When it comes to billion-dollar crypto projects, DeFi certainly took the lead this year. A number of decentralized finance protocols experienced volatility around the $1 billion mark in 2020, briefly making some of them unicorns in the crypto space. Though the 2020 numbers are comparable to the number of projects that emerged as unicorns during […]
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Big money is still scooping up the available Bitcoin supply despite short-term bearish signals, data shows. Bitcoin (BTC) saw fresh rejection at $24,000 overnight on Dec. 24, but data shows that appetite for big buy-ins is only increasing. As recorded by on-chain analytics resource CryptoQuant, institution-focused exchange Coinbase Pro alone saw two large withdrawals of […]
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Grayscale adds 50% of miners’ monthly block reward tally in a single day but price action stays decidedly weak. Bitcoin (BTC) fell by almost $1,000 in under an hour on Dec. 23 as spot markets refused to buy fresh good news from institutional investors. Cryptocurrency market overview from Coin360. BTC price spooked near $24,000 sell […]
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A new pool allows European and Asian users to avoid U.S. dollar exposure. Decentralized stablecoin exchange Curve Finance has added the euro as a secondary currency option following demand from users. As announced in a tweet on Sunday, Curve now has a liquidity pool for switching between the Stasis Euro (EURS) stablecoin and a synthetic euro, sEUR, […]
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How distributed ledger technologies can help law enforcement agencies to fight crime and money laundering. The problem of spreading cybercrime is becoming more acute today, and developed countries with high gross domestic product rates suffer from it to a much greater extent than developing countries. This is due to the fact that the more advanced […]
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Bitcoin derivatives trading is on the rise; one platform is letting traders bet on a $100,000 BTC moonshot by Sept 2021. As of Thursday, Deribit users can bet on the flagship cryptocurrency reaching $100,000 via options contracts that expire on Sept. 24, 2021. The lofty strike price was established following a surge in daily trade […]
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The exchange’s ties to Goldman Sachs go all the way back to Fred Ehrsam, who co-founded Coinbase in 2012 with Brian Armstrong. Digital currency exchange Coinbase has reportedly approached Goldman Sachs to lead its upcoming initial public offering — a move that could bolster the appeal of cryptocurrencies to a broader mainstream audience. Citing two […]
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Twitter, Wikipedia and even Google search activity point to a world still unaware of the best macro asset available to anyone. Bitcoin (BTC) has gained 30% in a week and topped out at $23,777 on Dec. 16 — but hardly anyone in the world knows yet, data suggests. According to charts tracking public awareness of […]
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The global network of open APIs claims it can reduce development time of decentralized applications from months to days. The Graph Network launched its mainnet on Dec. 17, allowing developers to easily search, index, use and publish data from public blockchains. This is made possible through a global and open network of Application Programming Interfaces, […]
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CB Insights and Blockdata release their first “Blockchain 50” list, highlighting interesting findings behind innovative blockchain companies. Research firm CB Insights and Blockdata, the data company acquired by CB Insights in September of this year, have unveiled their first-ever annual “Blockchain 50” list, which consists of 50 private companies applying or analyzing blockchain technology to […]
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