Is it even fair to compare Bitcoin to younger versions of tech giants like Apple? A recent article by a Cointelegraph Markets contributor proclaimed that “Bitcoin is the ‘new’ Apple,” explaining just how Bitcoin’s (BTC) price could reach $60,000 by 2023: “Bitcoin hangs near the chasm of the adoption curve, and its price looks similar […]
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Stateless clients research promises to make blockchain nodes lighter without sacrificing validation, but there are stumbling blocks in their cryptography. Research into stateless clients for Ethereum is seen as instrumental for the long-term health of the network, but despite all the progress, some fundamental limitations prevent them from being applied in practice for now. At […]
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Uniswap appears to be plagued with scam tokens claiming affiliation with popular DeFi projects. Scam tokens are a growing problem on the decentralized exchange and liquidity pool Uniswap — owing to the protocol’s open listing policy. In recent days warnings have been issued about scam tokens targeting four of the most buzz-worthy decentralized finance (DeFi) […]
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DeFi’s surging popularity has seen the sector grow to comprise 240,000 users and more than $2 billion in value. The total number of users engaged with decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols has increased by more than 140%, since exceeding six-figures for the first time in January. According to data published by Dune Analytics, the total number […]
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Bitcoin hangs near the chasm of the adoption curve and its price looks similar to Apple’s stock in 2008 before it broke out with a 520% rally. In 1962 sociologist Everett Rogers published the well-known book Diffusion of Innovations in which he classified consumers in the following five groups: Innovators, Early Adopters, Early Majority, Late […]
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Ethereum’s 2020 DeFi boom came at the cost of its gaming ecosystem. Results for the second quarter of 2020 show tremendous growth for decentralized applications across all ecosystems, primarily spearheaded by Ethereum (ETH) decentralized finance, or DeFi. Decentralized exchanges were at the frontlines of the rise as Compound token mining activity trickled down to on-chain […]
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Lithuania might become one of the first countries to issue a CBDC — but there’s a catch. The Bank of Lithuania, or BoL, will launch a pre-sale of its CBDC, dubbed LBCOIN, on July 9, a representative for the central bank told Cointelegraph. The coin itself will be issued and sold on July 23. While […]
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According to one of the world’s leading cryptographers, Bitcoin’s elliptic curve could have a secret backdoor, invalidating all underlying security. One of the world’s top cryptographers believes that Satoshi Nakamoto chose Bitcoin’s (BTC) elliptic curve either for its efficiency or because it may offer a secret backdoor. Elliptic curve is worth $ billions A Bitcoin […]
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Researchers behind the June 2020 report from the Crypto Research Report used Bitcoin’s target addressable market to predict a rise to $397K. A new report from a crypto research group suggests that the price of Bitcoin could approach $400,000 in the next ten years, with altcoins following its bullish example. According to the June 2020 […]
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A DeFi lending platform for cryptocurrency, Kava Labs, could be described as the “Uber of Bitcoin,” as the platform represents an Uber-like business model. Today’s most successful entrepreneurs tapped into their wealth through startup technology companies such as Amazon, Oracle, Facebook and Microsoft. Just ask Jeff Bezos, Larry Ellison, Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, who […]
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