Month: October 2020

Q3 Crypto Volumes up by $155 Billion as Defi Hype Drives DEX Growth by 197%

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The latest data from Coingecko shows that the combined trading volumes of cryptocurrency exchanges went up by $155 billion between July and September, from $175.7 billion to $330.6 billion. The new total volume represents a 88% increase which Coingecko attributes to the decentralized finance (defi) hype and yield farming frenzy that peaked in August. In … Read more

Here Are the Top Public Companies That Have Adopted Bitcoin as a Reserve Asset

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When Microstrategy Inc. bought $425 million bitcoin in the last two months, the decision became an important stamp of institutional approval of the top crypto’s credentials as a mature, safe-haven asset. The American technology firm had just made bitcoin its primary reserve asset to hedge against fiat inflation. Now, it appears major global companies are … Read more

NFT Craftiness: Mint a Non-Fungible Token Art Collectible in Less Than 15 Minutes

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In the last few months the non-fungible token (NFT) art space has exploded and data shows that there’s been over 4.9 million sales worth well over $128 million to-date. This week I decided to create an Ethereum-based NFT leveraging the application rarible.com, in order to show our readers how to issue an NFT collectible or … Read more

Andreessen Horowitz Publishes ‘Crypto Startup School’ Documentary

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The California-based private American venture capital firm, Andreessen Horowitz, has published a documentary called “Crypto Startup School.” The documentary is different from other blockchain films, as the 30-minute video shows some of the procedures leveraged while invoking a crypto-focused startup. On October 9, 2020, the company Andreessen Horowitz published a new documentary on Youtube called … Read more