Bitcoin’s price has been in a state of constant fluctuation over the past few weeks, dropping to a low of $17.6k before recovering to climb above $19k, at the time of writing. The drop in price witnessed earlier was a cause for concern for many investors who believed that the market was headed for aContinue reading “Bitcoin’s market sentiment switches again after $19k breach”

Almost 2 weeks after Ethereum 2.0 beacon chain went live, over 1.4 million ETH have been staked on the deposit contract, with 31,000 active validators and 13,000 in the activation queue. While the ensuing period since hasn’t been too development-heavy, according to some like developer Ben Edgington, ‘no news’ is good news. “It’s been a wonderfullyContinue reading “New withdrawal mechanism for ETH2 stakes ‘under discussion’”

A hard fork was initiated on the Cardano network a few hours ago, one that has largely gone unnoticed, presumably due to the way in which it was executed. The hard fork was initiated to introduce the token locking mechanism to the Cardano blockchain and the complete transition will now take place on 16 DecemberContinue reading “Cardano initiates Hard Fork to introduce Token Locking”

According to a recent announcement, a smart contract development platform for Tezos, Smart Chain Arena (SmartPy.io), is the newest recipient of a blockchain integration grant from Chainlink. The grant will enable Chainlink price feeds to be integrated on Tezos, something that will help the blockchain platform build next-generation DeFi products. The Chainlink Community Grant Program providesContinue reading “SmartPy.io receives grant to integrate Chainlink price feeds on Tezos”

Most of the crypto-community is obsessed with titles. Any cryptocurrency or a blockchain project advertised with the title of XYZ-killer is particularly popular. Ethereum, the world’s largest altcoin, is often the target of such dubious comparisons. The latest to do so is Coinbase after it recently published a blog that identified 9 blockchains it classifiedContinue reading “‘ETH Killer’ blockchains – Do they stand a chance?”

Cardano’s ecosystem has been one of the most active ones this year, with every passing month bringing with itself a host of updates and developments. It is in the news again after Founder Charles Hoskinson recently shared a few updates on Cardano’s strategy in Africa. According to Hoskinson, it is likely that there will beContinue reading “Cardano to announce ‘large’ and ‘exciting’ deals in Ethiopia: Hoskinson”

Today, the 11th of December, marked the first day of China’s latest DCEP trial in Suzhou after results of the lottery were announced earlier in the day. The day saw 200 million RMB ($30.6 million) of the digital yuan distributed to 100,000 people in digital red envelopes. These “winners” have been asked to spend theContinue reading “China: Suzhou’s DCEP trial sees digital yuan on JD.com, Meituan, and Didi”

While DeFi has been the most popular buzzword of the year, it is a space that is fraught with risks. In fact, a recent report by BraveNewCoin outlined a series of 18 serious non-financial risks for DeFi, a report addressing the inherent risks that a user may be exposed to when diving into this ecosystem.Continue reading “How big a risk is ‘Centrality’ when it comes to DeFi?”

Despite a somewhat tumultuous year for the crypto-market amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the market made a strong recovery. In fact, 2020 also saw significantly positive regulatory initiatives in the United States, when compared to the previous two years. The same was recently noted by Carla Carriveau, Chief Legal Officer at CoinList, after she said, “TheContinue reading “What should the crypto-industry expect from the Biden administration?”