While the cryptocurrency economy has seen significant losses across the board — losing billions during the last two weeks — a recent CNBC millionaire survey indicates that millennial millionaires have a lot of crypto. Furthermore, millennial millionaires plan to add more digital assets to their portfolios in 2022. 83% of Millennial Millionaires Own Cryptocurrency, According to Recent CNBC Millionaire Survey…
Month: December 2021
Uniswap v3 contracts deployment on Polygon approved with 99.3% consensus
The Uniswap community has approved the governance proposal that sought deployment of Uniswap v3 contracts over the Polygon PoS Chain. The approval comes in the form of an on-chain vote that saw the participation of over 72.6 million users from the community. Uniswap Labs announced to deploy Uniswap v3 contracts based on the votes that reflected over 99.3% approval consensus…
Yes, RadioShack Has Pivoted to DeFi
For years, electronics retailer RadioShack used the slogan, “You’ve got questions, we’ve got answers.” After the moribund chain’s latest move, people have a lot of questions. Over the weekend, the company confirmed a pivot into decentralized finance (DeFi), the name for blockchain-based protocols that allow people to send, receive, trade, lend, and borrow funds without intermediaries. RadioShack DeFi, the website…
Binance Developing Crypto Exchange in Indonesia – Exchanges Bitcoin News
Binance has formed a joint venture with a consortium led by Telkom Indonesia’s $830-million venture capital arm. Binance aims “to expand the blockchain ecosystem in Indonesia with the development of a new Indonesian-based digital asset exchange.” Binance Building Cryptocurrency Exchange in Indonesia Blockchain and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider Binance announced Wednesday that it has established a joint venture with a consortium…
Bitcoin Is Safe From Growing Hyperinflation
The greatest trick the government ever pulled was convincing the world that inflation was a good thing. Over the course of history, dozens of once-prosperous nations have collapsed under the pressure of hyperinflation. Today, the U.S government is $29 trillion dollars in debt and inflation is at its highest rate in over 30 years. Now, more than ever, is a…
IMF Chief Economist Says ‘Regulation Is Absolutely Important’ for Crypto Sector – Regulation Bitcoin News
The chief economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says that regulation is “absolutely important” for the crypto sector. She added that banning cryptocurrencies, like what India could be considering doing, would pose practical challenges given their decentralized nature. IMF’s Chief Economist on Cryptocurrency and Its Regulation International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief economist Gita Gopinath reportedly discussed cryptocurrency Wednesday at…
Bitcoin Is Environmentally Green – Bitcoin Magazine: Bitcoin News, Articles, Charts, and Guides
Upon reading the opinion piece in the San Francisco Chronicle penned by Steve Westly, we are reminded of Brandolini’s Law, which we paraphrase here: “The amount of energy needed to refute misinformation is an order of magnitude larger than is needed to produce it.” In order to prevent wasting our own or our readers’ time, we will rebut the claims made by…
Here’s why Ethereum traders could care less about ETH’s current weakness
Since hitting an all-time high at $4,870 on Nov. 10, Ether (ETH) price has been posting lower lows over the past 50 days. If this downtrend continues, the lower trendline support suggests that the altcoin will bottom at $3,600. Still, derivatives data is signaling that pro traders are not concerned about the seemingly bearish market structure. Ether/USD price on FTX.…
Leading Mexican Retailer Grupo Elektra Accepts Bitcoin – Featured Bitcoin News
Mexico’s Grupo Elektra, a leading retailer in Latin America, is accepting bitcoin for payments. The chain belongs to conglomerate Grupo Salinas, which is owned by Mexico’s third-richest billionaire, the pro-bitcoin Ricardo Salinas Pliego. Ricardo Salinas Pliego’s Retail Chain, Grupo Elektra, Now Accepts Bitcoin Elektra is a supermarket and banking chain belonging to conglomerate Grupo Salinas, which is owned by Mexico’s…
SEC delays spot Bitcoin ETF decisions, Nike throws its hat into Metaverse arena, and a crypto exchange gets hacked: Hodler’s Digest, Dec. 12-18
Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week on Cointelegraph in one link. Top Stories This Week Russia to decide between blanket crypto ban and legalizing exchanges in 2022 A recent report…