The digital ruble will, most likely, take the place of other forms of money, but the intrigue is which ones: non-cash or cash? Active digitalization of large domestic financial institutions is a noticeable, definitely positive trend. Russia is one of the five world leaders in the speed of transition to cashless payments, and the number […]
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The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — one week on Cointelegraph in one link! Coming every Saturday, Hodlers 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, predictions and much […]
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The price of Bitcoin has surpassed $23,000, and analysts predict where BTC is headed next after a significant rally. Bitcoin price surpassed $20,000 with ease on its third retest, buoyed by a surge in buy volume. Following the breakout, analysts anticipate the dominant cryptocurrency to eventually rise to the mid-$30,000s. However, in the short term, […]
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Ethereum proponents and DeFi enthusiasts alike have panned plans by Compound Finance to launch its own blockchain in 2021. DeFi lending protocol Compound published a white paper on Thursday introducing Compound Chain, a new blockchain aimed at providing cross-chain value transfer capability. Reactions to the news have been overwhelmingly negative with many respondents on social […]
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With insane interest rates and yield farmers endlessly jumping from one protocol to another, fears are growing that DeFi isn’t sustainable — and change is needed. In the space of 12 months, DeFi has become a $15 billion industry — spawning governance tokens that are now worth even more than Bitcoin. But the rapid explosion […]
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Proxy system in front of immutable smart contracts will allow changing of internal parameters. Tornado.Cash, the Ethereum mixing service that earlier this year implemented completely immutable smart contracts, has proposed a governance system powered by its own TORN tokens. According to a Dec. 18 post, the proposal will put stewardship of the protocol in the […]
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A record high for the largest stablecoin comes as Bitcoin cools around its own highest-ever levels. Tether (USDT), the largest cryptocurrency stablecoin, has passed a $20 billion market cap for the first time. According to data confirmed by the company on Dec. 18, Tether is now a $20 billion asset and the fourth-largest cryptocurrency by […]
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DeFi projects will form the foundation of the crypto economy in 2021 according to a report by DappRadar. DApp transaction volume has topped $270 billion so far in 2020, with 95% of this figure belonging to Ethereum’s DeFi ecosystem, according to DappRadar. That’s an astonishing 1178% increase from last year’s total of $21 billion. The […]
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The latest DeFi incursion involves flash loans … again. DeFi lending protocol Warp Finance has reportedly suffered a flash loan attack resulting in the loss of as much as $8 million in digital assets. Reports are coming in that an attacker has made off with between $1 million, to as much as $8 million according […]
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Improving fundamentals and fresh product rollouts are attracting new investors to Kusama, Decred and Qtum. Since breaking through the critical psychological resistance at $20,000, Bitcoin (BTC) price has moved even higher. In the early trading hours, the top-ranked digital asset pushed as high as $23,800 before pulling back to $23,000 but the trend of investors purchasing […]
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