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Taproot Assets is “how we bitcoinize the dollar and the world’s financial assets,” says Ryan Gentry, director of business development at Lightning Labs. 976 Total views 5 Total shares Bitcoin layer-2 infrastructure firm Lightning Labs has released the mainnet alpha of Taproot Assets, a protocol aimed at enabling stablecoins and real-world assets to be issued

The Bitcoin mining community took up massive loans during the 2021 bull market, negatively impacting their bottom lines during a subsequent bear market. 86 Total views 2 Total shares Ho-ho-ho! Get Limited Holiday Trait!Collect this article as NFTThe recent bankruptcy filing of Bitcoin (BTC) miner Core Scientific despite a $72M relief offer from creditors raised…

2021 has been one of the most interesting years for blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies, both in terms of adoption and mainstream acceptance. From governments such as El Salvador to large corporations like Tesla, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and Morgan Stanley, many institutions have made a step toward becoming a part of the ecosystem.Even so,…

Traders prefer to trade a trending market as it generally moves in one direction and the retracements offer low-risk entry opportunities. This is because a trade that follows the major trend carries a greater possibility of earning profits than one in a volatile market. As several cryptocurrencies started a trending move in July, web traffic to…

“The Market Report” with Cointelegraph is live right now! 590 Total views 19 Total shares In this week’s show, Cointelegraph resident experts decide which layer-one protocol is more likely to rise above the rest in 2022. Join Cointelegraph host and analyst Benton Yaun alongside market analysts Jordan Finneseth and Sam Bourgi as they pick their favored…

The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision.Market data is provided by the HitBTC exchange.Hackers have breached the security cover of one of the largest…

Launched in 2018, Coinbase Pro is designed to feature unlimited trading volumes, supporting more than 250 cryptocurrencies. 92 Total views 2 Total shares Coinbase’s professional trading platform Coinbase Pro will cease to exist as the cryptocurrency exchange is restructuring services to bring them all into one platform.The United States-based crypto trading firm Coinbase officially announced…

MicroStrategy added almost 9,000 Bitcoin to its holdings in Q3, bringing its total BTC stash to a valuation of around $7 billion. The company highlighted the purchase of 8,957 BTC in its Q3 report on Oct. 28, with the firm’s perma-bull CEO Michael Saylor stating that there is more BTC accumulation to come:“Today, MicroStrategy is…

Stablecoins have a goal of putting an end to the recent volatility of the crypto market — and in doing so, they have opened the door to crypto usage for institutional investors, which has long been considered an important milestone on the road to mainstream adoption. One of the ways that institutional investors are looking…