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The Effect of Coronavirus on the Cryptocurrency Market

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Time Stamp: December 30, 2020 5:58 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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The year 2020, has been greatly eventful. From threats of a world war, to increased terrorist attacks. A biography on the life of the year 2020, would not only be a bestseller but also an excellent read. However the most significant single event of this year is and has been the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, at its global takeover. From a regular virus, one that was once considered to be not worse than a cold flu, to transition into a global pandemic outbreak. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every aspect of

Cryptocurrency News Roundup for August 14, 2020

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Time Stamp: August 14, 2020 4:00 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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In a polarising move that has drawn mixed reaction from the company’s user-base, cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX announced today that it’s making KYC verification mandatory on the platform. The noises surrounding the move are hardly surprising given that privacy and easy-registration were two of the primary factors that contributed to the exchange’s growing popularity. Some BitMEX users are, however, in favor of the decision as it may help the exchange improve its security and appeal to would-be customers. All said and done, the u-turn into a conventional exchange underlines the impact

Is Chainlink Poised for a Sell Off After Reaching New ATH?

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Time Stamp: August 14, 2020 12:39 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Chainlink rallied another 4% today, maintaining its place as the fifth largest crypto asset by market cap — but are investors starting to become skittish? According to on-chain analytics resource Santiment, Chainlink (LINK) investors may be “becoming increasingly uncertain in its prolonged rally.” Santiment reported that though there weren’t “many bearish indicators or signs of an impending top” for LINK as of last week, that may no longer be the case.The number of LINK deposits into crypto exchanges reached an all-time high (ATH) of 8.2 million, the same day the token

$99 Gas Fees on Ethereum Are Crippling DeFi’s Growth

Source Node: https://cointelegraph.com/news/99-gas-fees-on-ethereum-are-crippling-defis-growth
Time Stamp: August 14, 2020 12:02 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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The surging popularity of decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols on Ethereum (ETH) has contributed to skyrocketing fees, with the network processing an all-time high of $6.87 million in total fees yesterday. Speaking to Cointelegraph, Synthetix (SNX) founder and CEO, Kain Warwick warned that high fees were impacting the growth of DeFi, stating:“In the last three months, we’ve gone from an environment where DeFi was expensive to use and a little bit slow, to now, [where] for a lot of people it’s prohibitively expensive.”Ethereum fees have spiked nearly 100% over the past 24

Down to the Wire: Yam Finance Saved at the Last Minute

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Time Stamp: August 13, 2020 1:46 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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After a tense day, the most talked about new decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol YAM Finance has overcome a near-catastrophic code error. The future of Yam Finance was abruptly thrown into question earlier today when a bug in the protocol’s code resulted in excessive YAM reserves being minted — rendering it “impossible to take any future governance actions.”The project quickly asked for community support, offering rewards to YAM miners and token-holders who were willing to pledge their tokens toward a pool of 160,000 coins to recapture governance over the protocol before the

mStable DeFi Guide: Ultimate Stablecoin Solution

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Time Stamp: August 4, 2020 10:44 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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mStable is a newly launched DeFi protocol aimed at streamlining the application of stablecoins in a unified ecosystem it aims to create. There are many projects that seek to increase the adoption of cryptos by linking them to traditional financial systems. Stablecoins, for one, have been created to do just that. Using blockchain and smart contracts, the crypto community has devised a way to make digital asset representation of fiat currencies. But even behind the recent developments surrounding stablecoins, a concern still remains: the assets that back the number of

Bitcoin Spikes by 2x in 26 Days: What’s Actually Behind the Big Rally?

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Time Stamp: April 7, 2020 2:33 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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The Bitcoin (BTC) price has increased by two-fold in less than a month, surging from $3,600 to over $7,350. While traders believe a combination of many factors caused the upsurge, there are three main factors that likely contributed to it.The three factors are a significant surge in spot buys, a massively overextended plunge below $4,000, and the immediate recovery of BTC to major support levels.Factor 1: Bitcoin spot buys on the riseCoinbase, Kraken, Binance, Bitfinex and other spot exchanges saw a substantial spike in buy volume following the March 13

Bitcoin Price Analysis: BTC Holds Above $6,800, Targets $7,000 Overhead Resistance

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Time Stamp: April 6, 2020 8:10 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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On April 1, the BTC/USD trading pair rebounded at its low of $6,180 to reach the high of $6,726. The following day a price spike catapulted the coin to a high of $7,283 and immediately the bears pulled back. BTC/USD – 4 Hour Chart Today, and in the last three days, Bitcoin is relatively stable above $6,800. Besides the recent price spike, there has been price rejection at the $7,000 overhead resistance. On two occasions, the bulls have made two unsuccessful attempts to break the overhead resistance. Consequently, BTC fell

Is Decentralized ASIC Production Possible?

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Time Stamp: April 2, 2020 7:07 PM - Modified On: August 29, 2021 - Published By:
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The news about ASICs for Nervos CKB came out recently, as the time of writing, there are four ASICs announced, the Toddminer C1, Toddminer C1 Pro, Bitmain K5 and PA miner — the first batch of C1 was delivered on March 9, K5 and PA Miner are expected to be delivered in April and C1 Pro in May.Since mainnet launch, the total hashrate on CKB mainnet has been around 200TH/S on average, it is now gradually picking up (at the time of writing at ~500TH/S) with ASICs. Toddminer says C1+C1