Turkish Lira-backed stablecoin BiLira is now open for trading on Bittrex Globalcryptocurrency exchange. Users can now use their ERC-20 BiLira tokens to buy Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) on Bittrex Global. The announcement states that there are currently 20 million BiLira tokens in supply. TRYB tokens are minted at the time of deposit, and an […]
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The digital Swiss franc issuer is now licensed as a “digital asset trading facility.” Sygnum, a major cryptocurrency bank in Switzerland, is preparing to finally introduce digital asset trading after receiving regulatory approval. On Sept. 1, Sygnum announced that it received regulatory approval from the Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), allowing the company to expand […]
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The island continues to work toward full crypto adoption. The Government of Bermuda has announced their partnership with stablecoin platform, Stablehouse. Together they hope to roll out a pilot program for a digital “stimulus” token, targeting both residents and merchants within the islands. According to The Royal Gazette, the idea of launching such a program […]
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But XRP isn’t competing with Tether. Tether (UDST), the world’s largest stablecoin by market capitalization, is again outperforming major altcoin XRP. On Sept. 1, Tether surpassed XRP as the third-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, becoming the second-largest altcoin after Ether (ETH). As of press time, USDT market cap accounts for more than $13.4 billion, according […]
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Hacktivist Bitcoin developer Amir Taaki took aim at Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin on Twitter recently for essentially writing off smart contracts inventor Nick Szabo as a right-wing crank. Taaki wrote that this sort of attitude was typical of an “Eth[ereum] culture which is about sparkling burner parties, privileged digital nomads, microdosing LSD, sex orgies and […]
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Developers on RSK no longer need to create their own oracle to build their DApps. Bitcoin (BTC) sidechain RSK will soon be equipped with Chainlink (LINK) oracles, enabling developers on the smart contract-enabled blockchain to tap into market price feeds and other off-chain data to build their applications. The integration is being developed by IOVLabs, […]
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Yearn.finance’s YFI token achieved a new record high at $38,883, as its market capitalization surpassed $1 billion. Yearn.finance’s native token YFI has surged by more than 75% in the last 24-hours, achieving a new all-time high at $38,883 on Binance in it’s (USDT) pair. The strong upside move also brought the DeFi-token’s market capitalization above […]
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Fundamental growth is not so impressive when you factor out the bull run. A new metric published by DappRadar wants to paint a more reliable picture of how the decentralized finance ecosystem is growing. Called “Adjusted TVL,” the metric attempts to clean total value locked readings from any external influence — primarily price increases. Total […]
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Telos holders will receive dividends from their tokenized properties. Telos has announced that it would be working with Dapp development platform Katalyo to tokenize $35M worth of Croatian properties. Telos — one of the most active blockchains in the world in terms of transactions — said Katalyo would be issuing two tokens for each participating […]
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The first regulated stablecoin in Switzerland is entering e-commerce. Galaxus, the largest online retailer in Switzerland, could start accepting payments in a stablecoin issued by local cryptocurrency bank Sygnum. According to an Aug. 27 tweet by Sygnum, the companies have just completed an electronic commerce payment using Sygnum Bank’s stablecoin known as Digital Swiss Franc […]
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