Category: Altcoins
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Cardano is still the most heavily developed blockchain on GitHub
The latest data from crypto data aggregator Santiment has shown that Cardano is still the number one blockchain by average daily development on GitHub. With an average of 403 daily commits, Cardano has surpassed Ethereum with 369, Polkadot with 322, and Gnosis with 270. And with heavy work currently being done on Goguen and Voltaire,…
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Cardano is still the most heavily developed blockchain on GitHub
The latest data from crypto data aggregator Santiment has shown that Cardano is still the number one blockchain by average daily development on GitHub. With an average of 403 daily commits, Cardano has surpassed Ethereum with 369, Polkadot with 322, and Gnosis with 270. And with heavy work currently being done on Goguen and Voltaire,…
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This privacy-focused Ethereum token is up 400% in a week after Coinbase listed it
It appears that the “Coinbase Effect” is back. The effect describes a phenomenon in the crypto space whereas coins listed or supported by Coinbase rally massively. The idea here is that since Coinbase is the world’s largest crypto startup, at least from a funding perspective, any coin it touches turns to gold. As reported by…
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How Cardano is trying to solve blockchain’s biggest problems
Calling Cardano an “Ethereum killer” means overlooking most of the blockchain’s goals and accomplishments. Speaking on the CryptoBanter podcast, Charles Hoskinson, the CEO of IOHK, said that Cardano was built with an unparalleled level of foresight and is on its way to solve some of the biggest problems the industry faces today—the movement of value…
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Next Goguen update brings token locking to Cardano: here’s what this will mean
The next big protocol upgrade planned for Cardano will bring token locking to the blockchain, a feature that will prepare the platform for smart contracts and native assets. However, the most important thing token locking will enable is a voting mechanism that will be the cornerstone of Voltaire’s governance functionality. A small step for Cardano,…
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Top DeFi protocol Aave rolls out v2: native Ethereum token instantly spikes 8%
Leading decentralized finance protocol Aave has just rolled out its biggest update yet: v2, or version 2.0. This update has been hyped for a long time, as many expect it to begin turbocharging the growth of the protocol. Through Aave, Ethereum DeFi users can easily lend and borrow top digital assets like ETH and stablecoins.…
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This DeFi app based on Ethereum just stole $12 million from its users
The Ethereum decentralized finance (DeFi) space was just hit with a “rug pull,” with unknown developer(s) dragging in $12 million in what seems to be the biggest ostensible scam in recent weeks. Here is that story. What is Compounder Finance? Late last month, anonymous developers rolled out a project called “Compounder Finance” and a native…
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SUSHI surges 30% to multi-week highs after massive Yearn.finance (YFI) partnership
While many expected Bitcoin to steal the show as it has set a new all-time high, this has not been the case: unlike in October, altcoins have matched BTC’s rapid ascent over recent days, moving in tandem with the lead cryptocurrency. No coin has shown this quite as well as SushiSwap’s native SUSHI token. As…
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Yearn.finance (YFI) “acquires” yet another DeFi protocol amid massive expansion plans
Yearn.finance (YFI) is in the midst of massive expansion plans, acquiring Ethereum-based protocol upon Ethereum-based protocol to achieve its ambitions in the DeFi space. It began last week with Pickle Finance, the yield aggregator that underwent an immense hack of $20 million just days before the news of the acquisition broke. The acquisition did not…
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CoinMarketCap’s Twitter poll reveals the problem behind online voting
After posting a poll asking the community to vote on which crypto project is to receive an infographic, CoinMarketCap found itself in the middle of a war between Cardano and VeChain. With around 15,000 voices cast for VeChain in the final seconds of the poll, the Cardano community accused VeChain of buying votes. However, despite…