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At least one analyst is urging investors to overlook quarterly trading fluctuations and focus on the larger industry trends. “Some of the near-term themes have similarities to HOOD [Robinhood] as trading engagement slowed in the quarter from a record first half, deflating some of the first-half enthusiasm,” JMP Securities’ Devin
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During the second week of October, the total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) protocols crossed $200 billion, and two weeks later in November, the TVL in defi surpassed $250 billion gaining 25% in value. Meanwhile, Ethereum commands more than 67% of the $253 billion TVL in defi today,
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The central bank of Russia is trying to evaluate the amount of Bitcoin (BTC) held by local investors amid a massive amount of money not returning to banks following the pandemic-fueled withdrawals.According to Elizaveta Danilova, head of the central bank’s financial stability department, the Bank of Russia is polling local
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Dydx, a decentralized exchange, has seen its trading volumes explode in the last few days, surpassing other recognized decentralized exchanges like Uniswap and Pancakeswap. Some analysts have suggested this might be the result of the latest Chinese cryptocurrency ban causing China-based users to move their trading activities to these platforms. Dydx
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Last week China’s heavy-handed crackdown on crypto trading crypto briefly sent shockwaves across the market as Bitcoin and altcoin prices saw a sharp drop following the announcement, but as is the case with all things crypto-related, the market bounced back as resilient traders found other ways to participate in the
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“This improved sentiment could be a seasonal phenomenon, but we are not seeing a commensurate rise in volumes in investment products,” said a CoinShares report published Monday. “This suggests that some investors are taking advantage of recent price weaknesses and the continued rise in alt-coin popularity,” added the report. Source
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After non-fungible token (NFT) sales soared during the month of August, the first week of September’s NFT sales has been awful. Statistics show the number of sales in mid-August tapped a high of 193,693 sales but plummeted 86% to 27,053 sales on September 10. Metrics from the most used marketplaces
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OpenSea’s Head of Product Nate Chastain posted a plea for help, revealing the popular marketplace currently comprises just 37 people despite currently processing 98% of all NFT volumes.The world’s largest nonfungible token marketplace, OpenSea, is desperately in need of staff as NFT mania continues to ramp up.We need to ramp
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The cryptocurrency market has had a wild ride thus far in 2021 as multiple sub-sectors like decentralized finance (DeFi), NFTs, meme coins and layer-two solutions have seen their TVL and token values skyrocket to new highs. One of the biggest success stories of the year was been Dogecoin (DOGE), a simple
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This weekly roundup of news from Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong attempts to curate the industry’s most important news, including influential projects, changes in the regulatory landscape, and enterprise blockchain integrations. Olympic battleAfter months of writing about the relentless actions of the Chinese government, this week we lead with a
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