Guest Post: DAO Committee Report #0014

In the three weeks since the last DAO Committee report, two points of interest (POI) have been added to the Decentraland map, five grant proposals were approved, and 10 community polls have passed.

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Whales Added 1,899,990 MATIC to Their Holdings in Last 24 Hours

Two of WhaleStats' top 1,000 Ethereum wallets just bought 900,000 and 999,990 MATIC tokens, respectively

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Lightning Network Nodes Increased by 23% Between September and December 2021

The Lightning Network gained significant traction in 2021 as over two million Salvadorans were onboarded to bitcoin. As the Strike wallet undertakes a global rollout, even more nodes are expected to be added.

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Basic Attention Token Price Sets New All-time High, FTX Now Supports Wormhole v2 Wrapped BAT SPL Withdrawals

Basic Attention Token price is up over 40% today, making it the second-biggest gainer on Crypto. com, following Request Network. After the Solana partnership announcement two weeks ago, cryptocurrency exchange FTX recently added support for Wrapped BAT SPL withdrawals.

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PiixPay Adds USDT & USDC Stablecoins for Crypto-to-IBAN Payouts

PiixPay, an EU-regulated cryptocurrency payment provider, has introduced two major stablecoins to the list of supported currencies available for instant crypto-to-IBAN transfers. From now on, all PiixPay customers can easily convert Tether (USDT) and USD Coin (USDC) into EURO, along with five other cryptocurrencies already available within the platform.

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UNI and SOL now added to Grayscale’s Investment Holdings

Crypto asset manager Grayscale Investments has announced the addition of two more digital assets – Uniswap (UNI/USD) and Solana (SOL/USD) – to its holdings. Grayscale has continued its usual policy of rebalancing the investment of its assets, as the two additional tokens become the latest to benefit.

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Grayscale adds Solana, Uniswap to its Digital Large Cap Fund

Grayscale Investments has added two new assets to its large-cap crypto fund for the first time on Friday. The addition of rapidly growing Solana [SOL] and prominent decentralized finance token UniswapThe post Grayscale adds Solana, Uniswap to its Digital Large Cap Fund appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Whales added 180,000 BTC in two months and miners recovered 52% of hash power, indicating no fundamental changes took place in the recent Evergrande-led sell-off

The cryptocurrency market is down by more than 10% over the last two days. Bitcoin came back down to its previous 43-44k levels, and others, as usual, followed its price movements. Fundamentally, there were no changes observed, and we are still on the right track.

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Tangany and Hex Trust now added as keyholders on Tezos’ tzBTC

Two custodians, Tangany and Hex Trust, have become keyholders on Tezos’ Wrapped Bitcoin bzBTC ecosystem. Tangany is a while-label custodian for digital assets like Ethereum, Bitcoin, and Security Tokens.

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Canadian Institutional ETF Investors Are Taking Bitcoin Demand To Heightened Levels

Institutional investors in Canada are accumulating more and more shares of the recently approved Bitcoin Exchange Traded Fund or ETF, which is creating more demand for Bitcoin. This is according to data released by Glassnode, which shows that the ETF has added nearly 30% of Bitcoin invested in it in less than two months. The […]

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Ethereum Layer 2 Solution Polygon Launches SDK to Transform Ethereum Into An Internet of Blockchains

Popular Ethereum layer two scaling solution Polygon has added another milestone to its cap. Polygon said its SDK stack is now available for use on the Ethereum network in a Medium post. Polygon SDK Is Live This will see developers build Ethereum-compatible blockchains easily and seamlessly.

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OKEx Lists Two More Meme Coins – AKITA and KISHU

The popular global crypto exchange and derivatives trading platform, OKEx has added two more decentralized community experiments days after listing the Shiba Inu project’s SHIB tokens.  The latest projects Akita Inu and Kishu Inu, also named after popular Japanese dog breeds had their respective tokens – AKITA and KISHU listed on OKEx on May 14, […]

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DeFi Protocol mStable Launches on Layer 2 Polygon Network

mStable made the announcement in a blog post on April 27. It added that it chose the Polygon platform, formerly known as Matic. The launch offers another source of USD and BTC liquidity, a purpose-built DeFi-native savings account, and two meta-stablecoins.

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eToro adds Chainlink and Uniswap amid investor surge for crypto

First two in a series of tokens to be added this year on eToro UNI is eToro’s first token in decentralized finance trading infrastructure eToro, the world’s leading social investment network, today announces it has added Chainlink (LINK) and Uniswap (UNI) to its crypto offering, bringing the total number of tokens that people can invest […]

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“Saturday Night Live” comedians farcically explain “what the hell’s an NFT”

Popular American comedy show “Saturday Night Live” has added its own two cents to the non-fungible token (NFT) mania, hilariously explaining “what the hell’s an NFT” in a new skit published today.

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Bitcoin Market Cap Will Reach $10 trillion in a Few Years, Says FD7 Managing Partner

Just not Bitcoin, Chand said he believes more people will be including cryptocurrencies in their portfolios over the next two years. This would naturally raise all cryptocurrencies’ market cap, the Managing Director of the $1 billion fund added.

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Bitwise 10 Large Cap Index Adds AAVE and Uniswap; CIO Calls DeFi Inclusion a ‘Milestone Event’

The DeFi virus is spreading. Cryptocurrency asset manager Bitwise Asset Management has added two new DeFi blue chips to its Bitwise 10 Large Cap Crypto Index as part of the January month-end index rebalance.

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Kraken Expands Its Reach in Australia & UK Markets; Adds 26 AUD & GBP Trading Pairs

The Kraken crypto exchange has added about 26 pairs for 14 assets as the platform increases its presence in the two major currencies. In a press statement sent to Bitcoin Exchange Guide, the exchange stated that the move is guided by “substantial upside potential” in the two markets.

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Bot rentals in DASH and BCH are now available at deepTradeBot

Two new crypto currencies have been added as a payment options to deeptradeBot platform deepTradeBot, a SaaS service for crypto traders, is proud to announce that two popular crypto currencies have became available at the platform.

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Chainalysis Adds Dash & Zcash To Compliance; Monero Still Too Strong

Blockchain forensics firm Chainalysis has announced that it has added two privacy coins to the compliance services it offers. Dash and Zcash, which account for a combined $1. 5 billion in reported daily transactions, will now be available as part of the Chainalysis Reactor and the firm’s KYT (Know Your Transaction) services.

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Coinbase App Users Can Now Send Crypto Funds to “.eth” Wallet Addresses

On February 26, 2020, San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase announced that it had added two new functionalities to its mobile app that enable users to send digital currencies using small and simple addresses instead of traditional long addresses.

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Ripple (XRP) Could See a Liquidity Push With New Perpetual Swaps

BitMEX and Binance, two of the largest cryptocurrency trading platforms, have both added XRP/USD perpetual swap products. This could entail an increase in XRP liquidity via derivatives. Spot markets for XRP are already highly liquid thanks to GSR, the market maker hired by Ripple Inc, February 4, 2020.

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Pornhub Now Lets Models Get Paid With the Tether Stablecoin

Pornhub has added new performer payment options including the tether (USDT) stablecoin, two months after being apparently dropped by PayPal.

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Crypto Lending Firm BlockFi Adds Support for Litecoin and USD Coin

BlockFi crypto lending firm has added two new assets to its platform: Litecoin and USD Coin

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Cryptocurrency Payments Processor Simplex now Supports JPY and CAD 

Simplex, a European Union-licensed financial institution that functions as the fiat gateway provider of top crypto exchanges like Binance, Huobi, Poloniex and a host of others, has now added support for two more fiat currencies: the Japanese yen (JPY) and Canadian dollar (CAD).

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Kraken Adds GBP Support for U.K.; What This Means for Crypto Market

Crypto asset exchange Kraken has added two new options for GBP deposits and withdrawals in attempts to speed up the exchange of funds for users. Related Reading: Bitcoin’s Chart Looks Eerily Similar to $3,000 Bottom; Is the Pain Over? Options to Fund Accounts In collaboration with UK-based payments services provider Clear Junction, Kraken users can.

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XRP/USDC and XRP/USDT margin trading pairs added on Poloniex

Poloniex steered the attention of crypto community by announcing new pairs for trading over its platform. The Circle owned exchange launched new USDC and USDT margin trading pairs for customers across the globe.

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Bitmain Incurred $625 Million in Losses, New Mining Machines to Turn the Tables for Q3

Within the first two months of 2019, privately-owned chips designer for bitcoin mining, Bitmain has reportedly incurred $625 million in losses discloses Bitcoinist. In particular, January’s losses added up to $345 million, followed by February’s additional $280 million.

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Two Years Later, Bitcoin Cash Is Still Not Bitcoin

Bitcoin Cash launched at Bitcoin block #478559, just over two years ago today. The Bitcoin block height as I write this is #588122. The Bitcoin Cash blockchain just added #593909. Two Years in Survival Mode In the intervening 100,000+ blocks, the chain has successfully proven that it can survive a hostile marketplace, multiple technical attacks, […] The post Two Years Later, Bitcoin Cash Is Still Not Bitcoin appeared first on CCN Markets

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China Publishes New Rankings of 37 Crypto Projects

China’s Center for Information and Industry Development has published its latest crypto rankings. Thirty-seven projects have been evaluated and ranked overall as well as in three separate categories.

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Cardano community celebrates its addition on Binance’s Margin Trading platform

Binance launched its Margin Trading services on July 11 after much speculation; in a win-win situation, it announced the addition of Cardano [ADA] along with Ontology [ONT] to its Margin trading platform on July 26.

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Bitcoin Cash Milestones: Delivered Code, Upgrades and Platform Development

Bitcoin Cash (BCH) platform and protocol development have seen a lot of delivered code and projects over the last two years. The upgrades will help Bitcoin Cash scale to the masses, and many of the added features are protocol developments that are unique to BCH.

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Warren Buffett Lost $209 Million By Investing in Amazon Instead of Bitcoin

In mid-May, Warren Buffett made big news with a major splash into the Amazon equities pool. On May 15th Berkshire Hathaway added Amazon stock to its books for the first time. Berkshire executed a mammoth $904 million acquisition of the retail giant’s shares.

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Europe May not Need Bitcoin to Circumvent U.S. Sanctions

The Trump administration has been responsible for the recent wave of economic sanctions placed on several countries. The most notable on this list has been Iran. The two country’s tense history around the accumulation of resources needed for atomic weapons has also added an element of global concern.

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First Wave of 120 ERC-20 Tokens Added to eToro Wallet

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First Wave of 120 ERC-20 Tokens Added to eToro Wallet

New tokens include two eToro stablecoins.

First Wave of 120 ERC-20 Tokens Added to eToro Wallet

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eToroX Announces The Addition Of 120 ERC-20 Tokens To Its Multi-Crypto On-Chain Wallet

New tokens include two eToro stablecoins eToroX, the blockchain subsidiary of global investment platform eToro, today announces it will add 120 ERC-20 tokens to its multi-crypto on-chain wallet.  The first 5 of the 120 tokens added to the wallet today are 3 crypto assets: Maker (MKR), Basic Attention Token (BAT), OmiseGO (OMG) and two eToro […] The post eToroX Announces The Addition Of 120 ERC-20 Tokens To Its Multi-Crypto On-Chain Wallet appeared first on ZyCrypto.

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eToro adds 5 Ethereum tokens to its cryptocurrency wallet – plans to add 115 more

 eToroX, the specialized blockchain division of social trading platform eToro, has announced the launch of the first five of 120 ERC-20 tokens that will be added to its on-chain wallet.   ERC-20 tokens are designed and used solely on the Ethereum platform and can be shared, exchanged for other tokens, or transferred to a cryptocurrency wallet.

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The Wayback Machine can now highlight changes in copy on websites

Since its launch in 2001, the Wayback Machine has been a very useful digital archive of the World Wide Web. By frequently crawling and caching pages for the archive, the Wayback Machine has amassed over 366 billion web pages, 20 million books and texts, 4 million videos, and tons of software programs.

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Review: The SVS Prime Elevation are Atmos speakers that can do it all

There are few things you can do to upgrade your home theater experience like adding a pair of height speakers. Whether you’re listening to Dolby Atmos, DTS:X, or Auro 3D, the added vertical dimension makes the sound more immersive and helps transport you to the scenes on film.

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Binance DEX Adds First Stablecoin Trading Pair Of USDSB, A StableUSD (USDS) Variation

The USD-backed stablecoin of the Stably company- StableUSD-, has been added by Binance DEX as a native BEP2 crypto-asset under the name of USDSB. In a press release from Binance, the largest crypto exchange launched trading for two pairs comprising of USDSB against major stablecoin tether (USDT), as well as the USDSB-to-USDS trading pair today […]

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‘Responsible’ EA Dismisses Gaming Addiction, Deems Loot Boxes Ethical

By CCN Markets: Addiction is a variation of passion—one which impairs general life functions. Addicts are commonly willing to sacrifice basic needs or core obligations to sate their hunger for the next fix.

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Sidechains vs Plasma vs Sharding

Special thanks to Jinglan Wang for review and feedback One question that often comes up is: how exactly is sharding different from sidechains or Plasma? All three architectures seem to involve a hub-and-spoke architecture with a central “main chain” that serves as the consensus backbone of the system, and a set of “child” chains containing actual user-level transactions.

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Binance Singapore Adds Two New Singapore Dollar Trading Pairs With Ethereum And Binance Coin

New Trading Pairs On Binance Singapore More Singapore dollar trading pairs have been added to Binance, these include pairs with the Binance Coin (BNB) and Ethereum (ETH). These new trading pairs (BNB/SGD and ETH/SGD ) will be added to the BTC/SGD trading pair which was the only pair enabled on the exchange when it first […]

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Man Sentenced for Illegal Money Transmission Services on LocalBitcoins

U. S. citizen Morgan Rockcoons has been sentenced to fines and prison time for running unlicensed money exchange services on LocalBitcoins. Advertising himself on the peer-to-peer bitcoin trading network, Rockcoons made more than 1,000 transactions with hundreds of different users.

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BlockFi Adds Gemini Dollar Stablecoin Support

Crypto lender BlockFi is rolling out support for the gemini dollar (GUSD) stablecoin, claiming an expected initial annual percentage yield (APY) of 6. 2 percent for non-U.

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HP’s Envy laptops get a sexy new wood option

It’s interesting to see the continuing evolution of HP’s laptop division into a more premium, aspirational brand. That shift is typified by the swathe of natural covers the company is offering.

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Crypto Market Forecast: The week ahead, 27th May

This weeks crypto trading week was defined by a significant price spike on Sunday which added colour to an otherwise quiet week of price activity. In the coming week, two major updates on the Chainlink and Tezos chain may drive value into their respective native tokens.

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LocalBitcoins Denies Service to Iranian Users

The popular peer-to-peer bitcoin trading network LocalBitcoins has shut down all trading operations for Iranian users. LocalBitcoins’ website offers a variety of pages for users of different nations and, as of May 24, 2019, the Iranian page displays a message that “LocalBitcoins is currently not available in your selected region,” in English only.

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Stellar Went Down For Whole 2 Hours with Zero Transactions. Did Anyone Care?

By CCN: Stellar, the Ripple fork founded by Jed McCaleb after disagreements with decisions at Ripple, went down for about two hours yesterday. Tim Swanson alerted Twitter to the issue, and a Stellar representative confirmed its occurrence.

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