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The DeFi sector has been seeing tremendous growth in recent weeks. Although the days of every crypto-asset related to the sector seeing 100 percent returns each week may be over, there is still massive room for growth. There are a few key reasons why this fragment of the crypto market has yet to reach its […]

While Bitcoin and Ethereum have stagnated at local highs, Chainlink (LINK) has been pressing higher and higher over recent days. This comes after the popular altcoin underwent a 22 percent retracement from the middle of July to early August. Per CryptoSlate market data, the asset trades at $10.61 as of this article’s writing. LINK peaked […]

The great Ethereum supply debate is on—and it’s turning fierce. If you don’t follow; the network’s infinite supply has been a point of many discussions since its inception in 2015. That means unlike Bitcoin (and thousands of other cryptos), there’s no “cap” to how many Ethers can exist in the open market — with the […]

After a 60 percent rally in the span of two weeks, the price of Ethereum is cooling off. Other cryptocurrencies are following suit, printing red price candles as the stock and precious metal markets also take a breather. According to CryptoSlate data, the price of the cryptocurrency trades at $375 as of this article’s writing. […]

Litecoin — long called the digital silver to Bitcoin — is seeing a rise in activity ahead of its MimbleWimble implementation in September this year. Privacy update sparks Litecoin activity Yesterday, Litecoin Foundation director David Schwartz noted the cryptocurrency had over 92,278 active wallets in the past 24 hrs (from August 6-7); putting it ahead […]

Bitcoin investors stood to gain even after the 2017 burst that saw the asset plunge from over $20,000 to under $4,000 this year — if they continued to dollar cost average (DCA) their way in (and had iron hands). Bitcoin DCA was profitable On-chain analytics firm and crypto data provider Coin Metrics noted Thursday that […]

A newly-appointed financial regulator in Japan said this week that introducing laws and regulations for Bitcoin trading would impede technical innovation while supporting purely speculative gains, according to Reuters. Bitcoin laws promote speculation Ryozo Himino, the regulator, cautioned the parliament over announcing new laws that ultimately promote cryptocurrency trading. He argued that doing so reduces […]

We sat down with Alex Batlin, founder and CEO of Trustology—an award-winning custodial wallet provider — to get his perspective on the decentralised finance (DeFi) sector, and why Trustology is in a prime position to facilitate institutional entry into the industry. With an extensive background in both banking and blockchain development—having previously worked at BNY […]

Although decentralized finance (DeFi) has been seeing consistently strong growth, the gains in this Ethereum market sector have somewhat subsided over recent weeks. The exponential gain opportunities that were epitomized with yearn.finance (YFI) and Ampleforth (AMPL) are seemingly few as the market has become crowded. Analysts, though, expect a secondary DeFi “frenzy” with the launch […]

Ethereum Classic (ETC), the fork or version of the Ethereum protocol that didn’t freeze the funds of the infamous DAO hack, has been under the spotlight over the past week. At the end of July and the start of August, there was some discussion of a 51% attack on the blockchain. a 51% attack is […]