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Too long, in my opinion, has Ethereum been considered the “poor cousin” of Bitcoin. Too much the sidekick, not enough the actual star: more Robin that Batman, more Spock than Captain Kirk, more Gromit than Wallace. It seems, however Ethereum is finally holding its own. Frustratingly Bitcoin is the posterchild of crypto: a
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Editor's noteAfter taking a bit of a break and skipping a week for the newsletter, I’ve returned with the feeling that something big is brewing for the crypto space.To people who follow me on Twitter or here, it is probably no secret that I believe the fate of the crypto
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This collaboration will help Ethereum to eliminate some technical difficulties like node setup, node syncing and many other things. The Amazon Managed Blockchain will actively handle a lot of tasks by itself.On Tuesday, March 2, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced support for the world’s second-largest blockchain Ethereum on the Amazon
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Ten years ago, Bitcoin emerged as the first cryptocurrency. It brought with it the promise to resolve some of the major challenges that come with regular fiat currencies like the US dollar (USD) and Chinese yuan (CNY) — including rampant inflation, counterfeiting, and centralization. But despite this, it isn’t Bitcoin that
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There’s been renewed interest in bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) with the nomination of Gary Gensler to head the Securities and Exchange Commission and the approval of a true Canadian bitcoin ETF. Whether one gets approved in the U.S. is still unclear.You're reading State of Crypto, a CryptoX newsletter looking at
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Some of the largest and most risk-averse asset managers, including the likes of pension funds and endowments, are finally waking to crypto as an asset class, according to research released Thursday by trading platform eToro.The eToro-commissioned market research, which quizzed 25 big institutions about investing in crypto, comes on the
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The decentralized finance industry undoubtedly has vast potential — the value locked in it has exploded, surpassing $14 billion this month. Though there is speculation over whether decentralized finance is yet another bubble, I believe it is here to stay. How it stays, however, is another matter that depends on
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Like many other exchanges, Coinbase has been focusing on decentralized finance (DeFi) over the past few months. The
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LVMH has now decided to settle for a less in its acquisition of Tiffany & Co, ending a bitter dispute that the COVID-19 pandemic triggered.Today, LVMH, the world’s leading luxury products group, and Tiffany & Co (NYSE: TIF), the global luxury jeweler, agreed to salvage the luxury sector’s biggest-ever deal through
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A year-and-a-half after it was first announced, JPM Coin — JPMorgan Chase's in-house stablecoin — is now live and in use by a major transnational tech firm for round-the-clock cross-border payments.According to a report on Oct. 27, this real-world proof that the technology is increasing efficiency and reducing costs has bolstered the megabank's
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