community. A Japanese professional soccer player is launching his own cryptocurrency to boost fan engagement. Keisuke Honda, former Japan midfielder and currently a captain of the Brazilian professional league team Botafogo, has launched his own token to build new connections with his fans, Cointelegraph Japan reported on […]
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Russia is purportedly taking a fast-second strategy for the digital ruble. A Russian official argued that the country should have launched research on a central bank digital currency four years ago in order to claim leadership in the field. However, according to Dmitry Peskov, a special representative of the President of the Russian Federation on […]
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Microstrategy CEO Michael Saylor plans to hold his Bitcoin for 100 years, describing it as “the world’s best collateral.” Microstrategy CEO Michael Saylor said he will hold his company’s Bitcoin (BTC) for 100 years, and has no intention of selling it. On Aug 11, the business intelligence firm announced it had purchase of 21,454 BTC […]
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A new report has found almost half of all Bitcoin traded on the P2P exchange Paxful is exchanged for gift cards. A report published by Arcane Research has revealed that nearly half of Paxful’s trade volume comes from trade between Bitcoin (BTC) and gift cards. The report found that, “purchasing Bitcoin with gift cards has […]
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Key voting infrastructure of a county in Georgia has been impacted by a ransomware attack targeting local government networks. A ransomware attack targeting the government systems of Georgia’s Hall County also impacted key voting infrastructure it has been revealed. Local officials initially released few details regarding the Oct. 7 attack, stating that “critical systems within […]
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A WordPress plugin allows publishers to timestamp content on Ethereum for immutability and copyright protection A plugin for the WordPress web publishing platform now enables users to timestamp content on the Ethereum blockchain. The plugin can help with copyright issues, proof of who created a piece of content, and to reassure readers it has not […]
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The Ethereum network is processing more than double the transaction volume of Bitcoin, and is on-course to process $1 trillion this year. The third-quarter decentralized finance (DeFi) boom has resulted in the Ethereum (ETH) network processing more than twice the daily transaction volume of Bitcoin (BTC). According to crypto market data aggregator Messari, the 30-day […]
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Crypto collateral locked in DeFi protocols has surged to an all-time high over $12 billion. Following a six week cooling-off period for the majority of decentralized finance protocols, the DeFi bulls are back in action as total value locked surges to new record highs. The amount of crypto collateral locked across various DeFi protocols has […]
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Data published by Arcane Research suggests that major P2P crypto platforms have struggled to take off in Iran and Lebanon. Data published by Arcane Research suggests that despite demand for peer-to-peer crypto trading platforms in the middle east, regulations and lack of infrastructure is slowing down adoption. But undocumented migrants in western countries have been […]
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