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Crypto exchange-traded products (ETP), institutional offerings that track the price of crypto assets like Bitcoin and Ethereum, saw their volumes increase by over 2.2% this month, as per a report by CryptoCompare. The data comes as institutional Bitcoin adoption was bolstered by last month’s $375 million BTC purchase by software firm MicroStrategy and Square’s $50 […]

Yearn.finance (YFI) founder Andre Cronje is full of ideas, even after he managed to roll out one of the most successful crypto projects in history. The DeFi innovator recently unveiled his latest experiment, a network called the Keep3r Network, whose native token is KPR. Unfortunately, like his other recent experiment, some participants got burned as […]

Much crypto investor focus has been placed on decentralized finance over recent months. But an underlying narrative remains the potential for a U.S.-regulated Bitcoin exchange-traded fund, which should theoretically allow any investor to easily and securely build a bet on digital assets. Firms such as Gemini and VanEck have made multiple attempts at launching a […]

During the course of the recent decentralized finance bull run, SushiSwap was one of the favored platforms amongst investors and farmers, as users could buy Sushi tokens and farm massive yields while also trading on a Uniswap-forked DEX. The platform took a major hit towards the end of the DeFi hype cycle, however, and Sushi […]

It appears that even after a strong retracement, the decentralized finance (DeFi) space is far from dead. This much was made clear when the Ethereum-based Barnbridge project launched its liquidity mining program on Sunday evening. The launch garnered much attention in the DeFi space as the project recently received investments from some top venture funds […]

In just over ten years, crypto has gone from a white paper to a massive global innovation. Cryptocurrencies, once thought of as just a fad, are being implemented worldwide, with 154 countries adopting some kind of cryptocurrency usage, Bitcoin still being the most popular. More industries and countries are recognizing the benefits of blockchain technology, […]

The development of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) has blossomed in the past few years, with countries like China in the advanced stages of its digital Yuan and Japan, Korea, and the US in their research phase for their respective fiat currencies. However, this presents a concern for the inclusivity of decentralized cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin […]

Fees on the Ethereum blockchain network are consistently surpassing Bitcoin and industry executives say it could spark a “new paradigm.” Cole Kennelly, who heads growth at Staked, institution-focused decentralized finance (DeFi) firm, said: “ETH fees are consistently materially higher than $BTC fees. A new paradigm.” $ETH fees are consistently materially higher than $BTC fees. A […]

Just recently, top Ethereum decentralized finance project Aave began transitioning its native token LEND to a new token called AAVE. LEND had become outdated as it was named after the project’s predecessor, ETHLend, and lacked certain technical and economic functionalities. While this transition was done was good intentions, it didn’t turn out for everyone. One […]

Ethereum has long been the leading smart contract blockchain after its launch in 2015. It has faced contenders in Cardano, Stellar, and many other blockchains, but as of now, they have yet to make a serious dent into ETH’s market share. This may be changing, though. Bloomberg recently released an article branding the recently-launched Polkadot […]