The split will take effect on Dec. 17. Digital asset manager Grayscale has announced a share split for its Ethereum Trust — a move that could make the fund more attractive to individual investors. In an official press release, Grayscale announced Wednesday that the split will be implemented on Dec. 17, with shareholders of record […]
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Eth2 staking has its downsides — people may not have the means to contribute 32 ETH, or the technical knowhow to run a node. Can these issues be solved? How does this ecosystem work? There are three key roles within the Stkr ecosystem. Providers deliver the computing resources that drive the Eth2 nodes — and […]
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Multiple voices forecast a weaker dollar in the long term, starting now, in a prime boost for safe havens. Bitcoin (BTC) may get fresh support for a record-breaking year in 2021 thanks to the demise of a familiar foe — the U.S. dollar. As various sources noted this week, USD is trading at almost three-year […]
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Distributed ledger technology will also enable rights holders to receive royalties from resales. MyAnimeList, an active online community for anime and manga with an estimated 10 million North American users, is incorporating cryptocurrency payments into its ecosyste. In a Dec. 2 press release, blockchain platform Digital Entertainment Asset announced a partnership with MyAnimeList parent company […]
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Funding will be used to expand 1inch’s presence in Asia and build new products. The team behind the 1inch protocol, which combines an automated market maker protocol and an aggregator for other DEXs, announced on Wednesday a successful Series A round for $12 million. Pantera Capital, a major venture fund active in the cryptocurrency space, […]
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XRP saw a 1,151% surge in trading volume on eToro as its price nearly tripled last month. XRP saw a month-on-month 1,151% surge in trading activity in November on the eToro investment trading platform, according to the company’s latest report. This comes as the XRP price rallied to $0.92 on Coinbase at its monthly peak and […]
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GoodDollar believes that “digital basic income can work at scale, while effecting positive change on a global level.” A nonprofit initiative that leverages decentralized finance as a means to offer a digital income for its users has announced that people have now claimed more than 14 million of its tokens. According to a Wednesday announcement, […]
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Compliance is key if you want to play the game, says PayPal CEO Dan Schulman. There is no other way for the cryptocurrency industry to thrive without working hand in hand with regulators, PayPal CEO Dan Schulman believes. On Dec. 2, Schulman joined the Web Summit online conference to discuss the cashless era of the […]
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Bitcoin Core touts itself as a direct descendant of Satoshi Nakamoto’s original Bitcoin software client. Bitmain, one of the world’s largest Bitcoin (BTC) miner producers, has reportedly halted its funding for some primary developers maintaining Bitcoin-related software. Jonas Schnelli, a major Bitcoin Core contributor and maintainer, claimed that Bitmain halted its support after funding his […]
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Russia wants to follow China’s approach of banning private stablecoins pegged to its national fiat currency. Senior officials at the Bank of Russia have come out against the issuance of private stablecoins pegged to the Russian ruble. Sergei Shvetsov, a first deputy governor of the Russian central bank, said that the bank aims to ban […]
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