A billion ZIL have been staked in a few hours as Zilliqa embraces staking rewards, governance tokens, and a new DEX . The official launch of Zilliqa’s non-custodial staking platform on its mainnet has seen more than a billion tokens staked within a few hours. Zilliqa is a high-performance and secure blockchain platform for enterprises […]
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Social sentiment data, strengthening fundamentals and on-chain analysis suggest Bitcoin is on the verge of a 2017-style bull run. Last week, Bitcoin (BTC) saw its price rise 6.95%, rising from $10,804 on October 5 to $11,555 by October 12. The surge marked the best performing week for the price of Bitcoin since July and data […]
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More than 180 projects have applied for grants since the $100 million accelerator fund was announced in September. Global cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced funding for six projects building on the firm’s smart chain. In an Oct. 14 statement, Binance stated that blockchain projects AnySwap, Arkane Network, BakerySwap, Bitquery, PancakeSwap and Proxima will receive $350,000 in […]
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Dharma’s Uniswap governance proposal risks giving it too much power, according to critics in the community. Decentralized exchange Uniswap is currently undergoing its first governance vote, which was submitted by open-source lending protocol Dharma. But a number of community members have raised concerns that if successful, the proposal will hand Dharma too much control over […]
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This one won’t just be another instance of CeDeFi, the exchange reassures. Bithumb, a major cryptocurrency exchange based in Korea, announced the upcoming launch of Clover, a blockchain platform targeted for decentralized finance and powered by Polkadot (DOT) technology. The company says that Clover will be an open platform for DeFi applications, leveraging cross-chain capabilities and […]
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Aztec 2.0 is both a scaling and a privacy solution rolled into one. Aztec, a privacy protocol developing on Ethereum, announced on Monday the launch of its second iteration, promising private transactions and smart contracts while being cheaper than standard transfers. The layer two solution adopted by Aztec relies on zkRollups, similar to Loopring or […]
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Biden’s administration may not have the same “hands-off” approach to crypto regulation, contends Bloomberg. The latest Bloomberg crypto newsletter contends that the election of Joe Biden would bring greater mainstream adoption of Bitcoin (BTC), including a potential ETF approval. Further, it referred to the Trump administration’s policies with regard to crypto as “hands-off”: “A potential […]
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Ethereum liquidity will no longer have to go through FTX to reach Solana. Solana, the smart contract platform that recently entered the spotlight thanks to FTX’s Serum, announced the upcoming release of what it says is a decentralized bridge for Ethereum ERC-20 tokens. Called Wormhole, the bridge would allow users to transfer value between the […]
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Timing is crucial. DeFi failed to catch on eight years ago, according to comments from Yoni Assia, founder and CEO of financial platform eToro. “I think that DeFi is super interesting,” Assia said on Oct. 6 during a panel on crypto exchanges and venture investments, as part of the LA Blockchain Summit. “We actually built a decentralized […]
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DeFi-tokens corrected heavily over the past 30-days but on-chain data suggest Ether is in the early stages of a bullish reversal. While Ether (ETH) price has been stuck between the $340-$350 range for the last month, multiple on-chain metrics suggest that a recovery may be building. Santiment, a cryptocurrency data analytics firm, recently noted that […]
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