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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin says that centralized stablecoins such as Tether (USDT) and Circle USD (USDC) could become “a significant decider in future contentious hard forks.”Buterin was speaking at the BUIDL Asia conference in Seoul on Aug. 3, along with Illia Polosukhin, the co-founder of Near Protocol (NEAR) to discuss
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Blockchain analysis firm Glassnode recently characterized the 2022 bear market as the worst on record. This seems to be the case due to events such as the war in Ukraine and rising inflation, coupled with serious problems among centralized crypto exchanges. Yet, the bear market hasn’t negatively impacted all players in
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A decentralized digital network is not controlled by a central authority. Instead, control is distributed among its users. There is no single server or point of command. Rather, the network is run on a peer-to-peer basis, with each user wielding equal power and responsibility. A great example of a
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Uniswap and other decentralized exchanges may have their downsides, but they're outpacing centralized exchanges for on-chain inflows. Source
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The Graph announced it will urge developers to migrate to its Etheruem-based indexer network as it shuts down its centralized service by early 2023. Original Source
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Self-sovereignty is a core principle in the cryptocurrency space: Investors need to rely on a trustless, decentralized network instead of a central entity that has been known to devalue the holdings of others. One shortcoming associated with self-sovereignty, however, is inheritance.An estimated 4 million Bitcoin (BTC) has been lost over
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The elegance of crypto is that despite requiring layers of centralized interfaces and integrations for real-world use, it still offers a genuine freedom of choice. Users can opt in to the virtues of self custody and decentralized P2P payments just like physical cash, without sacrificing mainstream utility. To this end,
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Buying or selling cryptocurrencies usually starts with exchanges or, in other words, digital marketplaces where most crypto trading happens. For example, Binance, a leading centralized exchange (CEX), handles over $24.27 billion in daily volumes. Similarly, UniSwap is the world’s largest decentralized exchange (DEX) with over $7.25 billion in Total Value
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Outflows do not necessarily imply passive investing and investors often tokenize coins drained from centralized exchanges on the Ethereum blockchain to earn extra yield. The number of wrapped bitcoin (WBTC) has increased by 13,000 this year, extending the year-long rising trend. WBTC is the first ERC20 token backed 1:1 with
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Privacy coins certainly have their use cases. What they haven’t had until recently is a way to acquire or divest these tokens untraced. It’s like having a speed-limitless autobahn rolling out straight and flat ahead of you, but with a police cruiser at every on- and off-ramp.“If someone knows of
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