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DeFi Market Cap Surpasses $8 Billion

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 total market capitalization of the top 100 DeFi coins is now over $8 billion. That said, the figure should be taken with a pinch of salt as different websites have different metrics to determine the DeFi market cap. For instance,

Dogecoin (DOGE) is now being used by crypto hackers after TikTok boom

Dogecoin’s usecases have seemingly evolved over time. The meme coin was initially created as a joke in 2014, turned into one of the hottest cryptocurrencies in 2015, became Elon Musk’s favorite in 2018, and was part of a TikTok challenge in 2020.But things have taken a darker turn for the currency; hackers are now utilizing the token to control crypto mining botnets, security firm Intezer Labs said in a report this week.Such DOGE, much hackIntezer Labs, a New York-based malware analysis and detection firm, found out hackers using the infamous

3 Reasons Why Bitcoin Transactions Are Slow

Aug 01, 2020 at 08:27 // News Despite Bitcoin offering unprecedented decentralization and security, its network has one significant flow, namely, the transaction speed. A single transaction processing can take up to 10 minutes. But why is this happening? To understand why bitcoin transactions sometimes take so much time to confirm, it is essential to first understand how they are verified. Delving into the essence Once a transaction is created, a transaction message is sent to the Bitcoin blockchain and passed around all the nodes available on the network. This

Bitcoin breaks $11,500 as sentiment metrics show it’s still undervalued

The DeFi-induced bullrun has arguably pushed the crypto market upwards the past week, with Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other major cryptocurrencies giving gains of over 10-15 percent to investors.Data feeds from one quantitative on-chain data provider prove the above, with sentiment metrics, in particular, paving the path for even higher prices.Bitcoin public sentiment increasesData on The TIE — a provider of alternative data for digital assets that quantifies investor perceptions on hundreds of digital assets — shows Bitcoin is showing bullish action in both short- and mid-term trades.The chart below maps

There’s More To Bitcoin’s Rally Than Just Inflation Fears

While some analysts are pointing to inflation fears to explain bitcoin’s recent rally, there are so many other factors at play that affect the cryptocurrency’s rise.Neil Johnston was a creature of habit, and it was one of the things which his wife of twenty-four years Dorothy, both loved and loathed about him. While Dorothy appreciated Neil’s dependability, she was wondering if things were getting a little stale.So naturally Dorothy grew a little worried when Neil, who would walk through the door almost like clockwork at 7 pm every evening for