jump

People leaving Ethereum is ‘just never going to happen,’ says Solana co-founder

2021 saw a significant proportion of developers shifting from Ethereum to rival blockchains. Primarily, because the Ethereum network continued to fight high gas fees and congestion. Well, one network that hugely benefitted from this situation was Solana. Its meteoric rise over 2021 positioned it as one of the main Ethereum-killers. Solana’s native token Sol reached a new all-time high in early November. Furthermore, at the time of writing, the token registered a 10% ROI over the past week. Also, it had a 24-hour trading volume of over $3.6 billion, at

Kucoin Labs Launches $100 Million Metaverse Investment Fund

Kucoin Labs, the investigative and investment arm of Kucoin, a cryptocurrency exchange, has launched a $100 million fund to incubate early metaverse related projects. These include blockchain gaming initiatives, NFT platforms, and decentralized platforms, among others. The support will also include direct involvement with the projects selected, including counseling about branding and marketing. Kucoin Invests in Metaverse Kucoin, one of the leading exchanges in Asia, has taken the first step to hop on the metaverse train. The investment and investigation arm of the exchange, Kucoin Labs, has launched a $100

AXS has gained by >150% in 12 days, but is this rally too good to last

Disclaimer: The findings of the following analysis are the sole opinions of the writer and should not be taken as investment advice To say that Axie Infinity has been on a bull run is an understatement. Its price rose from $48 to an all-time high of $120, marking a jump of over 150% in just 12 days. Spot volumes across exchanges clocked in at $5.6 billion, making AXS the fifth most-traded crypto (excluding USDT) over the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, the play-to-earn giant has been building its community presence via huge

Wormhole NFT bridge allows users to transfer assets on different blockchains

A new service called Wormhole NFT Bridge connects Ethereum and Solana to let users transfer assets between these competing blockchains.  This service, in technical terms, is called a “bi-directional bridge” that can send assets and make them compatible with other blockchain platforms.  This is how it works: When someone wants to transfer a Solana NFT to Ethereum to sell it on OpenSea, the service would first lock the original NFT within the Wormhole smart contract.  A smart contract is a technology that runs behind decentralized apps, DeFi protocols, and NFTs

The best call in the Chainlink market right now is…

Disclaimer: The findings of the following analysis are the sole opinions of the writer and should not be taken as investment advice Chainlink was in recovery mode after shedding 36% of its value from mid-September. An up-channel formed over the last few days as bulls attempted to lift the market from its recent lows. However, sellers still had the upper hand as LINK traded below key Fibonacci levels. A 12% sell-off was even threatened by the formation of a bearish flag on LINK’s daily chart. To overcome these challenges, LINK needs

Monero: Watch out for this key development before taking a position

Disclaimer: The findings of the following analysis are the sole opinions of the writer and should not be taken as investment advice Monero has traded within the confines of a descending channel for over a week now. A broader market rally seems to have been the missing catalyst in the XMR market as the price attempted to break north of its upper trendline. However, a few conditions have to be met first before a blowout can be expected. At the time of writing, XMR was trading at $306.16, up by 6%

NFT Heroes: Fitting the framework of the growing NFT avatar market

NFT marketplace NFT STARS has announced the launch of its NFT avatar collection – SIDUS: The City of NFT Heroes. The collection features 7,500 unique characters developed in partnership with over 200 modern artists from the international collective NFT256. SIDUS differs from dozens of other collections by combining the functionality of a gaming DAO metaverse, a yield farming service, and a digital art collection, all into one. The NFT Heroes collection comes forth at the perfect time, when NFT avatar projects are on the rise and the NFT market, as

‘Communities Are Very Important For an NFT Project,’ Says Digital Artist

BeinCrypto spoke to Julien van Dorland, digital artist, and avid non-fungible token (NFT) art collector, about his work, his collections, and the NFT space as a whole. Sponsored Sponsored Van Dorland is a digital artist, an NFT art collector, and founder of Arvable, a digital agency helping artists explore the metaverse and NFTs. Completely immersed in the NFT space, van Dorland is the perfect example of what the future holds when it comes to creating the metaverse. With involvement in almost all elements of the NFT value chain, van Dorland

Why this British billionaire’s family office wants more Bitcoin, crypto-investments

The growth of institutional investments in the mainstream cryptocurrency ecosystem, as well as in DeFi, has been phenomenal over the past year. A number of venture capitalists have made direct or indirect investments in the space through a number of channels. The latest addition to the same is British billionaire Simon Nixon. “Hard to ignore” The billionaire is planning to expand his crypto-allocations through his London-based venture capital firm Seek Capital. According to the Managing Director of the family office, crypto-assets have grown to acquire a significant share of interest