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Blockchain intelligence firm asserts that stablecoins are not a replacement of the dollar, instead they present a censorship resistance alternative to fiat. 1589 Total views 32 Total shares The latest research from Flipside Crypto purports to disprove Tim Draper’s assumption that the advancements in DeFi will displace the U.S. dollar as the world’s reserve currency.The…

LinkedIn co-founder and former PayPal COO Reid Hoffman has become the latest participant in the Lightning Torch Bitcoin (BTC) transaction relay, Blockstream CEO Adam Back confirmed on social media on Feb. 26.Reid, whom Back appeared to choose due to his lead investment role in Blockstream, is the 224th person to “hold” the Torch, which began…

Bitcoin’s annualized returns have eclipsed all other asset classes by a big margin. 3407 Total views 80 Total shares Over the past ten years, Bitcoin has beaten out all over asset classes by at least a factor of 10.The milestone was noted by Compound Capital Advisors’ CEO and founder, Charlie Bilello, who compiled the performances…

Analysts at JP Morgan have predicted that Bitcoin (BTC) could fall below $1,260, while banks will not benefit from blockchain for at least three to five years, Reuters reported on Jan. 24.According to Reuters, analysts from the major global investment bank think that the true value of cryptos is still unproven, and that they only…

Non fungible token (NFT) artist Mike "Beeple" Winkelmann has found himself the target of phishing scammers yet again, warning users that the URL link to his official Discord server was “hacked” — sending unaware new members to a wallet draining Discord channel if they follow the link. In an Oct. 3 post UTC, the NFT artist…

According to CoinShares, digital asset investment products saw outflows totaling $72 million last week, as investors brace for the Fed's forthcoming rate decision on May 3. Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTOn May 2, European cryptocurrency investment firm CoinShares published its latest “Digital Asset Fund Flows Weekly Report,” which stated…

The trend of usage incentives in decentralized finance kicked off with Compound’s COMP token distribution, and it continued through several other platforms that sought to replicate its perceived success.But the latest DeFi yield farming mania involves yEarn, a yield aggregating platform developed by just one man, Andre Cronje. Despite his warnings that the platform’s token,…

The Ethereum network is  losing ground as developers switch to other projects, various experts told Bloomberg on March 28.Ethereum, which debuted in 2015, initially provided a platform on which developers could build decentralized apps (DApps), conduct initial coin offerings (ICOs) and write smart contracts. Many saw it as being the successor to Bitcoin (BTC).According to…

A full day of interviews and coverage related to the Bitcoin halving. As the Bitcoin halving approaches, Cointelegraph is throwing a live Bitcoin halving party starting today at 10 AM EDT on our YouTube channel!Join us for live panels with our own globally distributed editors, who will be speaking with some of the biggest names…