Dave Portnoy Drops Bitcoin, Tether Supports Ethereum’s OMG Network, DeFi Still Hot
Another week, another round of Crypto Tidbits. It’s been quite a week for the Bitcoin market. In the past seven
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Blockchain Bites: Ethereum’s Fees, Bitcoin’s Pullback, Ren’s Great Week
BlockFi has raised a Series A, B and C within a 12-month span, an ICO’s investors can’t find the people they’re trying to sue and stablecoin demand may become unbalanced by traders ditching a “market-neutral strategy.” You’re reading Blockchain Bites, the daily roundup of the most pivotal stories in blockchain and crypto
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After 80% Surge in a Month, Ethereum’s Rally Is at Risk: Here’s Why
Ethereum has embarked on a stellar rally over the past few months. Since the March lows, the asset
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Blockchain Bites: Coinbase’s Loans, Ethereum’s Fees, YAM’s Bug
Ethereum users are paying through the nose while miners profit. Coinbase is offering bitcoin-backed loans and nearly a quarter of the Tor Network may be compromised by a crypto-loving scammer. You’re reading Blockchain Bites, the daily roundup of the most pivotal stories in blockchain and crypto news, and why they’re significant. You
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CoinDesk Live Recap: Co-Founders Revisit Ethereum’s Launch Drama
Several Ethereum co-founders view the project as a wild success and some are even more bullish now than they were back in 2015, when the cryptocurrency project first launched. “We brought in an HR person to start building up the team, I brought in my lawyer to be the first lawyer
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CoinDesk Live Recap: Ethereum’s DeFi Luminaries Discuss What’s Next
For decentralized finance (DeFi) to make its mark, it must reach beyond the crypto bubble, said MakerDAO founder Rune Christensen. “Compared to where we’re going next, we’ve still just scratched the surface of what this technology will do,” Christensen, whose lending platform recently topped $1 billion in committed assets, said. He was
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Ethereum’s Adoption Rate After 5 Years Far Exceeds Bitcoin’s
One key metric suggests that Ethereum (ETH) has enjoyed a much faster rate of adoption and growth in the first five years of existence than Bitcoin (BTC).Comparing the total number of addresses after n days for both Bitcoin and Ethereum. Source: Cryptox, Glassnode, Etherscan.We compared the total number of addresses
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Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin’s New ETP, Ethereum’s ‘Woodstock Moment’ and Silvergate’s SEN Zen
A crypto hedge fund is folding, Silvergate Bank’s bitcoin-collateralized loans surged this quarter and bitcoin futures markets record triple-digit growth. You’re reading Blockchain Bites, the daily roundup of the most pivotal stories in blockchain and crypto news, and why they’re significant. You can subscribe to this and all of CryptoX’s newsletters here. Top
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How Decentralized Finance Became Ethereum’s Top Dog
Projects like MakerDAO, Compound, dYdX and Dharma realized in 2018 they were a distinct group with shared interests within the cryptocurrency industry.Finance has been part of Ethereum from the beginning, but the first attempt to do finance on the "world computer" ended in disaster in 2016: The DAO.A unit of
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Devcon 1: Ethereum’s Woodstock Moment
Ethereum’s Devcon 1, held in London in November 2015, was like Woodstock, except perhaps with less nudity. Bankers and Big 4 consultants disguised in hoodies shared space with dreadlocked Ethereum coders, sitting cross-legged in the corners, their laptops open in front of them. Packed into a Victorian banking hall in the heart
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