Will altcoins rally as Bitcoin price stagnates, and is DeFi producing a bubble? Here’s what’s driving the altcoin season. With Bitcoin dropping below the $12,000 level and pulling back to $11,400 in the last few days, altcoins also seem to have lost their momentum, even after their impressive gains since the start of 2020. However, […]
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How institutions store and secure digital assets have a fundamental impact on transaction fees. Transaction costs on the Ethereum blockchain are at record highs, and no one will let you forget it. Reports often detail how decentralized finance platforms are the cause of ever-rising gas fees — tokens paid to miners who confirm and enable […]
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A forex exchange in Japan will start crypto CFD trading soon. Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings is preparing to launch contract-for-difference (CFD) trading for major cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC). Starting Aug. 31, SBI Holdings will start CFD trading service for crypto assets like Bitcoin, Ether (ETH), and XRP, Cointelegraph Japan reports on Aug. 28. As […]
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Bulls are still king as market signs point up, not down, says filbfilb — but Friday’s futures expiry could spell trouble. Bitcoin (BTC) can still top $13,000 and higher as a series of “non-events” still leave bulls in a powerful position. Data from Coin360 and Cointelegraph Markets showed BTC/USD climbing towards $11,500 on Aug. 28, […]
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The world’s largest digital asset management firm has pulled advertising from a Fox News prime-time show following controversial comments about a recent U.S. shooting. Grayscale Investments, a major crypto investment firm with $5.8 billion in assets, has pulled advertising from Tucker Carlson’s prime-time show following the host’s controversial comments about a recent shooting at a […]
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Smart contracts on Ethereum will be able to directly interact with Polkadot. A new project building on Polkadot wants to create a comprehensive bridge with Ethereum that would eventually relay direct smart contract instructions. The bridge is being developed by Snowfork, a software development company. The initial implementation is fairly straightforward, only allowing Ether (ETH) […]
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The first regulated stablecoin in Switzerland is entering e-commerce. Galaxus, the largest online retailer in Switzerland, could start accepting payments in a stablecoin issued by local cryptocurrency bank Sygnum. According to an Aug. 27 tweet by Sygnum, the companies have just completed an electronic commerce payment using Sygnum Bank’s stablecoin known as Digital Swiss Franc […]
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Bitcoin and altcoins are likely to remain range-bound in the short-term as the bulls and the bears attempt to assert their dominance. On Thursday, U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell is expected to deliver an important speech that will highlight a new strategy of targeting “average inflation.” This means that the Fed might allow inflation […]
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Boa, a new Uniswap token created by the well-known pseudonymous Ether whale Bill Drummond, briefly hit $100,000. On Aug. 25, the creator of the well-known Uniswap tokens Antiample (XAMP) and Tokens of Babel (TOB) launched Boa. The Ether whale’s projects have seen growing interest within the niche Uniswap market. A common theme among the projects […]
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Bybit has also added support for the Vietnamese language on its platform. Cryptocurrency derivatives exchange Bybit has added support for the Japanese yen and South Korean won in a bid to expand its roots in Asian markets. In an announcement on Aug. 26, Bybit said the addition of these two new fiat currency payment options […]
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