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3 years, 7 months agoClimate Footprint of Blockchain Technology
Contrary to what is portrayed in public debates and the media, neither the length of the Blockchain, nor the number of transactions have a major impact on energy consumption. An overview of the carbon footprint of…
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3 years, 7 months agoMyths and Facts about Bitcoin
Myths and facts about Bitcoin are abundant and everywhere. But which of them actually reflect the truth? We provide an overview of the five most common myths about the mother of all cryptocurrencies, as well as the…
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3 years, 7 months agoDecentralised Exchanges (DEXes) – Trustless and Secure
Centralised Exchanges have played a pivotal role in the crypto asset ecosystem, acting as fiat ramps, custodians, exchange, market makers and VCs. Algorithmic smart contract based Decentralised Exchanges (DEXes)…
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3 years, 7 months agoVisa Settling Transactions with USDC on Ethereum
Visa announced it will allow the use of the USD Coin (USDC) stablecoin to settle transactions on its payment network. The company is launching a pilot program with a payment and crypto platform Crypto.com, with…
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3 years, 7 months agoEthereum 2.0 Staking Contract Continues to Grow
Ethereum 2.0 is the next evolutionary phase of the Ethereum blockchain. It will mark the transition from proof-of-work algorithm to proof-of-stake. In the process, the Ethereum 2.0 Staking Contract recently reached…
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3 years, 7 months agoWeekly Bitcoin USD Chart Analysis Calendar Week 12 – 2021
Bitcoin USD daily basis Bitcoin USD Chart Analysis – Consolidation below 60’000 USD In the reporting week, a correction phase dominated, with its lowest point occurring on Thursday. Right at the beginning of the…
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3 years, 7 months agoTesla accepts Bitcoin as a means of payment
After stunning the market earlier this year with a bold bet on Bitcoin, Tesla Inc. has now started accepting Bitcoin (the world’s largest electronic currency) as a means of payment for its electric cars. On W…
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3 years, 7 months agoFidelity and Goldman Sachs File for US Bitcoin ETF
Fidelity Investments and Goldman Sachs have filed applications to list a Bitcoin ETF with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). These would be the first Bitcoin ETFs in the United States. In what is a…
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3 years, 7 months agoWhat are Stablecoins?
Most Stablecoins are pegged to the US dollar. They close the gap between the advantages of Cryptocurrencies and the more stable fiat currencies. The first and largest of these is Tether (USDT), with a market…
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3 years, 7 months agoUniswap announces protocol upgrade (V3)
The long-awaited official announcement on the launch of Uniswap version 3 has finally arrived. However, it dashed hopes for vast improvements in transaction costs and speeds. What’s new and why were some user d…
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3 years, 7 months agoWhy CBDCs aren’t a threat to Bitcoin
Central banks are concerned that they may lose the race for digital currencies to a private digital currency like Bitcoin (BTC). But Bitcoin and CBDCs are very different, with the former being of fixed supply while…
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3 years, 8 months agoMorgan Stanley offers access to Bitcoin funds
Morgan Stanley becomes the first major U.S. bank to offer its wealthy clients access to Bitcoin funds. The Bitcoin rally over the past year has seemingly put pressure on Wall Street to consider diversification into…
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3 years, 8 months agoWhy the DeFi and ICO hype aren’t the same
2017 feels like it happened a decade ago for most people, but many of people still have vivid memories of it, especially those who invested actively in the past bull run. There have been a lot of comparisons…
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3 years, 8 months agoBitcoin Suisse withdraws FINMA application for Banking License
Since the summer of 2019, crypto company Bitcoin Suisse has been waiting for its Swiss banking license. However, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has classified the application as not…
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3 years, 8 months agoDoes Wall Street Need More Decentralization?
The GameStop (GME) debacle garnered a lot of attention. Some people consider the problem to be centralized systems. According to these critics, the shortcomings of today’s financial system could possibly be s…
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3 years, 8 months agoBaseball Team Accepting Bitcoin for Purchases
The Oakland Athletics Major League Baseball (MLB) team is now accepting payments of Bitcoin (BTC) for home-game luxury suites. This follows a larger trend of cryptocurrency and NFT adoption in the sports world. The…
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3 years, 8 months agoMarket review calendar week 11 – 2021
A summarizing review of what has been happening at the crypto markets of the past week. A look at trending sectors, liquidity, volatility, spreads and more. The weekly report in cooperation with market data…
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3 years, 8 months agoWeekly Bitcoin USD Chart Analysis Calendar Week 10 – 2021
Bitcoin USD daily basis Bitcoin USD Chart Analysis – Another High After Healthy Correction The upward movement set in the previous week consistently continued in the reporting week. On Monday, the Bitcoin price c…
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3 years, 8 months agoNFT artist reveals new project
Conceptual artist and crypto-art/NFT pioneer Kevin Abosch made headlines across the globe in 2018 with his groundbreaking work IAMACOIN as the first person to tokenize himself in the form of 10 million ERC-20…