March 2021 | Page 14 of 137 | Last Cryptocurrency News Feed

The promise of smart contract adoption is held back by crypto silos

The internet is buzzing over recent developments in decentralized finance, or DeFi — smart contracts are hotter than ever. You might think you missed the coronation ceremony, but smart contracts are actually used in only a small corner of the crypto world, albeit a corner worth billions of dollars. It’s a promising concept that has…

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Cointelegraph Magazine is a new publication that goes beyond the daily news and delves much more deeply into the stories, trends, and personalities that inspire cryptocurrency and blockchain conversations around the world. We are people-centric, delving into *why* the true believers of blockchain feel they can change the world (and why they think it needs…

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Darren Kleine Based in Canada, Darren Kleine is fascinated with distributed ledger technology and its implications for societal change. He had written the Cointelegraph Journeys in Blockchain feature since day one.Related Posts John ConstantineJohn Constantine joins DKleine to talk about the unique process of using NFC technology in his paintings as a bridge... KiefMonsterArtist KiefMonster…

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The Trojan Horse: Bitcoin is “Just” Digital Gold

Bitcoin’s comparison as “merely” digital gold demonstrates that legacy financial bureaucrats are in for a rude awakening.Early on Monday morning, March 22, during the Bank of International Settlement’s Innovation Summit, Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell had this to say about bitcoin or, in his words, “crypto assets”: “Crypto assets are highly volatile — see bitcoin…

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Cointelegraph Consulting: Hype for NFTs is real, but what about transaction volume?

The top two NFT marketplaces, OpenSea and Rarible, differ considerably in daily transaction volume. 2718 Total views 12 Total shares Covalent’s latest findings in Cointelegraph Consulting’s biweekly newsletter indicate that the nonfungible token, or NFT, market has whales of its own.The largest user on OpenSea makes up $192 million in reserve capital, while the other…

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Users Can Now Book Flights With Dogecoin (DOGE) on AirBaltic

Latvia’s flag air carrier, airBaltic, has reaffirmed its pro-cryptocurrency approach by enabling customers to make bookings with other digital assets, including Ether (ETH), Dogecoin (DOGE0 and Bitcoin Cash (BCH). Those tokens have joined the list of four USD-pegged stablecoins and the first-ever cryptocurrency – Bitcoin. DOGE and ETH to Be Used for Air Travel AS…

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Why Most Professional Traders Aren’t Trading Bitcoin (Yet)

As bitcoin becomes legitimized in the world of traditional finance, there are still some barriers keeping professional traders out.Bitcoin and digital asset investing, HODLing and trading has reached a new, higher plateau of legitimacy. Recent announcements of large-block institutional investments, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)’s recent stablecoin announcement, and the ascent…

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South Korea’s ‘Kimchi premium’ is back: Is the Bitcoin rally starting to heat up?

Demand for Bitcoin in South Korea is heating up as the country's BTC premium rises over 5%. 379 Total views 7 Total shares The "Kimchi premium" is back. Bitcoin (BTC) is trading by more than 6% higher across major South Korean crypto exchanges as of March 29.Data from CryptoQuant show that the premium in the…

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Aleph introduces DApp to ‘back up’ NFT art pieces

Aleph.im, a decentralized file-sharing platform, has launched a dApp that lets users automatically back up the data underlying their nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, on a censorship-resistant and decentralized network.The concept of NFTs has generated considerable buzz in the last weeks due to their application for buying and selling digital art. The immutable token stands in…

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Bahamas’ Sand Dollar nears commercial rollout as interoperability completed

Following cybersecurity assessments, commercial institutions are being cleared to issue the world's first CBDC — the Bahamas' Sand Dollar. 521 Total views 11 Total shares The Central Bank of the Bahamas has announced that its central bank digital currency, the Sand Dollar, is expected to achieve full interoperability between its various wallet providers within the…