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Billionaire Mark Cuban talks about Aave, SushiSwap, and DeFi

Billionaire investor Mark Cuban has been under the microscope in the crypto space over the past few weeks as he has started to tweet more about Bitcoin, Ethereum, and now even decentralized finance tokens to his over eight million followers.

Nick Chong · 1 year ago · 2 min read

Ethereum (ETH) rockets to a new all-time high at $1,650 as altcoin market cools

After tremendous price surges in decentralized finance coins and many smaller-cap crypto assets, attention is finally returning to Ethereum.

Nick Chong · 1 year ago · 2 min read

Proof-of-Stake (PoS) coins are having a blast this week

Cryptocurrency tokens based on Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus algorithms have been booming over the last seven days as many of them are seeing weekly growth of 50% or more, according to CryptoSlate’s proof-of-stake sector data.

Liam Frost · 1 year ago · 2 min read

Litecoin’s MimbleWimble privacy upgrade is ready to roll on March 15

The Litecoin MimbleWimble (MW) lead developer, David Burkett, has given a progress update on the project.

Samuel Wan · 1 year ago · 2 min read

NFT Fever: What are ‘Hashmasks’ and why are they so popular?

A new type of non-fungible token is doing the rounds on Crypto Twitter.

Shaurya Malwa · 1 year ago · 2 min read

MicroStrategy buys another $10 million of Bitcoin, and it’s now sitting on over $2 billion in BTC

Expect Micheal Saylor to purchase all your Bitcoins the minute you stop paying attention.

Shaurya Malwa · 1 year ago · 1 min read

Algorand (ALGO) is now bringing music to the booming DeFi industry

The high-speed blockchain will be used to power an upcoming platform that connects investors with music artists.

Shaurya Malwa · 1 year ago · 2 min read

Gold could get ‘GameStopped’ next, says Cameron Winklevoss

The ongoing silver price rally, allegedly sparked by retail traders from Reddit, could “tell us just how bullshit precious metals markets are,” said crypto exchange Gemini co-founder Cameron Winklevoss last Sunday.

Liam Frost · 1 year ago · 2 min read

Mark Cuban’s opinion of Bitcoin has changed dramatically over the years

With the attention Bitcoin has received, 2021 has already proven itself to be a year of great change.

Samuel Wan · 1 year ago · 2 min read

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How we can use timestamping content on the blockchain to fight fake news and fraud

Can you trust what you read on the internet? Ideally, we’d be in a world where the answer to this question is an immediate “Yes.” But we know there’s a lot of distrust in what’s on the internet.

Sebastiaan van der Lans · 1 year ago · 4 min read

Ireland Central Bank governor says Bitcoin investors are going to lose ‘all their money’

Gabriel Makhlouf said investors are likely to lose their entire investment as Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies go to zero.

Shaurya Malwa · 1 year ago · 2 min read

A Bitcoin SV troll is allegedly sending death threats to one of Bitcoin’s earliest advocates

Followers of the Bitcoin fork are alleging harassing some prominent Bitcoin industry proponents after a recent white paper controversy.

Shaurya Malwa · 1 year ago · 2 min read

Synthetix launches sXAG markets as internet traders begin pumping silver

The metal gained over 11% in the past day, setting an eight-year high price.

Shaurya Malwa · 1 year ago · 2 min read

Why the Bitcoin price dropped immediately after Musk’s positive comments

The Bitcoin price pumped and fell immediately after Tesla CEO Elon Musk talked about BTC positively on Clubhouse.

Joseph Young · 1 year ago · 2 min read

Dogecoin “supporters” turn on DOGE as Reddit-fueled craze ends with 50% correction

For some reason, Dogecoin (DOGE) has been the talk of the town over the past 72 hours.

Nick Chong · 1 year ago · 2 min read

What Elon Musk said about Bitcoin during today’s packed Clubhouse event

I don’t know about you but around two hours ago, I had my eyes and fingers glued to my iPhone trying to join the latest Clubhouse even with Elon Musk.

Nick Chong · 1 year ago · 2 min read

DEX tokens soar as trust in centralized exchanges is eroding

While the past week has been somewhat tumultuous, to put it mildly, for both crypto and stock markets, it looks like digital tokens related to decentralized exchanges (DEXs) are actually having a great time.

Liam Frost · 1 year ago · 2 min read

Bitcoin could soon feature on VISA network, CEO Al Kelly says

The payments giant might add cryptocurrencies to its expansive global network.

Shaurya Malwa · 1 year ago · 2 min read

XRP price spikes as Ripple pushes back against SEC’s $1.3 billion lawsuit

The price of now-embattled cryptocurrency XRP surged by up to 86%—just a day after Ripple Labs filed its response to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) $1.3 billion lawsuit hanging over the company’s head.

Liam Frost · 1 year ago · 3 min read

Analysts say Bitcoin could pop back up after accumulation

The price of Bitcoin fully retraced after surging to around $38,000 in the past 24 hours.

Joseph Young · 1 year ago · 2 min read

‘DeFi is really eating the world of finance,’ says Kraken CEO

The emergence of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum made it obvious how much traditional markets lack transparency and are stacked against the “little guy,” Jesse Powell, CEO of crypto exchange Kraken, told Yahoo! Finance in an interview published on Friday.

Liam Frost · 1 year ago · 2 min read

In 61 days, Cardano will be completely in the hands of stake pool operators

On March 31, all of the blocks on the Cardano network will be produced by independent stake pool operators.

Priyeshu Garg · 1 year ago · 2 min read

SEC to ‘closely review’ actions of Robinhood and merry Redditors

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has promised to review the recent events surrounding the GameStop (GME) pump and the subsequent restrictions on stock trading enforced by Robinhood exchange, the SEC’s acting chair and commissioners stated on Friday.

Liam Frost · 1 year ago · 2 min read

How Robinhood halting GameStop trades led to DeFi and crypto recognition

Robinhood’s shutdown of GameStop stock trading via its platform has led to a massive public uproar.

Atul Ajoy · 1 year ago · 4 min read

How the LUNA 2.0 airdrop will be distributed on May 28

Do Kwon allegedly set up Mirror Protocol to scam retail investors

Dogecoin co-founder calls LUNA 2.0 believers ‘truly dumb’

New Luna 2.0 blockchain will not be a fork of Luna Classic

LUNA 2.0 airdrop, mainnet delayed until May 28

LUNA2.0 is finally live, airdrop underway

Prominent entities implicated as whistleblowers lift lid on Terra scandal

Will $26B staked in ETH 2.0 be unlocked and sold after the merge?

LUNA 2.0 hits $30 then drops 80% in first day of trading

MonkeyPoxInu developers allegedly vanish with $400M, coin tanks 99% 3 days post-launch

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Ethereum (ETH) rockets to a new all-time high at $1,650 as altcoin market cools

Proof-of-Stake (PoS) coins are having a blast this week

Litecoin’s MimbleWimble privacy upgrade is ready to roll on March 15

MicroStrategy buys another $10 million of Bitcoin, and it’s now sitting on over $2 billion in BTC

Algorand (ALGO) is now bringing music to the booming DeFi industry

Gold could get ‘GameStopped’ next, says Cameron Winklevoss

Mark Cuban’s opinion of Bitcoin has changed dramatically over the years

How we can use timestamping content on the blockchain to fight fake news and fraud

Ireland Central Bank governor says Bitcoin investors are going to lose ‘all their money’

A Bitcoin SV troll is allegedly sending death threats to one of Bitcoin’s earliest advocates

Synthetix launches sXAG markets as internet traders begin pumping silver

Dogecoin “supporters” turn on DOGE as Reddit-fueled craze ends with 50% correction

What Elon Musk said about Bitcoin during today’s packed Clubhouse event

DEX tokens soar as trust in centralized exchanges is eroding

Bitcoin could soon feature on VISA network, CEO Al Kelly says

XRP price spikes as Ripple pushes back against SEC’s $1.3 billion lawsuit

‘DeFi is really eating the world of finance,’ says Kraken CEO

In 61 days, Cardano will be completely in the hands of stake pool operators

SEC to ‘closely review’ actions of Robinhood and merry Redditors

How Robinhood halting GameStop trades led to DeFi and crypto recognition

How the LUNA 2.0 airdrop will be distributed on May 28

Do Kwon allegedly set up Mirror Protocol to scam retail investors

Dogecoin co-founder calls LUNA 2.0 believers ‘truly dumb’

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