After the success of stablecoins, more and more banks are developing their native Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) solutions. Fantom CBDC is a solution to upgrade the existing banking infrastructure. In Jan 2021, the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) surveyed 65 different central banks representing around 91% of the global economy. And guess what, 56…
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Bitcoin price started a steady increase and it surpassed $50,000 against the US Dollar. BTC is likely to remain well bid and it might even clear $50,300 Bitcoin started a decent increase above the $48,000 and $48,500 resistance levels. The price is now trading above $48,000 and the 100 hourly simple moving average. There is…
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Crypto has recently been suggested as a fix for the woes popular adult content platform OnlyFans has been going through. The company had announced last week that it planned to remove all of its adult content by October first. Speculations were that this was due to payment processors Visa and MasterCard making payment harder for…
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The Uniswap community is debating against a new proposal that favors Flipside Crypto to the tune of $25 million in funding. The funding is for two years, but the arguments against it are numerous. Many DeFi protocols such as Uniswap provide governance tokens for people to participate in core decisions on their network. The recent…
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The government of Sweden has found itself in the unusual situation of paying out around $1.5 million worth of Bitcoin to a drug dealer, whom they convicted and then jailed. Authorities are being forced to pay the man 33 BTC, after his illegally obtained bitcoin appreciated while behind bars. A Swedish Prosecutor’s Mistake Two years ago,…
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Bitcoin is still headed for the moon even as the weekend goes on. The price of the asset has not seen much in the way of a downturn following its massive price increase from last month. Overall sentiments in the crypto market are still very positive, as evidenced in the Fear & Greed Index. The…
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The Chinese Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) is progressively spreading out to more users. This can be seen as 35 banks in China include the digital Yuan in their mobile apps. According to a local report, the digital RMB App reveals a recent addition of more banks to the interface. Before now, the digital app…
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Cryptocurrency exchanges are online platforms where you can trade (buy and sell) between cryptocurrencies based on their actual market price. In order to come up with a valuation for a cryptocurrency, investors and market participants determine the demand and supply. This is a similar concept to a stock exchange where shares of companies are bought…
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The percentage of illegal crypto transactions, according to this Chainalysis report, is about 2% of total transactions. Although the majority of cryptocurrency transactions is not illegal, it is increasingly being used for criminal activities. As part of a dark web operation, Australian police have conducted a massive cryptocurrency seizure. The total value seized was about $6…
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Layer one network Polygon continues to expand and solidified its position in the crypto space. Recently, they announced a new partnership with Filecoin, a network that allows users to store and transfer data via a native marketplace. The cooperation launched the Filecoin-Polygon Bridge, to increase their interoperability. Built by the Textile team, the bridge enables…
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