We look at the data from Google and DeFi protocols to uncover what’s behind the inexorable rise of LINK? Chainlink (LINK) has experienced a meteoric rise this year, becoming a top five crypto asset by market capitalization. We took a look at the data from the decentralized finance space (DeFi) as well as Google to […]
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International crypto exchange Bitfinex unexpectedly went offline for all users this afternoon, citing a ‘platform performance issue.’ Bitfinex has been offline for at least two hours as of this writing, and the exchange has no confirmed time when it will be up and running again. According to an Aug. 12 tweet posted by the exchange, […]
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Can learning an industry’s vocabulary help beginners gain a greater understanding of the industry itself? According to author Cahill Camden, “Decoding Digital: What is Cryptocurrency” was inspired by a conversation with his parents at the height of the crypto bubble in early 2018, which was along the lines of “Ok, we don’t have that much […]
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Chainlink’s integration domination continues. Plasm, a smart contract protocol built on Polkadot’s Substrate framework, has integrated Chainlink’s (LINK) price feeds. Interestingly, the oracle project itself will likely soon become a Polkadot parachain. Polkadot has a modular design wherein various parachains serve particular use cases. Its mainnet does not have smart contracts, but Plasm hopes to […]
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Cointelegraph Consulting now offers two newsletters per month containing crypto trading and investing intel. Every 1st and 15th, Cointelegraph Consulting provides the latest inside scoop on cryptocurrency price action and rationale in its Market Insights newsletter. Here’s a preview of one of this month’s editions. Editor’s note Crypto asset prices have flown upward in recent […]
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Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust issued almost twice as many shares, but arbitrage could have played a role. The Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, an investment tool that aims to provide an indirect exposure to Bitcoin (BTC) for investors in traditional markets, reported a significant increase in how many shares it issued between Q2 and Q1 of 2020. According […]
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The time has come for policymakers and regulators to provide a workable pathway that allows blockchain tech to develop and grow. In February, United States Securities and Exchange Commission Commissioner Hester Peirce was asked to give her opinion on the SEC’s case against Telegram. She declined to comment at the time, as SEC officials do […]
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As the world becomes more and more digital, the solution to the question of ownership is already here in the form of NFTs. In early July 2020, the total sales of nonfungible tokens, or NFT, hit $100 million. And that is just the start. As the DeFi market reached $4 billion in locked value and […]
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PornVisory is moving to a decentralized governance structure based on the DFO standard, which allegedly allows greater user influence than DAOs. Cryptocurrency pornography startup PornVisory is moving to a decentralized governance structure based on the (decentralized flexible organization) DFO standard. According to PornVisory, DFO governance will enable token holders to propose changes and vote on […]
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Cointelegraph’s recent China blockchain event spanned five continents and attracted 100,000 viewers. Around 100,000 people in total attended the 2020 Great Bay Area International Blockchain Week, hosted by Cointelegraph China and Cointelegraph in Shenzhen’s Great Bay district in the first week of August. Guests were divided between those who participated online and offline, according to […]
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