According to a leading blockchain security auditing firm, Cardano will become the second biggest DeFi platform behind Ethereum, dwarfing Tezos. Quantstamp, a company that has been auditing Cardano’s (ADA) code base for the past two months, believes that after the Shelley hard fork, Cardano will trail only Ethereum (ETH) as a smart contract platform, dwarfing […]
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The Ethereum Foundation is looking to hire a dedicated security team to dissect all aspects of Ethereum 2.0. The Ethereum Foundation will be building a dedicated security team for Ethereum 2.0 to study any potential cybersecurity and crypto-economic issues in the next generation of the Ethereum network. Justin Drake, an Eth 2.0 researcher at the […]
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The price of Bitcoin dropped 13% in 15 minutes on Sunday, and traders are seeing various scenarios playing out for BTC. The price of Bitcoin declined by more than 13% within 30 minutes on Aug. 2. The shocking short-term price action caused $1 billion worth of liquidations in futures contracts for Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum’s […]
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Entries to the Reddit Scaling Bake-Off are coming in from several layer-two builders. A number of projects introduced potential scaling solutions prior to Reddit’s July 31 deadline. Most contest participants are existing developers of Layer 2 solutions for Ethereum. The majority of entrants seem to have tweaked their existing technologies to accommodate Reddit’s demands. The […]
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pTokens has now listed Ethereum-compatible pLTC tokens on the Kyber Network. The Kyber Network, a decentralized, on-chain cryptocurrency exchange, has just listed the Ethereum-compatible pLTC token — a new cross-chain token developed by pTokens project. Announcing the news to Cointelegraph on Aug. 3, Kyber Network said that pLTC tokens will be accessible through KyberSwap and […]
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The DeFi sector recently achieved a record $4.23 billion in total value locked, so why did Yearn Finance distribute its full token supply to its users? As Decentralized Finance protocols continue to grow on all fronts, their infrastructure grows alongside them. While the total value of USD locked in DeFi recently hit a new all-time […]
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While both PoW and PoS have a lot to offer, this year, in particular, is promising to be a special one for proof-of-stake. Proof-of-work and proof-of-stake have a lot of benefits to offer the community, and the discussion around these algorithms has dominated conversations in the cryptocurrency community. The use of staking will become more […]
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Looming Bitcoin futures gaps and mainstream interest are providing the perfect environment for another week of volatility. Bitcoin (BTC) begins a new week at over $11,000 after a wild weekend saw the market crash $1,200 in minutes — will the chaos continue? Cointelegraph gives you five factors that could easily impact Bitcoin price action over […]
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Decentralized finance should include decentralized energy as it uses DApps and blockchain and has the same logic, says Lition. Decentralized Energy (DeEn) leverage DApps and smart contracts on Ethereum to conduct transactions and trade energy assets. In a paper released July 31, Lition, a Berlin-based sustainable tech startup that has launched a blockchain-based marketplace allowing […]
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There’s been plenty of drama on the crypto markets this week — Bitcoin surged to $12,000 only to crash spectacularly, and Ether has continued to rally. Coming every Sunday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, […]
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