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“I’ve always felt that the environmental argument against cryptocurrencies is weak,” said Scott Eichler, founder and principal at Standing Oak Financial, a Newport Beach, Calif.-based registered investment advisor (RIA). “There’s something to the idea that, in some ways, the energy use gives cryptocurrencies their value, creating a barrier to entry.” Source
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Calls for an altseason continue to grow louder as the price action in the altcoin market has been on the rise for a few days. Meanwhile, Bitcoin (BTC) continues to consolidate below its all-time high near the $62,000 support level. Oftentimes, moves in altcoins center around one specific sector of tokens,
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Electric services provider Ameren Corporation announced Monday that it has successfully mined upward of 20 Bitcoin (BTC) using excess energy generated by one of its coal-based power plants — the Sioux Energy Center in West Alton, Missouri.While the company set up the data center used to mine the coins back
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Ransomware, malicious software that encrypts computers and keeps them “locked” until a ransom is paid, is the world’s fastest-growing cyber threat, according to Coinfirm. Recent attacks on critical national infrastructure, like the Colonial Pipeline incursion that crippled oil and gas deliveries for a week along the U.S. East Coast, have
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Since 2017, dozens of projects have created games that use blockchain and nonfungible token (NFT) technology. The overall vision is inspiring and has attracted a solid base of fans and investors in equal measure. However, the industry is still in its infancy, and we have a long way to go
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DAFI introduces a completely new alternative to hyperinflation.Inflation is not a new concept and, in the world of traditional finance, continued pressure on the economy saw the US printed more money in one month than in two centuries last year. Inflation is also not new in the cryptocurrency and DeFi
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The Secret Network, a protocol focused on privacy for decentralized finance (DeFi), has launched SecretSwap, a front-running resistant and cross-chain decentralized exchange. It is now live on the Secret Network mainnet. SecretSwap uses the SNIP-20 secret token standard and Secret Ethereum bridge.“SecretSwap is the first front-running resistant, cross-chain [automated market maker].
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An open-source blockchain protocol called the Secret Network is now offering privacy features for the Ethereum blockchain and 14 ERC-20 tokens.According to a Secret Network blog post, the protocol launched its Secret Ethereum Bridge on the mainnet today, which is designed to allow Ether (ETH) and all ERC-20 token holders
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Aaron Rodgers is one of the greatest quarterbacks in the NFL.But when the Packers selected a quarterback rather than a much-needed wide receiver, many thought it might be the team’s way of showing him out the door.With how he has played so far this season—he is not going anywhere. But
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The Secret Network will deploy its “secret contracts” on the live blockchain Sept. 15, pending passage by the community, Tor Bair, the Secret Foundation’s executive director and chairman, said. Secret contracts are a type of smart contract that allows private data to be used in decentralized applications without revealing the
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