In this week’s newsletter, read about how Animoca Brands co-founder Yat Siu believes that nonfungible token (NFT) games are only at the tip of the iceberg in terms of potential. Check out how an executive at Kraken highlighted that NFTs will be as disruptive as Bitcoin (BTC) and how a museum in Ukraine is preserving the country’s cultural heritage through…
The lack of a decisive catalyst and the strength in the United States dollar index (DXY) has kept the recovery of risky assets under check. Bitcoin (BTC) remains stuck inside a tight range, searching for that elusive breakout. The longer the time Bitcoin spends inside the range, the greater will be the eventual breakout from it. The short-term uncertainty in…
Crypto exchange Binance is now the second-largest entity by voting power in the Uniswap DAO, sitting just behind the venture firm Andreessen Horowitz, or a16z, according to the on-chain list of delegates. On Oct. 18, Binance delegated 13.2 million UNI tokens from its own books, which represents 5.9% of the voting power — a percentage of tokens delegated to the exchange.…
According to the European Union’s statistics office Eurostat on Wednesday, Euro area annual inflation is up to 9.9% in September, up from 9.1% in August. The inflation rate in September tapped a 40-year high, and investors suspect that the eurozone is “at risk of a financial meltdown.” European Union’s Consumer Price Index Taps a 40-Year High, EU Residents Take to…
The past eighty days have been moderately bearish for cryptocurrencies as the altcoin market capitalization declined by 16%. The downside movement can be partially explained by the U.S. Federal Reserve’s quantitative tightening, rising interest rates and halting of asset purchases. Although they are aimed at curbing inflationary pressure, the policy also increases the borrowing costs for consumers and businesses. Solana‘s…
According to a new report published by cryptocurrency data aggregator CoinGecko, several interesting anomalies surfaced in the cryptocurrency markets during the third quarter Although the digital asset industry witnessed heavy sell-offs earlier this year, its overall market cap actually increased by around $100 billion compared to Q2. While in the past, crypto bear markets have largely decoupled from stock performance,…
In brief Unstoppable Domains has stopped selling and servicing its .coin NFT-based domains after discovering another company had already offered them. Emercoin offered .coin domains years earlier, which could create potential conflicts with Unstoppable Domains’ version. Unstoppable Domains offers an array of NFT-based domain names that can point to crypto wallets, profile pages, and decentralized websites viewable in certain browsers.…
TRON is a layer-1 blockchain utilizing a delegated proof of stake consensus mechanism. Its eco-friendly network, low fees, and easy to use developer tools have allowed it to attain a massive amount of user growth and innovative projects. Dave Uhryniak is the Director of Ecosystem Development at TRON DAO. He rejoined the Bitcoin.com News Podcast to talk about the TRON…
Reducing the amount of hacking by improving cybersecurity should be considered a top priority for the crypto industry, said Kim Grauer, director of research of blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis. As pointed out by the firm, this year could outpace 2021 in terms of crypto stolen through hacks. The vast majority of these exploits have been targeting the field of decentralized…
Moola, a decentralized finance (defi) lending and borrowing platform, was recently exploited for $8.4 million in what has been described as an “incredibly simple attack.” Moola responded to the attack by pausing all activity on the platform. The defi platform also told the attacker(s) it was willing to negotiate a “bounty payment in exchange for returning the funds within the…
