Crypto exchange Binance has announced the launch of a new product, tokenized shares of publicly traded companies. The first to be listed is Elon Musk-led carmaker Tesla. Trading with these tokens will be available with zero commission and accessible to all users of the exchange via their account. According to an official release, each TSLA…
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Per a Form 8-K filed with the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission (SEC), software company MicroStrategy (MSTR) will pay its board of directors in Bitcoin. The decision was taken on April 11, 2021, and it’s applicable to all non-employee directors. As the document says the executives will receive all fees for their service to MicroStrategy…
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The DeFi industry offering an alternative to traditional financial services is evolving at a rapid pace. There are few platforms that are using the latest advances in the blockchain space to create DeFi solutions that could not only outperform their peers but also capable of adapting to new developments in the blockchain technology itself. Holdefi…
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A flurry of optimistic updates hitting the Bitcoin market this Monday has prompted one analyst to see a speedier price rally towards $100,000. Dr. Jeff Rose, the founder/CIO of Vailshire Capital Management, envisioned the flagship cryptocurrency at the six-digit valuation. At the core of his bullish analogy was a classic technical pattern brewing up on…
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April has seen a stellar run from BNB, growing 86% in less than two weeks and hitting an all-time high today. Over the same period, its market cap has near doubled from $49bn to $96bn. While this is still just over a third of Ethereum’s market cap, a stalling ETH 2.0 rollout schedule has observers…
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Unicly’s decentralized and permissionless protocol empowers the community to fractionalize, combine, and trade non-fungible token collections through sharding, improving overall NFT accessibility and fungibility through its novel design. Accompanying Unicswap DEX Attracts Millions In Liquidity Non-fungible tokens have become all the rage as platforms onboard high-profile artists, entertainers, and evangelists seeking a new way to…
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UniFarm, a decentralized farming pool of DeFi’s top projects, has announced a $2 million investment from leading blockchain funds including AU21 Capital, LD Capital, Rarestone Capital, Morningstar Ventures, NGC Capital, Alphabit, Moonwhale Ventures, Acheron Capital, Zokyo Ventures, and more. UniFarm pioneered the token farming pool model which has seen 17 top DeFi projects across 4…
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Crypto exchange Coinbase released its Q1 2021 figures last week, earning the company many plaudits. The key headline was its $1.8bn revenue for the quarter. But the figures also revealed an uptick in both retail and institutional growth. Coinbase Goes Mainstream Coinbase is expected to debut on the Nasdaq, via a direct listing, on April…
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Ethereum is not getting flipped by Binance Smart Chain anytime sooner, shows on-chain indicators. Blockchain analytics platform IntoTheBlock gathered data on Ethereum transactions with volumes greater than $100,000. The portal noted that the second-largest blockchain network processed $20.68 billion worth of transactions in the week ending April 11, leading to a record high volume transfer…
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Remittances are an essential way of supporting domestic economies in regions where financial hardship remains relatively common. Several regions worldwide rely on these money transfers, yet the COVID-19 pandemic is causing an issue. Sub-Saharan countries are at risk of losing even more remittances from migrants. The Current Remittance Landscape Sending money back home to friends…
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