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PayPal, the payments conglomerate, integrated crypto purchases in October 2020, earning praise from the cryptocurrency community. But industry executives and crypto investors are bewildered by the company’s descriptions of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin. How did PayPal describe Bitcoin and other major crypto assets? Albeit PayPal’s descriptions of major crypto assets are not factually incorrect, industry […]

The price of Bitcoin is showing stability above $16,000 after a continuous rally since November 10. Every major dip was aggressively bought up, allowing BTC to sustain strong momentum. Yet, there is little mainstream hype behind the rally. According to Google Trends, compared to the 2017 rally when Bitcoin hit $20,000, there is noticeably lower […]

With billions of dollars on the line, it is no surprise that the decentralized finance (DeFi) space has been rife with hacks and exploits on innocent contracts. To name one of the many recent exploits of DeFi contracts, Harvest Finance was hacked for $25-33 million in stablecoins due to a so-called “flash loan attack.” There […]

In its first step towards the futuristic Akon City, Akoin, the cryptocurrency business that is chaired by global artist Akon, can now be used to pay for goods and services in a west Kenyan city. As per a release shared with CryptoSlate, the move is part of the business’s trial run of the cryptocurrency and […]

CryptoSlate is excited to announce it will bring you exclusive coverage of crypto edutainment channel Cryptonites each week, thanks to a partnership with the impressive London-based video production team. You have probably seen their videos on CryptoSlate over the past few weeks, but in case you didn’t know them yet: Cryptonites is a community-driven edutainment […]

BeefChain is a Wyoming-based traceability solution on a quest to track the origin of cattle and sheep using Cardano. Aside from its strong Wyoming connections, it was Atala TRACE, a traceability solution built on top of Cardano, that made the blockchain a perfect choice for BeefTrace, which aims to promote more sustainable farming practices by […]

In a few days’ time, on Nov. 17, Uniswap’s first yield farming opportunity will end. When the project’s governance token released in September, a yield farming opportunity was launched that allowed users to earn UNI by depositing liquidity into the decentralized exchange. This rapidly became one of the most popular yield farms, garnering $1 billion, […]

Months ago, a Twitter account called “Zeus Capital” was registered, along with a respective web page. Zeus Capital claimed to be a cryptocurrency hedge fund with knowledge that could send the price of Chainlink (LINK) to $0.07. At the time the fund began slinging accusations of fraud, LINK traded for $4-5. Zeus Capital expected a […]

A US lawmaker famous among crypto circles for his forward-thinking stance on the addition of digital currencies in the broader economy was “blasted” by regulators on Wednesday for focusing “too much” on the niche market, as per a press release. How much is too much? Brian Brooks, Acting Comptroller of the Currency, was served a […]

The fourth upgrade to the Tezos network went live earlier today at block 1,212,417, as per a tweet by its foundation and code maintainer. The Tezos blockchain was first announced in 2017 and was one of the biggest initial coin offerings at the time. Its mainnet has been active since mid-2018 and has not faced […]