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Bitcoin-focused entrepreneurs have a reason to rejoice. Earlier this week, Blockstream announced its “Liquid Ventures Initiative,” targeting developers working on the firm’s Lightning Network and Liquid public sidechains and connecting deserving projects with investor pools. Calling all BTC devs As the blog notes, over twelve Bitcoin-centric ventures funds at part of the initiate, including Blockchain […]

Ethereum has seen booming network utility throughout 2020. The blockchain has seen heightened stablecoin issuance and a growing influx of finds into various ETH-based DeFi initiatives. The utility growth Ethereum has seen over the past five months has led ETH to see booming demand, as more investors begin recognizing its growing potential. This has also […]

Bitcoin bore witness to its seventh-largest negative difficulty adjustment seen in its relatively brief history. This came about just weeks after the benchmark cryptocurrency underwent another mining difficulty adjustment. These adjustments have lessened the blow that the recent mining rewards halving had on Bitcoin’s miners, which could have positive impacts on its hash rate. They […]

Ethereum has been caught within a firm uptrend in recent times that has allowed it to gain some serious ground against Bitcoin in recent weeks. This uptrend did show some signs of faltering yesterday, which came about alongside the decline seen by Bitcoin and the aggregated crypto market yesterday. Right before ETH peaked, the Token […]

Security in the cryptocurrency market, and its related products, is a long-revered feature by both users and long-term investors. While digital asset businesses firms boast of top-notch security and protection, hacks and scams have, time and again, led to an overall loss of confidence about the claims made by several firms.  To this end, some […]

Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies have become a growing force in the economy, with some of the world’s biggest investors and innovators entering the space. Yet the industry still does not have a full-blown representative in government — not in the U.S. government anyway. Sure, there are Senators and Representatives that are amicable towards Bitcoin or blockchain, […]

Bitcoin’s price action over the past few weeks has undoubtedly been impressive. But even more impressive is that of Ethereum. The second-largest digital asset is up 20 percent since the start of May. Over that same time frame, BTC is up a mere six percent. While an already impressive move, analysts have begun to conclude […]

In the fourth development update regarding the Shelley testnet, Cardano’s head of delivery Christopher Greenwood said that the team received overwhelmingly good reviews from users. More than 50 pioneers have set up and operated 81 stake pools, achieving major success that is set to open up the testnet to the wider public next week. “Things […]

Decentralized trading applications are closing the gap on their centralized counterparts. The former were regarded as slow, clunky, and even “boring” in 2018, but have since seen extensive development and advancements in both technology and customer-facing UI. On June 3, the DeversiFi 2.0 DEX said it has incorporated a layer-2 scaling technology on its trading […]

Cryptocurrency markets are like none other — high leverage, massive volatility, and the introduction of products like options, swaps, and perpetual futures make the market ripe for traders looking to make quick profits. But one metric has continually stuck out as a moot point, attracting questions from both critics and seasoned investors. In question here […]