Franklin Templeton files S-1 for new crypto index ETF

Finance Redefined is Cointelegraph's weekly DeFi-centric newsletter, delivered to subscribers every Wednesday.On Saturday, we saw one of the most complex smart contract hacks so far affecting Pickle Finance, a yield optimization protocol very similar to Yearn — an important point for later.PeckShield provided a technical explanation for it, but I think only Solidity developers can…

Major crypto exchange Binance plans to expand to eight new countries in 2019, according to a report from crypto outlet The Block, Jan. 17. Following the report, a Binance spokesperson has declined to confirm six of the alleged locations in comments to Cointelegraph today, Jan. 18.Just a day after the major cryptocurrency exchange launched its…

Demand for liquid Ethereum staking options gains pace in the months following the Merge, according to blockchain data. 235 Total views 3 Total shares Own this piece of crypto history Collect this article as NFTBlockchain data analytics carried out by Nansen highlights the ever-growing amount of Ether (ETH) being staked across various staking solutions in…

In the history of blockchain to be written in textbooks, 2018 will probably be known as the year of failing at scaling. An outcry for scalable blockchain systems in 2017 led to a number of companies making attempts at solving the problem of scaling and gradually realising that it’s not that simple.As the year has…

Web3 has been gaining ground in mainstream industries with the rise of Web3 business models based around nonfungible tokens (NFTs), blockchain technology and crypto. But it’s still an open question whether it’s actually improving mainstream industry and products. According to a June Coinbase study, over half of the top 100 United States companies listed in the

ETF analyst Eric Balchunas pointed out how quickly spot Bitcoin ETFs can go from “1st gear to 5th gear.” Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETF) in the United States saw over $3 billion in inflows this week, marking the first full week of consecutive inflows in five weeks. On April 25, the 11 spot Bitcoin (BTC)

The recent 256% Polkadot (DOT) recovery over the past 56 days has been nothing short of spectacular. Although the price is 23% below its $49.80 all-time high from four months ago, the altcoin's $39 billion market capitalization has outperformed the Ether (ETH) by 66% over the past thirty days.Polkadot/USDT. Source: Bybt.comPolkadot is a blockchain network…

The average transaction cost on the Ethereum network almost doubled amid a trading volume surge. 1526 Total views 8 Total shares Ethereum network fees continue to climb with the average value topping out at $17.43 per transaction according to data from YCharts. As previously reported by Cointelegraph, average fees were at about $10.20 earlier on…