Ethereum bulls and bears fight to win this week’s $2.8B ETH options expiry

Cryptocurrency is now a hot topic in United States politics. It wasn’t always like this, however, especially since just a small percentage of U.S. politicians seem to have a baseline understanding of digital currencies.Nonetheless, it’s now a wedge issue poised to morph into a destructive political football destined to occupy a new, uncomfortable space in…

More publicly traded firms added Bitcoin to their treasuries during the first four months of 2021 than during the entirety of last year. But will it continue? 1630 Total views 5 Total shares More than $6.5 billion worth of BTC — or close to 1% of the crypto asset’s entire capitalization — is held by…

Some Las Vegas casinos have only been allowed to return to full capacity this week. 7966 Total views 50 Total shares A Las Vegas casino-resort which aims to open for business next month has just partnered with major cryptocurrency exchange Gemini.In an announcement today, Resorts World Las Vegas said it would be allowing customers to…

The Central Asian country’s CBDC project is right on time, according to a 2020 roadmap, as consumers and merchants use the currency in a controlled environment. 41 Total views 5 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTThe National Bank of Kazakhstan (NBK) has launched a digital tenge pilot project,…

The government of the German state North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) announced plans to establish the European Blockchain Institute to research blockchain technology in a press release on May 13.According to NRW Economics Minister Andreas Pinkwart, the European Blockchain Institute will be founded in the city of Dortmund later this year, inside the Fraunhofer Institute for Material…

Another centralized exchange (CEX) bites the dust, with Hotbit announcing it will close operations due to adverse business conditions. As is common among CEX collapses in recent months, the crypto firm mentioned FTX, the ongoing banking system crisis, and even a probe, as reasons for its cash flow problems.Also facing a tough time is wallet…

Murphy’s law states: “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.” It always happens with centralized services. A year ago, we saw how half a million Facebook accounts were leaked online, exposing personal data. We will see it many times more with other services. The recent Twitter hack underscores this once again. The accounts of…

MakerDAO founder, Rune Christensen, explained how Maker Foundation will prevent future protocol failures and predicted the merger of DeFi and centralized finance. 1168 Total views 30 Total shares MakerDAO founder, Rune Christensen, explained the measures taken by the Maker Foundation to prevent future failures in Maker’s protocol and predicted the future merger of DeFi and…

The platform seeks to provide solutions to drawbacks on traditional DEX platforms, most notably front-running and slippages. 811 Total views 9 Total shares IDEX, a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange (DEX) based in San Francisco, has announced the upcoming launch of its v3 Hybrid Liquidity DEX on Polygon.The hybrid model will merge traditional order book functionalities with automated…