The 8 next big trends to watch in DeFi

The 8 next big trends to watch in DeFi

The following is a guest article from Vincent Maliepaard, Marketing Director at IntoTheBlock. DeFi is driving one of the most aggressive waves of innovation in decades. While it may feel like an established sector to some, DeFi is still rapidly evolving, continually introducing tools with the potential to redefine traditional …

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Why Bitcoin Halving Calculators Are Out of Sync

Why Bitcoin Halving Calculators Are Out of Sync

The Bitcoin halving is scheduled to occur every 210,000 blocks, or roughly every four years. This particular event will be executed automatically by the network at exactly blockheight 840,000. Based on the way Bitcoin’s creator Satoshi Nakamoto designed the system, bitcoin miners “find” the next block to hash to the …

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The Halving Highlights Why Bitcoin Needs to Upgrade

The Halving Highlights Why Bitcoin Needs to Upgrade

To unlock the possibilities that the best talent in Web3 has to offer, developers need to be given the tools to build easily, efficiently and interoperably on top of Bitcoin. However, to achieve this, changes will need to be addressed at a Layer 1 level. Fortunately, there are some paths …

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The Rise of Crypto Options and Structured Products

The Rise of Crypto Options and Structured Products

The issue, here and in the development of many other crypto instruments, has always been market microstructure. Crypto began as a grassroots ideological experiment with buy-in from a very niche group of people who wanted to exchange an asset that had no certainty around it. As a result, the market …

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Why Christie’s First Bitcoin Inscriptions Auction Matters

Why Christie’s First Bitcoin Inscriptions Auction Matters

However, the general public’s distaste of NFTs hasn’t stopped the art industry from embracing them. In 2021, Christie’s auction house made history with the $69 million sale of Beeple’s “Everydays” collage. Since then, the storied company has expanded further into the realm of crypto, including countless NFT auctions, investments in …

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Crypto Does Not Have an Illicit Finance Problem, Bad Actors Do

Crypto Does Not Have an Illicit Finance Problem, Bad Actors Do

While Senators weigh the merits of Adeyemo’s important testimony, they should also weigh the consequences of more than five years of U.S. policy inaction in regulating the very wayward corners of the crypto industry that pose the greatest threats to consumers, markets and, indeed, national security. U.S. policymakers and regulators, …

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6 Ways the Halving Will Impact Bitcoin Mining

6 Ways the Halving Will Impact Bitcoin Mining

The next Bitcoin halving, scheduled for April 20, is poised to significantly impact the mining landscape. Below Jaran Mellerud, of Hashlabs Mining, forecasts for what lies ahead. Source link

What the Ethereum Community’s Staking Argument Is Really About

What the Ethereum Community’s Staking Argument Is Really About

The Core Devs are, of course, part of that community, but it’s also clear they have an outsized influence on the protocol relative to the other stakeholders. Further, what we are really talking about here are the various researchers who are paid by the Ethereum Foundation. — because, well, the …

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