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Ethereum has been one of the best-performing crypto-assets of the year, lifting off after a brutal bear market throughout 2018 and 2019 that brought it down by over 90 percent from its all-time high. A key catalyst behind Ethereum’s recovery is institutions acquiring vast amounts of the cryptocurrency, which comes as the decentralized finance space […]

Filecoin’s mainnet launch has long been highly anticipated, with a plethora of retail and venture capital pouring into the cryptocurrency’s 2017 initial coin offering, which raised over $205 million. The mainnet launch of the decentralized data and information storage blockchain has been plagued by multiple delays, but finally started coming to fruition in late-September when […]

BlockDown 3.0 is gearing up for yet another stunning event with the virtual conference series announcing a host of big-name speakers that will join guests at the Halloween special event. Alongside several high profile chats, BlockDown attendees are in for an impressive Halloween treat, with a bonanza of top names in the industry set to […]

Those that were around in 2017 and 2018 likely remember the name Filecoin. Launched in late 2017, the protocol was branded as a payment system that would use blockchain technology to store and retrieve data. As esoteric as it may sound, the concept gained much traction in the crypto-asset space. It garnered so much traction, […]

The rise of decentralized finance (DeFi) has been buoyed on trends like non-custodian lending, automated market making, and yield farming, which together, have opened newer possibilities for users to spend and use their cryptocurrency holdings, while even earning attractive interest rates. However, the market remains relatively opaque. The lack of order books, counterparty risk, smart […]

The Ethereum network has been placed under immense strain in recent months, with the ongoing DeFi trend driving massive demand to the network as traders begin utilizing decentralized exchanges and providing liquidity to various protocols. Although network demand has been sliding lower as the mania surrounding DeFi subsides, gas prices are still significantly higher than […]

The second-ever Cardano fund is in full effect, with three of the dozens of projects now competing for a part of the 2 million ADA fund presented on the Cardano Effect podcast. We take a look at the proposals, which range from e-commerce payment solutions to educational hubs, and how they plan on using the […]

There are many segments of the crypto industry that do not respect the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem of Ethereum. Referencing popular “money games” like Yam, Ampleforth, and others, these critics argue that these are just systems set up to allow insiders to slowly leech capital from retail buyers. Others say that this space is just […]

One of the most prominent innovators in DeFi, Yearn.finance (YFI) founder Andre Cronje shocked the crypto industry once again on Tuesday when he rolled out his latest experiment. Unfortunately, users did not heed the warning that this was an experiment, subsequently siphoning over $6 million worth of capital into the contracts. Many were hoping to […]

A new report jointly-published by eToro and The TIE explored the cryptocurrency landscape for Q3 2020, finding out long-term sentiment metrics for popular cryptocurrencies and how mergers and acquisitions proved to be the best indicator for future price rises. The TIE, the report’s data source, is a provider of alternative data for digital assets such […]