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Aisshwarya is a freelance writer and editor who relishes writing about magic Internet money. He has worked as a financial consultant and holds a degree in Business and Economics and a post-graduate diploma in Liberal Studies. In his free time, Aisshwarya likes to make 8-bit music. You can find him on twitter @Aisshwarya_
The launch of ETH 2.0 seems to be one of the hottest stories since the launch of the original Ethereum blockchain. Despite the first-ever smart contract platform being so hotly anticipated, it was not even three years old before its scalability issues started to become evident. Amid the blockchain and...
Grayscale Investment, the world’s largest crypto asset fund manager is bringing bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH) to people’s television. A Well-Timed Campaign? In a recent tweet, Barry Silbert, the founder and CEO of Digital Currency Group, the parent firm of Grayscale Investment, Genesis Trading, and crypto publication Coindesk stated that Grayscale is...
Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Compound launched its own price oracle yesterday as part of its efforts to migrate to the Open Price Feed. This, according to a blog post published on August 7, 2020. Compound Unveils Decentralized Price Oracle As part of its efforts to migrate to the Open Price...
Reale Mutua, a major Italian mutual insurance firm, recently announced the issuance of a blockchain surety bond as part of a national project dubbed “Fideiussioni Digitali” backed by the Italian central ban, Ledger Insights reports August 7, 2020. Aim to Digitize Operations via Blockchain Founded in 1828 in Turin, Italy,...
The Grayscale Ethereum (ETH) Trust has filed to become a US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) firm. This, according to a recent filing made with the US financial regulator. Grayscale ETH Trust Wants to Become an SEC Reporting Company Grayscale Investment, the world’s largest crypto asset fund manager recently filed...
Ryozo Himino, the new chief of the Japanese financial regulator – the Financial Services Agency (FSA) – told Reuters there is no need to promote non-fiat pegged cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin (BTC). Rather, the focus should be given to the development of central bank digital currencies (CBDC). Promoting Cryptocurrency Trading...
The smart contract platform’s gas fees finally seem to be dipping as network congestion shows signs of easing. Ethereum Network Congestion Easing The months of June and July witnessed unprecedented transaction activity on the Ethereum (ETH) network, buoyed by the astronomical rise in popularity of decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols such...
Ethereum’s highly-anticipated multi-client Medalla testnet is now live with 20,000 validators. The Final Testnet Before ETH 2.0 Ethereum’s final testnet before the launch of ETH 2.0, Medalla went live on August 4, 1 PM UTC. According to the team, the Medalla testnet is essentially a “dress rehearsal” for the impending...
Peer-to-peer (P2P) data storage blockchain network Filecoin is poised for September launch to compete with the existing data storage heavyweights, Bloomberg reports, August 3, 2020. Filecoin Looks to Decentralize Data Storage Space The centralization of data storage on the Internet in the hands of the few tech juggernauts such as...
Cardano (ADA) is a third-generation smart contract protocol that aims to do away with the current bottlenecks hindering the wider adoption of a blockchain-driven economy. Keeping scalability, interoperability, and sustainability at its ideological core, Cardano has cemented itself among the leading distributed ledger technology (DLT) projects today. Now, having successfully...
DeFi is the talk of the town in the crypto landscape these days, and DeFi exit scams aren’t too far behind. Only a Matter of Time? DeFi, the new “in” thing within the cryptocurrency industry has witnessed unprecedented growth since its baby steps earlier this year. Standing at a little...
The increasing popularity of new DeFi tokens has swayed several crypto holders toward decentralized exchanges (DEX) that, unlike centralized exchanges (CEX), do not have to go through rigorous regulatory hurdles to list a token. This shift toward DEX reflects in a recent milestone achieved by Uniswap exchange that reported record-breaking...
DeFi is all the rage as the booming crypto landscape’s total market cap surpassed $8 billion today, per data from CoinGecko. DeFi Continues to Grow Exponentially The DeFi market cap continues to increase as more money gets poured into the nascent space. According to the latest data from CoinGecko, the...
Coinbase today announced that it is mulling the addition of 19 new digital assets that include Ampleforth (AMPL), Band Protocol (BAND), and Kava (KAVA), among others. Coinbase Continues to Explore the Addition of New Digital Assets Major US crypto exchange Coinbase today announced that it is “exploring the addition of...
In a Medium post published on July 30, 2020, supply chain-focused blockchain project VeChain (VET) announced it had joined forces with Avery Dennison Intelligent Labels to attend the 14th International Internet of Things Exhibition 2020 (IOTE) held in Shenzhen, China to showcase a jointly developed blockchain-enabled food supply chain solution....
