Nigerian Artist Davido Launches Fan Token That Gives 'Power Back to the Fans' – Altcoins Bitcoin News
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Nigerian Artist Davido Launches Fan Token That Gives ‘Power Back to the Fans’ – Altcoins Bitcoin News

Nigerian artist Davido has launched a fan token, the Echoke Social Token, that he says gives “power” to his millions of fans. Eliminating the Middlemen A Nigerian pop artist and celebrity, Davido, recently announced the launch of his fan token, the Echoke Social Token, via his Instagram account. According to Davido’s Instagram post, this token not only eliminates unnecessary third…

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1M ETH burned since EIP-1559, and Dorsey drops tbDEX white paper, Nov. 19–26
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1M ETH burned since EIP-1559, and Dorsey drops tbDEX white paper, Nov. 19–26

Welcome to the latest edition of Cointelegraph’s decentralized finance newsletter. ETH is burning at a rapid rate! Read on to discover the statistics behind Ethereum’s pursuit of deflationary mechanics. What you’re about to read is a shorter, more succinct version of the newsletter. For a comprehensive summary of DeFi’s developments over the last week, subscribe below. $4.24 billion in ETH…

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Germany’s New Government Is Bringing Crypto Front and Center
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Germany’s New Government Is Bringing Crypto Front and Center

As Germany is bracing for what many expect to be a new dawn for Europe’s largest economy, the incoming government has presented a coalition agreement which—for the first time ever—mentions cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology among the pillars that will support the country’s development in the next four years. The so-called “traffic light” coalition government consists of the center-left Social Democrats…

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Grayscale Report Sees Metaverse as Potential $1 Trillion Business Opportunity – Bitcoin News
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Grayscale Report Sees Metaverse as Potential $1 Trillion Business Opportunity – Bitcoin News

Grayscale, a leading cryptocurrency asset manager, seems to have set its gaze on the metaverse as a business opportunity. Yesterday the company released a report where it examined the feasibility of this interconnected virtual world and how these economies can provide a profitable entry for investors, considering this area could grow to be a $1 trillion business in the near…

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Bitcoin sentiment in 'wild' divergence from reality as $53K BTC triggers 'extreme fear'
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Bitcoin sentiment in ‘wild’ divergence from reality as $53K BTC triggers ‘extreme fear’

Bitcoin (BTC) has stabilized at around $55,000 after dropping by $6,000 in a single day — but crypto market sentiment is still in shock. According to the Crypto Fear & Greed Index, as of Nov. 27, emotions are now at the most fearful since late September. Crypto sentiment dives into “extreme fear” Fear & Greed, which takes a basket of…

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Vitalik Buterin proposes calldata limit per block to lower ETH gas costs
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Vitalik Buterin proposes calldata limit per block to lower ETH gas costs

Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin has proposed a new limit on the total transaction calldata in a block to decrease the overall transaction calldata gas cost over the ETH network.  Buterin’s post on the Ethereum Magicians forum, EIP-4488, highlights concerns regarding high transaction fees on Layer-1 blockchains for rollups and the considerable amount of time to implement and deploy data…

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‘Financial Inclusion’ — A Buzzword for Central Banks Who Secretly Despise Economic Freedom
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‘Financial Inclusion’ — A Buzzword for Central Banks Who Secretly Despise Economic Freedom – Op-Ed Bitcoin News

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has released its latest report on “digital currency governance” this month, addressing stablecoins, cryptocurrencies, and “barriers to financial inclusion.” Like most central banks, regulators, think tanks, and politicians, the WEF publication gives lip service to the power of crypto, but never addresses the elephant in the room: instead of actual access to the utility cryptocurrencies…

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Democratic senators oppose President Biden's OCC Omarova nomination
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Democratic senators oppose President Biden’s OCC Omarova nomination

A group of five Democratic senators has reportedly rejected President Joe Biden’s nominee, Saule Omarova, to head the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).  Omarova’s nomination as a bank regulator was initially opposed by three members of the Senate Banking Committee — Senators Jon Tester, Mark Warner, and Kyrsten Sinema — on a phone call with panel chairman…

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Paytm Founder Says Cryptocurrency Is Here to Stay — Predicts Crypto Will Be Mainstream in 5 Years
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Crypto Is Here to Stay and Will Become Mainstream in 5 Years – Regulation Bitcoin News

The founder of Paytm, a major digital payment company in India, is “very positive about crypto.” Noting that cryptocurrency is here to stay, he expects it to become a mainstream technology in a few years. Paytm Founder Is ‘Very Positive About Crypto’ Vijay Shekhar Sharma, the founder of Paytm, said at a virtual conference organized by the Indian Chamber of…

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