An Indian startup plans to take DApps and decentralized services out of the “stone age era of communication.” An Indian startup has built a decentralized notification protocol dubbed Ethereum Push Notification Service (EPNS) allowing DApps to send push notifications to Ethereum wallet users. Speaking to Cointelegraph, EPNS founder Richa Joshi said that they developed the […]
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A new report from Chainalysis has found that Eastern Europe is responsible for more darknet activity and ransomware volume than any other region. Blockchain forensics firm Chainalysis has found that darknet markets exert a disproportionate presence in Eastern Europe’s crypto sector. In an excerpt from Chainalysis’ 2020 Geography of Cryptocurrency Report, the firm asserts that […]
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Huobi’s Global DeFi Alliance has announced 10 new members, including sector heavyweights Aave, Curve Finance, and Synthetix. Huobi’s decentralized finance (DeFi) consortium — dubbed the Global DeFi Alliance — has welcomed 10 new members — bringing its total membership to 15. The new members comprise DeFi heavyweights Curve Finance, Aave, Synthetix, Balancer, Loopring, Zapper, Zerion, […]
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Almost 100,000 Bitcoin are now tokenized on Ethereum, more than half of which migrated over the past 30 days More than $1 billion worth of Bitcoin (BTC) has now been tokenized to access decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols on the Ethereum (ETH) network. That’s equivalent to the entire total value locked (TVL) in DeFi less than […]
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Analysts believe DeFi sector growth could push the price of Yearn.finance (YFI) to $50,000 in the short term. Over the weekend YFI, the native token of Yearn.finance, reached a new all-time high at $43,966 on Binance exchange. This occurred as the crypto market was still reeling from Bitcoin’s (BTC) sharp 17.5% correction which saw its […]
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One aircraft comes at a cost of roughly 3,750 Bitcoin. A private aircraft sales company has started allowing customers to purchase any of their multi-million dollar jets using Bitcoin. According to a Sept. 13 report from news outlet Business Insider, U.S.-based Aviatrade is currently selling an upgraded 2014 Gulfstream G650ER for $40 million — roughly […]
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‘Virtual crypto assets are securities, unless proven otherwise,’ the Nigerian SEC said. The Securities and Exchange Commission of Nigeria has officially defined digital assets under its regulatory umbrella. In a Sept. 14 statement, the Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, defined tokens and coins in the country’s financial markets. The commission stated that these […]
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Alabama crypto enthusiasts now have another trading venue. Binance.US, the regulatory-friendly United States branch of crypto exchange Binance, has added Alabama to its list of approved states. Binance added Alabama to its list in a Sept. 13 announcement, complete with a football graphic as homage to one of the state’s favorite pastimes. The announcement also listed […]
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With $1.5 million of LAND already sold, The Sandbox launches its final presale before its first public round at the end of the year. Presale 4.2 of virtual land in The Sandbox metaverse starts on Sep. 15, with over 4,500 of the non-fungible token, or NFT, LANDS up for sale. In contrast to previous LAND […]
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The times they are a-changin’. Jim Cramer, host of the popular CNBC mainstream markets show, Mad Money, described changing mindsets across generations as they relate to wealth storage. “I think that my kids, when they get my inheritance, won’t feel comfortable with gold, and will feel comfortable with crypto,” Cramer told Morgan Creek Digital co-founder […]
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