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Developed by research company Gartner to represent the adoption of new media, hype cycles have been used since the 1990s to quantify and predict the performance of groundbreaking new technologies. With the Gartner Hype Cycle perfectly describing the ups and downs the dot-com boom saw in the early 2000s, many have wondered whether applying the […]

The chipmaker was overwhelmed by the massive use of its graphic chips by Ethereum and Bitcoin miners in 2017. But it’s prepared this time around. Nvidia’s Ethereum bet Graphics chipmaker Nvidia said Thursday it will release a new series of semiconductors specifically for mining Ethereum, as per a report on Verge. The firm saw huge […]

The Tesla CEO made the comment on Twitter today, weeks after his company purchased over $1.5 billion worth of Bitcoin. Bitcoin > fiat Elon Musk says Bitcoin is a better alternative to store value than fiat money, as per a tweet today. The Tesla CEO has previously called Bitcoin to be “as BS as fiat,” […]

The Binance Smart Chain project is giving top DEXes a run for their money with lower fees and an easy-to-use interface. The day a pancake flipped a unicorn PancakeSwap (CAKE) is now the world’s largest decentralized exchange by daily trading volume, data from markets app CoinGecko showed. The project launched on Binance Smart Chain last […]

Traders are seemingly expecting Ethereum to continue to rack up gains against Bitcoin. The ETH/BTC pair has been rallying throughout the past two months, ever since ETH achieved a new all-time high. What’s behind the optimism around Ethereum? There are several major technical and fundamental reasons behind the overall positive market sentiment around Ethereum. First, […]

Tokens from the Binance Chain ecosystem are surging today, led by Binance Coin’s (BNB) own example—which broke above $300 today, according to CryptoSlate’s Binance Smart Chain sector data. The level of $300 is yet another major milestone BNB is storming in just over a week. On February 9, the coin’s price spiked above $100—an impressive achievement […]

Data from the Bloomberg Terminal has revealed that some of the biggest Wall Street players have bought the world’s first exchange-traded product (ETP) for Polkadot. Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, UBS, and ICAP have all bought different amounts of the Polkadot ETP shares, signaling the rising institutional appetite for crypto derivatives. Major Wall Street players experimenting with […]

Billionaire Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said he doesn’t hold Bitcoin, nor is he short against it. Instead, Gates claims he holds a neutral position as far as the leading cryptocurrency is concerned. However, his follow-on comments contradict his opening statement. While he’s all for the digitization of money, he believes Bitcoin encourages tax avoidance and […]

Version 3.3.0 of the Daedalus wallet brings support for the upcoming Cardano protocol update that delivers native token support to the blockchain. What also stands out from the numerous new features introduced is the ability to register to vote for the Project Catalyst Fund3, removing unnecessary steps from Cardano’s on-chain governance. Daedalus wallet gets a […]

The wildly popular investment and analysis magazine announced the move yesterday, years after calling Bitcoin a “terrible investment.” The Fool buys Bitcoin “We’re buying $5 million in Bitcoin on our own balance sheet. That’s right. $5 million,” reads a release by investment and analysis company Motley Fool. And in case you wonder what is that—it […]