DeFi exploits are too common for mass adoption. But there are solutions to the oracle problem. It seems like every week we hear news of another DeFi project being hacked or exploited. The latest crop of victims includes such projects as Harvest Finance, Akropolis, Value DeFi, Origin and of course Compound. When exploits do occur, […]
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Galaxy Digital CEO calls Trump’s crypto policies “anti-dollar” and “anti-innovation.” The United States is in desperate need of open-minded cryptocurrency regulations from the incoming Biden administration, according to Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz. Appearing in a Thursday segment of CNBC’s Sqwuak Box, Novogratz said the Bitcoin (BTC) bull market has proven resilient to the recent […]
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Less than a year after its launch, Binance Korea is closing its doors amid shrinking liquidity. Binance KR has decided to shutter its operations in South Korea according to an announcement released on Thursday. As part of the press statement, Binance KR attributed the move to declining liquidity and low trading volume of its BKRW trading […]
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Crypto proponents in Hong Kong say incoming cryptocurrency regulations could preclude citizens from using Bitcoin ATMs. The Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong is appealing to regulators to consider the impact of incoming laws on the city’s digital innovation agenda. In November, Hong Kong’s government announced plans to ban retail cryptocurrency trading as part of a […]
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Ether price dropped below $600 as altcoins are feeling the pressure from the SEC vs. Ripple lawsuit. XRP has been showing massive weakness as the cryptocurrency is being sued by the SEC. Its price tumbled significantly from $0.65 to $0.21 in four days, a crash of 67%. Meanwhile, other altcoins also corrected significantly in the past […]
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XRP price dropped to as low as $0.2138 on Binance as three key factors pushed the cryptocurrency down. XRP price dropped steeply below $0.3 on Dec. 24, hitting as low as $0.2138 on Binance. The selling pressure on XRP has intensified in the aftermath of the high-profile lawsuit filed by the United States Securities and […]
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Experts in blockchain technology and the crypto space take on the question: What impact has DeFi had in 2020, and what can we expect in 2021? Figuring out the point at which decentralized finance began almost always ends up in a rhetorical debate. Some argue that Bitcoin’s (BTC) invention a decade ago marked the start […]
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DeFi, like crypto as a whole, features brilliant and questionable projects in equal measure. As 2020 comes to a close, it’s a good time to reflect on the biggest crypto developments and the wild ride the sector took investors on. At the beginning of the year, Bitcoin (BTC) was hovering just above $7,000, and the […]
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The privacy paradox has a potential resolution — if both sides can accept compromise in an increasingly polarized financial system The unique power of blockchain and cryptocurrency can also be considered their weakness. Crypto users gain unparalleled privacy for financial transactions through a decentralized transactional system. Governments, however, demand transparency in financial transactions for legal […]
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Cryptocurrency may seem like the perfect holiday gift this year, but education is key when deciding how to gift digital assets. The mainstream has taken a growing interest in cryptocurrency as the price of Bitcoin (BTC) continues to reach all-time highs. To put this interest into perspective, researchers at the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance […]
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