A pair of hackathons from two fast-rising blockchain projects augur more composability, interoperability, and tooling for DeFi On Friday, blockchain projects Cosmos and Blockstack both announced winners of their respective HackAtom V and HackDeFi hackathons, each offering a glimpse into the coming wave of DeFi development — a vision including marked advances in tooling, interoperability, […]
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Bitcoin may never be a widely used medium of exchange, but it has become a useful store of value, former critics concede in 2020. Humans, being only human, tend to hang on to their cherished beliefs — even in the face of overwhelming contradiction. That’s why recantations — that is, public acts of refuting a […]
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The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — one week on Cointelegraph in one link! Coming every Saturday, Hodlers Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much […]
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Ah, Christmas — A time for joy! Merriment! And devouring the brains of the living with an insatiable bloodlust… because let’s face it, this is 2020. Darren Kleine, known to most by his handle DKleine, is an NFT artist with a decidedly specific niche — Zombies. We’re talking crypto zombies, political zombies, mustachioed Salvador Dali […]
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Superstar DJ and world-famous augmented reality artist drive NFTs further into the mainstream Augmented reality artist Sutu is teaming up with Canadian DJ and producer deadmau5 to drop a 30-second audio-reactive artwork as a non-fungible token next week. The video, entitled In Titan’s Light is a 30-second loop paired with a section of the deadmau5 […]
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Blockstack’s ecosystem has exceeded the firm that gave it life, argues CEO. You could argue that the crypto industry should be crowdsourcing Blockstack’s legal expenses. Blockstack’s trailblazing work with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the initial coin offering (ICO) for its native Stacks (STX) tokens made headlines in mid-2019. On Monday, Cointelegraph reported on […]
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As the cryptocurrency industry continues to grow, so does mining. But there’s a new trend developing now that has only recently emerged. Bitcoin mining started out as a small endeavor taken on by a few individuals repurposing home computers to mint virtual coins that were, at the time, almost worthless. Fast forward to 2020, and […]
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A stagnant price period seems at an end as Pornhub is forced to go full crypto for payments. Verge (XVG), the cryptocurrency now infamous for its links to the porn industry, is on the up again — thanks to a classic fiat money scandal. As adult entertainment giant Pornhub confirmed this week, payment providers Visa […]
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With so many opinions regarding crypto, here is a look at some of the most impactful quotes that symbolized 2020. Throughout the past decade, a lot has been said about Bitcoin (BTC) and the future of cryptocurrencies. However, 2020 has so far been a defining year for the industry as current events bring to life […]
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Bitcoin whale clusters show that the $18,600 level is the most important short-term resistance level for BTC price. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) has started to recover on Dec. 12 after briefly dropping below $17,700 yesterday. Whale clusters show that the $18,600 level remains the biggest short-term roadblock for BTC. Whale clusters form at a […]
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