In brief Hic et Nuncs front-end disappeared on Thursday. The marketplaces Twitter biography has been updated with the word discontinued. Hic et Nunc tweeted its own smart contract shortly after. On Thursday, the website for leading Tezos NFT marketplace Hic et Nunc suddenly disappeared with no explanation. The only breadcrumb was an update to Hic et Nuncs Twitter bio, which…
sponsored On November 6, 2021, Alchemy Pay’s Chief of Staff, Karmen Tang, delivered her keynote address at the Epicenter Crypto Conference in Lisbon. Tang took the audience through a brief history of Alchemy Pay and the broad ecosystem they have now built within blockchain infrastructure. The founders of Alchemy Pay come from giants of traditional payments such as Mastercard, QFPay,…
Bitcoin (BTC) tapered losses on Nov. 13 as the market showed little interest in U.S. regulators refusing to allow a spot exchange-traded fund (ETF). BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView ETF rejection causes few market headaches Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingViewshowed calm conditions for BTC/USD into the weekend, the pair acting within a $1,000 corridor. News that…
Lawmakers from the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia are gearing up to introduce a draft law designed to regulate crypto mining. The nationalists say the legislation will benefit both Russian citizens and the state, as well as those who want to get involved in the business legally. Nationalists Propose Regulations for Russian Crypto Miners The popularity of cryptocurrencies, rising with…
DeFi Friday is Decrypt’s DeFi email newsletter. (art: Grant Kempster) Last week we dug into some interesting updates around O.G. DeFi protocol Maker. There were many notable changes, including a new fixed-yield mechanism called D3M as well as adding staked Ethereum (stETH) as collateral to the protocol. The projects native stablecoin, DAI, is also officially decentralized now that Ethereum is…
Onedegree, a virtual insurer based in Hong Kong, will provide insurance services for digital assets as part of a partnership with a local cryptocurrency exchange. By working together, the two firms hope to alleviate concerns discouraging potential investors from entering the crypto market. Onedegree to Underwrite Insurance Policies for Crypto Assets Hong Kong has several licensed providers of virtual insurance…
As decentralized exchanges (DEXs) evolve, their functionalities become more and more advanced, often matching those of centralized exchanges (CEXs). One such functionality is the ability to place limit orders, which offers more flexibility and efficiency to DEX traders. This article looks at the existing limit order features and their prospective implementations. Unlike a market order, which is executed immediately at…
Terra, an algorithmic stablecoin project, will burn $4.5 billion worth of terra (LUNA), its native token, from its community pool. The decision was taken using the on-chain governance system, and according to proposals 133 and 134, the LUNA will be burned and swapped for the native stablecoin of the chain, UST. This burn is expected to raise the price of…
Investment bank Morgan Stanley has stated the metaverse is now the next big investment theme, in a note directed to investors Thursday. Strategists from the bank believe this alternate conception of reality is amassing important interest from companies like Meta (formerly Facebook) and Microsoft, which are already trying to grasp the concept. Some of these companies are already capitalizing on…
The Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) expels a top provincial official after investigations suggest unlawful emgagement with crypto mining activities among other abuse of power. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) alleged that Xiao Yi, former vice-chairman of the Chinese Peoples Political Consultative Conference from Jiangxi province abused his state-backed administrative powers to undermine the political…
