DeFi tokens surge over 50% in November, TVL hits 2021 highs

Crypto acquisitions in 2023 will further strengthen the industry in the aftermath of casualties like the FTX collapse, a Ripple exec predicted. 1351 Total views 17 Total shares Own this piece of historyCollect this article as an NFTThe cryptocurrency industry will see increased consolidation in 2023 as healthier companies acquire more crypto and blockchain companies,…

We've rounded up a few notable moments from the first day of the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami, Florida. 3989 Total views 5 Total shares The first official day of the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami, Florida yielded no shortage of newsworthy events. Thousands of conference-goers came together to take in speeches, interviews and panels…

Bitcoin (BTC) and the rest of the crypto market have been in a bear market for almost a year. The top cryptocurrency has seen its market valuation plummet by more than $900 billion in the said period, with macro fundamentals suggesting more pain ahead.Another bear cycle produces more BTC hodlersBut the duration of Bitcoin's bear…

It's 2021. Super Bowl champion Tom Brady is starting an NFT company, Christie's is explaining CryptoPunks to everyone, Saturday Night Live is creating jams about NFTs, Beeple and Mark Cuban are advocating NFTs’ use case — yet, here I am, the CEO of a company that helps users securely store their nonfungible tokens and I…

The Ether ETF approval in the U.S. has sparked both investor excitement and decentralization debate.

There’s a special bond between mothers and their sons. For pseudonymous Alan, a 28-year-old engineer, a Bitcoin (BTC) loan helped his mom to buy a house.Alan told Cointelegraph that he took out a Bitcoin-backed loan in 2021 — serendipitously on his sister’s birthday — to gift his mom the tax-free money. She then used the…

A newly introduced resolution could potentially see lawmakers buying sodas and chips using crypto-supporting vending machines. Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTTexan Republican Senator Ted Cruz is pushing the United States Congress to adopt cryptocurrency within its halls using an incentive both sides might agree on — food.Cruz introduced a…

CoinMarketCap has withdrawn BNB as the top DeFi token claiming it was a mistake. 434 Total views 5 Total shares CoinMarketCap listed its parent company’s token Binance Coin at the top of its new DeFi list — and then quickly withdrew it following a barrage of criticism.First noticed by podcaster and Twitter user Yannick Eckl…

A new insurance world is coming where smart contracts replace insurance documents, blockchain “oracles” supplant claim adjusters, and decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) take over traditional insurance carriers. Millions of poor farmers in Africa and Asia will be eligible for coverages like crop insurance too, whereas before, they were too poor and too dispersed to justify…