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How a blogger who buys €500 of Bitcoin every month since 2017 plans to retire early, and the lessons he learned along the way. 547 Total views 14 Total shares Motivations for buying Bitcoin (BTC) are numerous: a hedge against inflation, financial independence or even hopes for a Lamborghini and life in the sun. For “Mr.…

One Ethereum user’s loss of 40 ETH has prompted community debate surrounding ways to mitigate losses resulting from wallet address typos. 1499 Total views 57 Total shares A proposal for the creation of a specialized decentralized autonomous organization, or DAO, has garnered debate within the Ethereum (ETH) community. The focus of this DAO would be…

DeFi tokens are rebounding, with the sector posting average gains of 19% today. After a bloody week for decentralized finance (DeFi) projects that saw numerous tokens plummet by up to 50%, the DeFi sector has rebounded by 19% in one day. Ether is also up 11% over the past 24 hours.According to Messari, 32 of…

Coming every Sunday, Hodler’s Digest tracks every important crypto news story from the previous week. Essential reading for all Hodlers!Top Stories This WeekFrenzy as Uniswap launches new governance tokenUniswap stole the show this week when it announced it was launching UNI, its very own governance token. A total of 1 billion tokens will exist, and…

In his monthly crypto tech column, Israeli serial entrepreneur Ariel Shapira covers emerging technologies within the crypto, decentralized finance (DeFi) and blockchain space, as well as their roles in shaping the economy of the 21st century.The crypto market is in a downward spiral, with Bitcoin (BTC) plunging over 50% below its peak price. In an…

A real mining project is planning to utilize blockchain technology to maximize the potential of land rich with precious metal and natural resources.Blue Hill Mining says its project is based in an “exceptional location” in Mongolia — and that, after eight years of geological planning, research across 10 percent of its surface area has indicated…

The $5.7 trillion asset manager Vanguard has completed the first phase of its pilot testing of settlements for blockchain-based asset-backed securities. 927 Total views 13 Total shares Vanguard, the world’s second-largest index fund manager, has announced the successful completion of the first phase of its blockchain pilot trialing the digitization of asset-backed securities (ABS).The pilot…

by Max Parasol 12 min November 1, 2022 “Don’t think about making art, just get it done.” If Andy Warhol — the most famous artist of the 20th century — were alive today, he would make NFTs. The reasoning is simple: because for Warhol, business was art. So, I decided to do some digging and…