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What Is Cryptocurrency Utility and Why It’s Important for the Development of Crypto Payments

May 21, 2022

James A. Ray, Board member at Kyrrex financial ecosystem. _____Cryptocurrencies have come a long way in the recent decade, evolving from a marginalized payment method for questionable transactions to publicly traded instruments on the largest global exchanges. Nonetheless, these drastic changes remain insufficient for fulfilling the “currency” function of the crypto. Specifically, cryptocurrencies are far from…
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The Crypto Bear Market Is Here: How to Invest Now?

May 20, 2022

Bitcoin (BTC) is down almost 40% year-to-date, while most leading altcoins have dropped 50% to 70% since the start of 2022. So it’s fair to say, we are in a bear market. However, that doesn’t mean you have to exit the crypto markets because we’re having a bad first half of the year. Read…
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Growth in Digital Assets Trade Puts the Spotlight on Blockchain Bridge Security Risks

May 20, 2022

Adi Ben-Ari is the Founder and CEO of data security specialist Applied Blockchain. _______The exponential growth in the trade of digital assets across different blockchain platforms in recent years has been accompanied by the emergence of blockchain bridges, or token bridges, that create interoperability between blockchains. … Read More: Growth in Digital Assets Trade Puts the…
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2022, the Year Layer 2 Takes Off

May 15, 2022

Will Harborne is the Founder and CEO of non-custodial exchange DeversiFi. __________ This is a pivotal year for Ethereum layer 2 (L2) solutions. What happens over the coming months will be critical in making decentralized finance (DeFi) work better, faster, and more reliably for a far greater number of users…. Read More: 2022, the…
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Bitcoin Halfway to Next Halving – What Can History Teach Us?

May 14, 2022

Bitcoin (BTC) is halfway to its next halving, and analysts are again coming out with their predictions for how the price will respond this time around. But market reactions to Bitcoin halvings in the past have been difficult to predict, and their results usually take time to materialize…. Read More: Bitcoin Halfway to Next…
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Making Sense of the Noise is Necessary for Crypto Adoption

May 6, 2022

Marco De Rossi, President and Co-Founder of HAL.xyz, a blockchain data listening and automation platform.__________ Cryptocurrency is strong on self-sovereignty with the term “not your keys, not your coin” a popular maxim when talking about crypto ownership. While owning your private keys may be one step in self-custody, another is understanding what is actually…
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How to Navigate Metaverse Without ‘Cash Grab’?

May 3, 2022

Gunnar Jaerv is the COO of First Digital Trust, an Asia-based technology-driven financial institution._____ When Meta revealed its metaverse, Horizon Worlds, and the features it would unleash for creators within the digital universe, the conglomerate called it a step toward its “long-term vision for the metaverse where creators can earn a living.” … Read More:…
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The ‘Digital Town Square’: What Might Musk’s Twitter Deal Mean?

April 30, 2022

Jean Burgess, Professor and Associate Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, the Queensland University of Technology._____ The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, seems set to purchase the social media platform Twitter for around USD 44bn. He says he’s not doing it to make money (which is good, because Twitter has…
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How DAOs Can Adopt Best Practices for Treasury Management in a Bear Market

April 30, 2022

Kevin Chan is the treasurer of UMA, an optimistic oracle used to build decentralized applications in DeFi and Web3, and a former managing director at Goldman Sachs. _____ April is financial literacy month in the US, which is always a good time to do some financial housekeeping and to review best practices when it comes…
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Axie Infinity’s Post-Hack Metrics Beckon Optimism, Not Despair

April 29, 2022

Daniel C. Park is the data journalist at Covalent, a blockchain data specialist. ______ The theft of USD 625m from Ronin unfazed Axie Infinity players’ bullish feelings, a remarkable tale and test of brand loyalty that validates Sky Mavis’ USD 3bn valuation. The cascade of SLP and AXS withdrawals never manifested. Not after Binance…
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