Weekly News Roundup – 9 Aug 2021
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Ethereum’s London hard fork is now live; NFT marketplaces keep thriving; One of the most active liquidity providers expanding its scope in the crypto market ...
Take a seat, we’re serving SUSHI and MATIC!
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We bring you another set of interesting cryptocurrencies that reflect our support to the DeFi space – SushiSwap and Polygon. First is an AMM that came to light as a fork of Uniswap, and the latter a well-structured platform for Ethereum scaling with a wide spectrum of possible applications.
How is decentralized consensus achieved?
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Decentralization is what sets apart cryptocurrencies from traditional financial systems. How does a system with no central authority validating its transactions work? Through something called a decentralized consensus mechanism. Read on to find out more.
Ethereum network to undergo a hard fork on 5 August
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The Ethereum network is being upgraded and expected to undergo a change in the right direction – faster transaction speeds and lower fees. The London Hard Fork is happening on 5 August at 11:55 AM UTC.
Weekly News Roundup – 2 Aug 2021
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It only took four months to double the global crypto population from 100 million to 200 million. At the same time, buying Bitcoin through PayPal could become available in the U.K. as soon as next month, and there’s more interesting news in crypto. Read here.
What are the blocks in blockchain?
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The exact structure of blocks can differ from blockchain to blockchain. This article will focus on explaining the structure of a Bitcoin block. After all, that is the basis on which most other blockchains were modelled.
Crypto investment terms 101
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Trading volume, market cap, ask, bid, sell order, etc. These are just a few of the terms in the vast jargon of the world of crypto. It all might be overwhelming to someone starting fresh in their crypto endeavors, so we’re here to explain what the most common terms they’ll be dealing with mean.
Inflationary vs. deflationary currencies
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Fiat currencies fall into the category of inflationary currencies, while most cryptocurrencies are deflationary in one way or another. What does it really mean and what are the reasons behind that?
Crypto coins vs. tokens
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There is an ongoing debate concerning the differentiation between coins and tokens. There are at least two main contrasting theories on their functionalities and applications. By the time you finish reading this article, you will be able to distinguish between a token and a coin.
Weekly News Roundup – 26 Jul 2021
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70% of institutional investors intend to buy or invest in digital assets in the near future, Goldman Sachs settling crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) in Europe, JP Morgan’s clients can invest in crypto funds, Amazon hiring a digital currency and blockchain product lead, and more.