New partnerships, network upgrades, and a surge in DeFi activity sent Zilliqa price on a strong month-long rally. In the past month, Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) basked in the limelight as each rallied to new yearly highs. Investors tend to focus their energy on the larger cap altcoins, which leads to smaller cap coins […]
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Bitcoin DeFi, Bitcoin on Ethereum: We explore the ways DeFi and Bitcoin intersect. Finance Redefined is Cointelegraph’s DeFi-centric newsletter, delivered to subscribers every Wednesday. Today the crypto world is celebrating Bitcoin’s new all-time high. We did it guys! We’re back to $20,000 after three grueling years. So for this reason, this will be a bit […]
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The new Ethereum 2.0 roadmap review: What updates have been added, and how soon can they be implemented? On Dec. 2, shortly after the long-awaited release of Ethereum 2.0, platform founder Vitalik Buterin announced an updated roadmap. At first glance, it does not differ much from the previous version from March. However, it brought some […]
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The two Polkadot parachains will communicate to create a unified DeFi environment. Cross-chain DeFi lending protocol Equilibrium (EQ) is set to bring its USD-pegged stablecoin to Moonbeam, a Polkadot (DOT) project building an Ethereum-like blockchain. DeFi projects building on Moonbeam will be able to use Equilibrium’s stablecoin as if it were native to the blockchain. […]
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Eth2 staking has its downsides — people may not have the means to contribute 32 ETH, or the technical knowhow to run a node. Can these issues be solved? How does this ecosystem work? There are three key roles within the Stkr ecosystem. Providers deliver the computing resources that drive the Eth2 nodes — and […]
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The launch of Ethereum 2.0 is bound to support DeFi growth, but would it be capable of handling the pace at which DeFi is growing? This deposit contract is the first step that would eventually lead to the launch of Ethereum 2.0. If to consider that the launch will go down successfully, Ethereum will ship […]
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The Ethereum 2.0 deposit contract is open. How are things progressing, and what comes next? On Nov. 4, Ethereum (ETH) core developers hit a significant milestone. In a “quick update” on the Ethereum Foundation blog, developer Danny Ryan confirmed the release of the v1.0 specs for the hotly anticipated Ethereum 2.0 upgrade, which includes the […]
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Staking is now available for Ethereum 2, but are the returns and conditions worth it? The long awaited deposit contract for Ethereum 2.0 has finally been deployed opening the doors to staking opportunities for ETH holders. Deposits began in earnest with over $1 million in ETH landing in the contract within the first half an […]
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That being said, scaling decentralized e-voting systems is a complex task. In an interview with Cointelegraph, Charles Hoskinson suggested that a Cardano-based solution might make blockchain voting possible for future national elections. He stated: “Not only do I believe — we’ve been building the infrastructure for that.” Hoskinson acknowledged that the road to Cardano-based elections would be […]
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The blockchain can now see its environment. The Polkadot team released on Wednesday a major milestone for its Substrate blockchain framework, which now provides a way for blockchain applications to interface with the outside world without relying on external oracle providers. Substrate is the name used for Polkadot’s blockchain building framework. It provides developers with […]
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