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Renowned crypto developer Jay Graber, who has been involved with projects such as Zcash and Skuchain, will spearhead an initiative to decentralize social media. For the first time, the leadership of the Twitter platform announced this back in 2019. Now, supposedly, there are all the resources to...

Bitcoin (BTC) on the night of Tuesday, August 17, fell in price to $ 46,000. Cryptocurrency capitalization fell by almost 2% to $ 865.777 billion. There is an opinion among experts that even if in the coming days we see a spurt of BTC above $ 50,000, the coin will still not be able to stay at this...

Native tokens of Terra and Solana blockchains reached new all-time highs. Two blockchains represent the DeFi sector and use layer 1 solution. The price of Terra's native token Luna has gone up by around 75% over the previous 7 days. Today it hit $26.58 on CoinMarketCap. The coin ranks 16 with over...

Data show that now there are 6.73 million Ethers worth about $21.2 B staked in Ethereum 2.0 contract. The tokens will remain locked up until the network's major update is completed. With Ethereum 2.0, the current Proof-of-Work blockchain merges with the Proof-of-Stake chain. The switch is supposed...

Over the past day, the Dogecoin (DOGE) meme cryptocurrency has risen in price by 16.8%, and over the week - by more than 45%. The price accelerated its growth amid new statements by Mark Cuban and Elon Musk. On Friday, August 13th, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team announced special...

In a survey conducted among Singaporean crypto traders. Researchers have found that Ether (ETH) is a more popular digital currency compared to Bitcoin. 78% of respondents said they own ETH, while 69% of investors hold the first cryptocurrency. The survey was conducted by the Gemini exchange in...

Even though the value of the main digital asset, BTC, is still below $ 50,000, many analysts see the future of the cryptocurrency market as quite promising. For example, the well-known analyst PlanB noted in his recent statement that the $ 47,000 mark is just the beginning of the Bitcoin rally....

Gaining around 58% in the previous 7 days, the price of the native token of the Solana blockchain, SOL, reached a new all-time high surging over $64. The coin ranks 11th with over a $17.6 billion market cap. So, the coin is almost catching up with Uniswap's UNI, which market cao currently stands at...

Nasdaq-listed mining company Marathon Digital Holdings has disclosed its Q2 2021 financials. In three months, its revenue grew by 220% - to $ 29.3 million. In the reporting period, the company mined 654 BTC, and since the beginning of the year - 846 BTC. The company's wallets hold 5,784 BTC, the...

Sydney-based fintech Finder, which is focused on financial products comparison, has issued a report on crypto adoption informing about the results of a survey carried out with 42.000 individuals from 27 European, Asian and American countries. The worldwide average for the percentage of people who...

Major retail company Walmart posted a job on LinkedIn announcing it's looking for a digital currency and cryptocurrency product lead. The company mentioned that among the employer's responsibilities will be building a digital currency strategy and product roadmap. It was noted in the announcement...

At the end of this week, another adjustment to the difficulty of bitcoin mining took place. This figure rose by 7.3% to 15.56 T. Thus, Bitcoin experienced its second consecutive positive correction after a record fall in difficulty amid the crackdown on mining pools in China. Recall that the...

On August 13, it became known that the largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance has liquidated all trading pairs with the participation of the KRW asset. As it became known, this decision was made against the background of various legislative changes and is aimed at complying with the new...

Silicon Valley tech company Intel announced the purchase of 3014 Coinbase exchange stocks for around $800.000. The SEC filing shows that the deal was made before the end of June. Intel's investment in Coinbase indicates that the tech giant is positive about the future of crypto. The crypto exchange...

Increasing around 3.43% over the previous 24 hours, the total crypto market cap surged above $2 trillion. BTC dominance currently is 44.5%. The market cap of the leading cryptocurrency stands at $894.2 B. Its price has gone up by around 9.8% over the week. At the moment BTC trades at around $47.600...

Since 2016, there has been a steady increase in investment in projects launched based on blockchain technologies. The KPMG study says that the increase in investment in this sector of the economy proves once again that investors have become aware of its huge potential. In the first half of 2021...

The leader of the rock group Kiss Gene Simmons admitted that he recently bought a batch of bitcoins. However, he did not specify how many coins he purchased. In winter, the musician announced his investment in Ether (ETH). He expects further growth in the value of the cryptocurrency. Moreover,...

According to Stephen Stonberg, CEO of Bittrex Global, the cryptocurrency industry has finally integrated into the global economy in recent years. Thus, now we can confidently talk about the completion of the process of maturation of the digital asset market. The businessman recalled that bitcoin...