Tether has further stretched the company’s reach and influence with the introduction of a dollar-pegged stablecoin (USDT) on the Polygon Network, a deal that extended the stablecoin to over 11 blockchain networks. Through its relationship with Tether, the Polygon ecosystem is expected to have a stable currency for investors, which will help generate yield in
The nonfungible token (NFT) game Stepn will ban users in mainland China in an attempt to follow Chinese regulatory requirements. The company’s uncertainty has been fueled by rumors that it will be forced to leave mainland China. STEPN is a popular “move-to-earn” game based on Solana and BNB Chain, created by two Chinese emigrants now
The insurance industry has a long history of providing vital support for major leaps in innovation. It’s no coincidence that the modern insurance industry and the industrial revolution arose in parallel. Indeed, it has been convincingly argued that the invention of fire and property insurance — in response to the Great Fire of London —
Blockchain-based gaming, also known as GameFi, is an up-and-coming sector that could potentially be one of the primary catalysts for kickstarting the mass adoption of blockchain technology. WEMIX, a gaming protocol that operates on the Klaytn network, aims to get in on the GameFi revolution and this week, the project’s native token (WEMIX) rallied even
The CEO of Terra Labs, Do Kwon, seems to have other issues hanging around his neck beyond just the crash of Terra and its stablecoin. The embattled CEO seems to be catching heat from a number of different angles, ranging from investors, crypto communities, and the government of South Korea. South Korean popular news outlet
YouTube may be the next social media platform to announce the adoption of NFTs to its platform. The first social media site to announce the integration of NFTs on its platform is Instagram; Twitter and Spotify have also both announced the integration of NFTs onto their platforms. YouTube seems to have a lot of plans
According to a study by DappRadder, 49% of the blockchain sector is engaged in blockchain gaming. The study also found that Play-to-Earn games are becoming more and more popular, with the number of people playing them increasing every year. Currently, there are about 410 gaming tokens on CoinMarketCapitalization with a total market capitalization of $13,703,237,407
Dania Gonzalez, Deputy of the Republic of El Salvador, was recently in Brazil to reveal her country’s experiences with the decision to adopt Bitcoin (BTC) as legal tender. Gonzalez’s invitation to Brazil came from digital influencer Rodrix Digital, who was recently in El Salvador to produce a documentary about cryptocurrencies. Among the lawmaker’s activities in
Equities markets in the United States rallied sharply on May 25 and May 26 but Bitcoin (BTC) and altcoins have not followed a similar trajectory. This suggests that traders are not confident that the crypto markets have bottomed out yet. On-chain analytics firm Glassnode said that the number of Bitcoin whales has been reducing and
Ethereum, like Bitcoin, uses Proof-of-Work (PoW) on its system. Ethereum, which made known its intention to shift from a PoW to PoS (Proof-of-Stake) network for more than a year, is now going about finalizing this process. Shifting to PoS will likely help solidify Ethereum’s stance as a leader in the crypto space. With plans and preparation going
The collapse of the Terra ecosystem, which subsequently depegged its algorithmic stablecoin TerraUSD (UST) value and crashed it to an all-time low of $0.30, has cast doubt over the future of not just algorithmic stablecoins but all stablecoins in general. UST’s success and stability were intertwined with its sibling, LUNA, which creates arbitrage opportunities that,
The cryptocurrency market has taken a downturn in recent weeks. Bitcoin, the bellwether for the crypto market, hit a 52-week low last week, a slump not seen since December 2020, and with it, the rest of the altcoins. Mastercard was not deterred from expanding more into the cryptocurrency space, despite the recent market volatility linked
As the dust settles on the cataclysmic collapse of the Terra ecosystem, an on-chain deep-dive carried out by blockchain analytics firm Nansen highlights two major takeaways. The cryptocurrency ecosystem was awash with varying speculatory theories around the cause of Terra’s algorithmic stablecoin UST’s decoupling from its $1 peg. The who and why seemed a mystery
Bitcoin (BTC) could still see a major price capitulation, but more whales need to start selling first, data suggests. In one of its daily QuickTake market updates on May 27, on-chain analytics platform CryptoQuant highlighted increasingly bearish whale behavior. Small whale selling should spark “absolute capitulation” Amid widespread consensus that BTC/USD should put in a
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has shared two thought experiments on how to evaluate whether an algorithmic (algo) stablecoin is sustainable. Buterin’s comments were sparked by the multi-billion dollar losses caused by the collapse of the Terra (LUNA) ecosystem and its algo-stablecoin TerraUSD (UST). In a May 25 blog post, Buterin noted that the increased amount
In another attempt to support the revival of Terra (LUNA), the community voted to burn a large amount of UST from its community pool. Earlier in May, Terra founder Do Kwon explained that a potential solution to the Terra debacle is to absorb the stablecoin supply. In response to this, users proposed the burning of
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