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The decentralized finance space has grown exponentially over the last few months, to the point where more than $9 billion worth of crypto assets were locked in its protocols before crypto prices started dropping. The space had a little over $500 million locked in back in September 2019.This exponential growth in the last few months…

The fall of FTX appears to have brought back certain crypto "villains” out from hiding, one even wants to start a new podcast series. 257 Total views 2 Total shares Three Arrows Capital co-founder Su Zhu looks like he may be attempting a comeback amid the fallout over FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried — seen by…

Solana suffered a fourth network incident in the span of a few months. Two out of the four network issues happened this week. 49 Total views 1 Total shares The Solana blockchain has faced its second network performance degradation incident this week. According to Solana, this is happening because of a rise in high compute…

BlockFi’s co-founder expects upward price action, new talent and regulatory clarity will create a bubbling FOMO atmosphere for crypto adoption in 2022. 682 Total views 27 Total shares Flori Marquez, the co-founder of cryptocurrency custodian BlockFi, said that upward price action, new talent and regulatory clarity will combine to create a bubbling FOMO atmosphere for…

Bitcoin adoption among United States financial institutions could see a major boost after the US Federal Reserve withdrew its guidance discouraging banks from engaging with cryptocurrency. On April 24, the Fed withdrew its 2022 supervisory letter that served as guidance to deter banks from engaging in crypto and stablecoin activities. The withdrawal spurred a notable

In a paper recently published by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Fabio Araujo, an economist at the Central Bank of Brazil (CBB) who is also responsible for the country’s central bank digital currency work, revealed that the monetary authority will have greater control over the population’s money once its CBDC is rolled out. Through…

United States blockchain and cryptocurrency-focused venture capital company Digital Currency Group (DCG) has made almost 130 investments in the industry to date, the firm revealed in a blog post on April 1.Summarizing its performance since 2016, DCG, which is headed by well-known cryptocurrency advocate Barry Silbert, invested in 127 startups, the majority of funding coming…

The research report blamed the increase of Bitcoin's carbon footprint on the China mining ban and claimed Chinese miners were more renewable energy focused. 357 Total views 18 Total shares Bitcoin network’s proof-of-work mining consensus has been a topic of evironmental, social and governance (ESG) debates for a long time and a new study may…

Aptos is among the firms aiming to ease Web3 onboarding, along with industry giants like Coinbase and MetaMask.