The Blockchain Service Network integrates three more major blockchains. Chinese government-backed blockchain initiative, the Blockchain Service Network, or BSN, is introducing support for another batch of major blockchain protocols. On Nov. 26, it announced that it will integrate Polkadot, Oasis and Bityaun into its ecosystem on Nov. 30. Polkadot’s blockchain protocol is designed to connect multiple […]
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Mooniswap and the Pathfinder algorithm will be available to NEAR users. The Mooniswap decentralized exchange protocol, developed by DEX aggregator 1inch Exchange, will be the first Ethereum (ETH) DeFi protocol to develop on NEAR, a sharded smart contract platform. As part of a collaboration announced on Tuesday, the 1inch team pledged to port its automated […]
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The launch of Ethereum 2.0 is bound to support DeFi growth, but would it be capable of handling the pace at which DeFi is growing? This deposit contract is the first step that would eventually lead to the launch of Ethereum 2.0. If to consider that the launch will go down successfully, Ethereum will ship […]
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Ethereum’s top 10 most-popular DApps have collectively amassed more than 1 million active users over the past 30 days. Ethereum-powered decentralized applications, or DApps, have attracted more than one million active users over the last 30 days according to analytics platform DappRadar. This milestone comes as interest in decentralized finance, commonly referred to as DeFi, […]
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FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried doesn’t believe Ethereum will be able to provide the scaling capabilities required by the DeFi sector in future. FTX exchange co-founder and CEO Sam Bankman-Fried believes Ethereum (ETH) is incapable of handling decentralized finance’s (DeFi) growth. Talking to Camila Russo from the Defiant Podcast, Bankman-Fried says that the Ethereum blockchain is limitin […]
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Optimistic blockchain predictions for next year may be accurate, but a lot of factors will have to fall into place. American market research company Forrester recently released its blockchain predictions for 2021. The report reveals interesting findings, noting that 2020 has been an important year for growth in the enterprise blockchain and distributed ledger technology […]
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Polkadot’s DeFi ecosystem is expanding, but will its interoperability prove to be the Ethereum-killer? The Polkadot blockchain platform only launched its mainnet in May, but it is already pushing to become a major competitive force in the sector. In late August, following a DOT token redenomination, Polkadot smashed into the top 10 cryptocurrencies, overtaking established […]
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Why do blockchains need transaction fees — and which networks allow crypto to be transferred less expensively? This explained article takes a look. What factors contribute to transaction fee sizes? The two main factors affecting fees are the size of a transaction, and demand for block space. Given that some networks can only contain a […]
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Where do NFTs fit into DeFi, what’s next for a space awash with funding, and how do DAOs manage NFT content? Jesse Johnson discusses with Cointelegraph Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), once the red-headed stepchild to more popular smart contract implementations, are finally beginning to have their day in the sun. Average purchase prices of NFTs on […]
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It’s not just for projects building on Waves though. The Waves Association announced on Wednesday a new grant program for cross-chain interoperability development. The pool consists of 1 million Waves tokens, worth approximately $3 million as of press time. Projects will be eligible for grants of up to 300,000 Waves to develop solutions for interoperability […]
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