The price of LINK also surged in the wake of a marketwide bullish boom, wherein Bitcoin and its top rivaling altcoins jumped in tandem. Chainlink emerged as one of the best cryptocurrency performers on Sept. 6 as the price of its LINK token jumped 8.25% against the U.S. dollar. The LINK/USD exchange rate reached $36.35 for…
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At the time of writing, the total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) is around $176 billion across various blockchains like Ethereum, Binance, Terra, Polygon, Solana, and Avalanche. While Ethereum commands $130 billion of the aggregate total locked, a myriad of other defi-fueled blockchains continue to see TVLs steadily rise. Total Value Locked Across…
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On September 3, the decentralized exchange (dex) aggregation platform 1inch announced the project has partnered with the animated series “Take My Muffin.” The multimedia animated series aims to be co-created by the crypto community and created by a professional animation studio. 1inch Network Sponsors ‘Take My Muffin’ Animated NFT Series A new animated non-fungible token…
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At the beginning of 2021, a trend ignited by the creators of the Reddit forum r/wallstreetbets caused the whole world to focus on retail traders in the stock market purchasing so-called dead stocks like AMC, GME, and others. The hype behind the Wallstreetbets group has fizzled in the last few months, but a group that…
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Altcoins have made big gains on the total market share of the cryptocurrency markets, but JPMorgan analysts have concerns. JPMorgan analysts have warned clients that cryptocurrency markets are looking frothy after the August trading boom saw spot market trading volumes once again top $1 trillion. In a note to clients reported by Markets Insider, the JPMorgan…
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The SOL price rally also appeared in the wake of “Ignition,” a global hackathon to build new platforms on the Solana blockchain. Solana (SOL) started Friday at a new record high as investors continued to bet positively on its success in the decentralized finance (DeFi) and nonfungible tokens (NFT) sector. The SOL/USD exchange rate reached…
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Timing the market is near impossible, but these five metrics can help traders identify when a sector rotation is underway. An important part of preserving investing profits is knowing when an asset or sector is showing signs of exhaustion and when a sector rotation is underway. This is especially important in the rapidly moving cryptocurrency…
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Hackers run wild, but DeFi marches on; all covered in this weeks Finance Redefined. Welcome to the latest iteration of Cointelegraph’s DeFi newsletter. Just as quickly as the summer departed from our calendars, millions of funds were hacked from the wallets of Cream Finance. This has been another jam-packed week in the decentralized finance, or…
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According to a recent report, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has allegedly started probing the startup that operates the decentralized exchange (dex) Uniswap. The dex platform Uniswap is the largest dex in terms of trade volume with over $10 billion in crypto tokens swapped in the last seven days. Sources from the report…
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A small number of universities are beginning to offer DeFi courses to help students and the general public better understand the technology. Decentralized finance, or DeFi, has become one of the fastest-growing sectors within the cryptocurrency ecosystem. Data shows that the total value locked (TVL) in all DeFi protocols is now around $130 billion. This is…
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