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A new blockchain-based e-commerce marketplace claims its centralized rivals are harming the sector by overcharging buyers and unfairly treating merchants — and plans to launch a new model, offering “complete shopping protection, data security and minimal commission.” ApolloX says it is hoping to challenge “monopolistic intermediaries” with an ecosystem consisting of three building blocks. The…

Pioneering decentralized finance protocol, MakerDAO, has announced its foundation will formally dissolve in the coming months, marking one of the final milestones in the protocol’s roadmap to decentralized governance.A July 20 blog post describes Maker’s decentralized autonomous organization, or DAO, as now being “fully self-sufficient” — with its globally distributed community “now responsible for every…

The price of Lido DAO (LDO) has rebounded to its three-week high of $2.21 as of May 16, up 40% when measured from its local low of $1.57, established four days ago.This impressive double-digit recovery appeared in tandem with other top-ranking crypto assets, including Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH). However, LDO has greatly outperformed the…

When evaluating the crypto market, Bitcoin Jack looks at multiple components from a self-made list, basing his analysis more on timing than specific price levels. 290 Total views 5 Total shares Ho-ho-ho! Get Limited Holiday Trait!Collect this article as NFTWell-known Twitter personality Bitcoin Jack, who tweets as @BTC_JackSparrow, joined Cointelegraph’s Crypto Trading Secrets podcast for…

The year is 2027. It’s a time of great innovation and technological advancement, but also a time of chaos. What will the crypto market look like in 2027? (For those unfamiliar, that's a line from the 2011 video game, Deus Ex.)Long-term predictions are notoriously difficult to make, but they are good thought experiments. One year is too short…

Indian banks have reportedly been slow to accept the Supreme Court’s decision allowing them to do business with crypto firms. 1770 Total views 54 Total shares Kotak, India’s leading private bank, has reportedly become the first to open its gates to the crypto community, per a report published in the Economic Times. The banking giant announced it…

Daily crypto volume on payments giant PayPal have surged to record highs above $240 million. 4414 Total views 16 Total shares Global payments provider PayPal has doubled its previous crypto volume record, with $242 million worth of digital assets changing hands on the platform during Jan. 11.According to crypto market data aggregator Nomics, yesterday’s trading…

The German state-funded energy project uses DLT to enable transparent market transactions. 1668 Total views 3 Total shares A blockchain-based energy trading platform backed by German tech giant Siemens is being publicly demonstrated in a Bavarian municipality today.The so-called “Pebbles” project — short for “peer-to-peer energy trading based on blockchains” — is holding a virtual…

The Chicago-based derivatives market launched its Micro Bitcoin futures product in early May, providing investors with smaller positioning opportunities. 585 Total views 1 Total shares Institutional exposure to cryptocurrencies via derivatives continued to grow in the second quarter, as CME Group’s newly launched Bitcoin (BTC) micro contract received considerable uptick in its first two months…