Paradigm has incubated its first crypto project — an Ethereum-based DeFi protocol promising fixed-rate lending and interest markets. A researcher from the crypto asset investment firm, Paradigm, has co-authored a whitepaper for a new decentralized finance, or DeFi, lending protocol boasting fixed-interest rates. The whitepaper for Yield protocol was written by Paradigm’s Dan Robinson and […]
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Crypto analysts AlfaBlock claim that the MakerDAO protocol will need to host several trillion Dai by 2040 to maintain its current market capitalization. Crypto analysts AlfaBlok has published a report that claims the number of circulating Dai will need to increase by more than 70% each year in order for MakerDAO (MKR) to maintain its […]
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With only 4 days until the halving, Bitcoin bulls knocked out a key resistance at $9,140-$9,200 and are now targeting $9,500. After spending the last few days battling to hold prices above the $9,000 resistance, Bitcoin (BTC) price made a strong move by surging to $9,380 on Wednesday morning. The 3.65% move took place on […]
Continue ReadingIn the wake of the recent pandemic, here’s how many different blockchain projects are stepping up to donate resources in the hopes of finding a vaccine. As the world is still reeling from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, people everywhere are doing what they can to support the effort to find vaccines and treatments. […]
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Neither the crypto bear market of 2018 nor the current mainstream financial crisis have stopped crypto exchange Binance from expanding. Over the past three years, Binance has expanded its operation, even through a major crypto bear market. This trend has continued into the current coronavirus-induced mainstream financial crisis. “We always continue to expand even during […]
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Check out this week’s Bad Crypto News. Bitcoin has had a rough week, down around 9 percent and trading below $6,700. Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road, believes we’re in a bear market that could even take the price under $3,200. Ulbricht is serving two life sentences for money laundering, computer hacking, and conspiracy […]
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U.S. fintech lenders are helping small businesses affected by the COVID-19 crisis, but crypto players are unable to join. American financial technology firms are now able to help Main Street businesses affected by the COVID-19 crisis via a federal relief plan, but cryptocurrency-native companies apparently don’t fit the bill. Last week, the United States Small […]
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Economist and academic John Vaz believes that Facebook’s Libra stablecoin is still shaping up to be Bitcoin’s strongest competition. Economist and academic John Vaz believes Bitcoin (BTC) still faces stiff competition from Facebook’s troubled Libra project. Vaz told Cointelegraph that Bitcoin has scaling challenges in terms of payments and was used disproportionately as a vehicle for […]
Continue ReadingGMO Coin unveiled BAT lending, Japan’s stay at home order affected crypto businesses, and more headlined news from Japan this past week. This week’s headlines from Japan included GMO Coin unveiling Basic Attention Token (BAT) lending, Nitori using blockchain for furniture logistics, blockchain solution outfit, Ginco, receiving funding from DBJ Capital, Japan’s stay at home […]
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The CARES Act shed light on the possibility of a digital dollar. Meanwhile, a blockchain-based solution is also being explored. Will one of them launch soon? The coronavirus pandemic is the biggest global crisis since the events that sparked the creation of Bitcoin (BTC) in 2008, and is one that will also have long-lasting effects […]
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