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Opinion

10 2022 Predictions From PwC’s Henri Arslanian

El Salvador. The metaverse. Web 3 catalysts. Ethereum’s future.

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Tech

Dfinity’s Internet Computer Opens Ethereum Bridge

Ethereum-based assets can now natively exist on Internet Computer via the new bridge that connects the blockchains.

Multichain is building bridges for shuttling crypto across networks. (Modestas Urbonas/Unsplash)

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CoinList Releases Survey of Top Crypto Predictions for 2022

Graham Jenkin, CEO of crypto trading platform CoinList, discusses the results from the site's recent survey of top 2022 crypto predictions. Jenkins shares insights into where bitcoin's value will be within a year, the likelihood of Solana and Binance Smart Chain nearing Ethereum’s price, and whether other countries could follow El Salvador's integration of cryptocurrency into their monetary system.

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What Jack Dorsey’s Beef With 'Web 3' Is Really About

The Bitcoin-loving CEO’s feud with VCs is just the latest round of a fight that has been raging for nearly a decade: Bitcoiners vs. “crypto.”

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Finance

Crypto Miner Hive Sees More Bitcoin, Less Ether Mined in Third Quarter

The slowdown in ether mining is expected to be offset partially by the rally in the cryptocurrency’s price during the quarter ending Dec. 31.

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What Ethereum’s Kintsugi Testnet Means for Proof-of-Stake

Kintsugi is a “longer-lived, public testnet” that will allow application developers and users to become familiar with a post-merge Ethereum environment.

Ethereum's Kentsugi testnet is deployed. (svetolk/iStock/Getty Images Plus, modified by CoinDesk)

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Terra Surpasses Binance Smart Chain as Second-Largest DeFi Protocol

Amidst Terraform Labs' ongoing legal dispute with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), its decentralized payments network Terra has officially become the second-largest DeFi protocol behind Ethereum. “The Hash” team discusses what separates Terra from its competitors like Solana and Avalanche. Plus, examining the SEC’s ability to regulate overseas companies. 

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Tech

Ethereum Launches Kintsugi Public Testnet Ahead of Move to Proof-of-Stake

The move opens access to the new environment to a wider audience; earlier testnets were available only to developers.

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Polkadot Parachains Go Live, Capping Yearslong Tech Build for Ambitious Blockchain Project

After several years in development, Polkadot, an underlying framework for connecting various blockchains, now has five live parachains, or “parallelized chains”: Acala, Moonbeam, Parallel Finance, Astar, and Clover. Polkadot will ultimately offer 100 parachain slots. “The Hash” team discusses where this update puts Polkadot in the layer 1 blockchain conversation as it competes with Ethereum.

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Another Ethereum Education Initiative Hampered by Iran Sanctions Fears

Gitcoin’s suspension of a grant for a coding course in Farsi follows a similar move by ConsenSys.

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