What Solana’s critics get right… and what they get wrong

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A nonfungible token (NFT) can be both a representation of a physical or digital asset that only exists on the internet — a programmable piece of art. It provides ownership of an underlying asset, like a painting, and it can also represent a digital asset in the form of a software code. Therefore, I like…

A double top formation preceded Bitcoin's plunge below $48,000 on Dec. 28 with some analysts suggesting it could dip to $44,000 before resuming its uptrend. 4683 Total views 24 Total shares It looks as though the year-end rally that many crypto traders had hoped for will have to wait until 2022, as Bitcoin (BTC) bears…

Decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) Maker will launch a new type of Dai (DAI) stablecoin today. Known as Multi-Collateral Dai (MCD), the new type of the DAI will be backed by several types of collateral in contrast to the existing Single-Collateral Dai (SCD), which will now be called Sai (SAI). While Maker previously announced the new protocol…

Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin declared that future blockchains with sharding based on proof-of-stake (PoS) will be “thousands of times more efficient,” in a lengthy Twitter thread Dec. 10.In the long series of tweets, Buterin addressed non-financial applications of blockchain technology. He stated that as scalability advances (driving fees down), and User Experience (UX) gets…

On June 2, 2021, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez tweeted that “MiamiCoin” will be the first “CityCoin” ever to be launched, representing Miami’s very own cryptocurrency. Fast forward about two months later and the anticipation surrounding the release of MiamiCoin has been on the rise. Initially, it may appear as if the Magic City’s digital currency will…

Katalin Tischhauser, head of investment research at Signum Bank, has joined other commentators who suggested that spot Solana and Cardano ETFs are unlikely, though VanEck may disagree.