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Dalmas is a very active cryptocurrency content creator and highly regarded technical analyst. He’s passionate about blockchain technology and the futuristic potential of cryptocurrencies.
Beyond prices, crypto and blockchain have had a fruitful 2020. Across the globe, the coronavirus pandemic caused a paradigm shift. The result was more influx of investors and their doubling down on several potent projects. In all this, IOST is emerging as a leader in smart contracting. In every performance...
Online casinos are slowly but surely taking over the gambling industry. In the modern world, this form of gaming is sophisticated, efficient, and a legitimate alternative to traditional gambling locations. However, in the era of cryptocurrency and lockdowns, this sector has surged beyond imagination. One of the leaders of...
Eric Conner, an Ethereum core developer, now says EIP-1559 will be implemented in the smart contracting platform as per a tweet on Dec 21. https://twitter.com/econoar/status/1340890862662782976 EIP-1559: A Vitalik Buterin Proposal While the Ethereum network struggles, in the immediate term, EIP-1559 can be a remedy for high Gas fees. It was...
IOST will airdrop 88,888 coins for voters who stake anytime from Dec 24 and 25, as per an update on Dec 18. The 88,888 IOST Airdrop For voters to be eligible, they must maintain their vote until Jan 3, 2021. The amount received as airdrops will be proportional to the number of...
YLD, the utility token of YIELD, a platform that describes itself as a portal for “simpler” DeFi, is now available for trading at Uniswap and BitMax, a press release on Dec 14 reveals. The $4.9 Million Funding It is a culmination of months of preparation by the YIELD team, and success following...
IoTeX, an open ecosystem connecting the Internet of Trusted Things, has completed its integration with Google’s BigQuery, an update on Dec 18 shows. BigQuery and IoTeX Integration The integration now makes it possible for Google Cloud developers to access, extract, de-normalize, and draw insights from IoTeX data. Google Cloud will, in...
Blackpin--a business messaging application, is choosing IOTA to build a “digital transaction platform for agile working in the future” similar to WeChat but for enterprises as per an update on Dec 16. Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic The coronavirus pandemic has been disruptive. From a human resource point of view,...
Less than a week after launching Project Catalyst, the Fund2 treasury system is now one of the largest decentralized innovation funds. In Fund2, 1,765 unique addresses or registered voters--far much exceeding those in Dash and all top 100 DAOs in Ethereum, locked 566 million ADA coins. Project Catalyst: An Innovative...
Rootstock (RSK) has released the Self Sovereign Identity solution with an in-built data vault for storing verifiable credentials in the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS). RIF Identity Developer Library and Repos Under the RSK Infrastructure Framework (RIF) Identity Developer Library and Repos, developers can now integrate the open-source Self Sovereign Identity...
Block.One, the blockchain development firm behind the EOS blockchain, has released the EOSIO 2.1 Release Candidate (RC) to resolve various “pain points” discovered when building the social media platform, Voice, as per a blog post on Dec 15. Incorporating Community Feedback According to Amanda Clark, the EOSIO Product Manager, the RC encompasses...
Last week, the cumulative trading volume in Uniswap soared to over $50 billion, an all-time high on a week-over-week basis. In a tweet posted by the founder, Hayden Adams, on Dec 14, the Ethereum-based decentralized exchange attracted $51.68 billion in volume posting a new 2020 high. Uniswap Dominance, adds over...
The Center for Information and Industry Development (CCID), an agency under China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and a part of the Secretariat of China Blockchain Ecosystem Alliance, in their 21st release of the CCID Global Public Blockchain Technology Assessment Index, rank IOST third only behind EOS and Ethereum....
Grayscale is ramping up its purchase of Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies, according to data from Bybt.com. In the last month alone, the crypto manager bought over $215 million or 365,560 ETH, adding 142,475 ETH last week. Buying More ETH on behalf of Institutions Their step-up has seen the total asset under management...
The second phase of Chrysalis is progressing well, according to the latest update from the IOTA Foundation on Dec 11. Chrysalis Phase 2 Chrysalis is the intermediate stage before Coordicide. Here, IOTA will eliminate the central coordinator for a fully decentralized, infinitely scalable, and secure distributed ledger network powering the internet...
The Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company--a 169-year-old insurance firm that generated $28.6 billion in revenue in 2019, has bought $100 million of Bitcoin from its general investment account, the Wall Street Journal reported on Dec 11. MassMutual Bitcoin Endorsement An endorsement of Bitcoin, MassMutual joins other public companies, including MicroStrategy and...
