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In one year, the total value of Ether (ETH) locked in DeFi markets has increased from $317 million to over $1 billion. With the increasing level of activity in the market sector, the next logical progression appears to be focused on making DeFi solutions more mainstream.However, like other decentralized apps, DeFi protocols still have issues…

Under the handle "Paco De La India", the YouTuber said he planned to visit 40 countries, often using Bitcoin transactions to pay for everything he needed. 575 Total views 9 Total shares A YouTuber started a journey in September to see whether he could survive solely on Bitcoin as a means of payment while traveling…

Video conferencing app Zoom, the undisputed titan in an era of social distancing, has acquired end-to-end encryption start-up Keybase. Video conferencing app Zoom, the undisputed titan in an era of social distancing, has acquired end-to-end encryption start-up Keybase.The acquisition, announced May 7, follows multiple privacy and security-related scandals — including the rise of video conference…

The Russian government keeps betting on blockchain for elections. As Russia is set to pilot a blockchain-based e-voting system in September, the country's federal elections authority has provided public access to the platform’s source code.According to an official announcement by Russia’s Central Election Commission (CEC), the source code for the e-voting system was partly released…

Thursday, April 25 — crypto markets have mostly recovered after yesterday’s significant sell-off, with Bitcoin (BTC) breaking back above the $5,500 support.All but four coins among the top 20 cryptos by market cap are in green at press time. NEO is seeing the biggest increase of almost 7%, while bitcoin SV (BSV) and tezos (XTZ)…

The CEO of cryptocurrency trading platform Binance Changpeng Zhao announced a demo of the platform’s decentralized exchange in a tweet today, Aug. 9. In a six-minute video attached to the tweet, Zhao presented a “casual, early, pre-offer”  demo of the decentralized exchange. The CEO said not “to expect too much” for now, adding that it…

Ampleforth — the developer of a new synthetic commodity designed to diversify risk — has released an updated white paper for its digital asset protocol. The paper was shared with Cointelegraph in an email on May 13.Citing prior researchers, the white paper’s co-authors define a synthetic commodity as “money that has absolute scarcity but lacks…

Chainlink’s data oracles are now live on Arbitrum One, with the team also planning to soon launch its Proof of Reserve and Verifiable Random Function on the layer-two. 647 Total views 30 Total shares Leading data oracle provider Chainlink has announced its successful launch on Arbitrum One — the beta mainnet deployment of layer-two Ethereum…