Category: Technology
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German legacy bank turns to Stellar (XLM) to issue Euro stablecoin
One of Germany’s oldest banks said it was choosing the Stellar network to issue a Euro-backed stablecoin, in one of the first such instances. As per an official announcement on Wednesday, Bankhaus von der Heydt (BDNH) said it would launch the EURB stablecoin on the Stellar network this week. The development is a result of…
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Coming next spring: Theta Labs Mainnet 3.0 introduces TFUEL staking and burning
Theta Labs today released the white paper for its mainnet 3.0 upgrade which is going live in April 2021 and introducing new features, TFUEL staking and burning The news comes shortly after Theta unveiled its fully decentralized Edgecast network, revealing a platform that brings end-to-end decentralization for users, content creators and video platforms. Edgecast rewards…
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Coming next spring: Theta Labs Mainnet 3.0 introduces TFUEL staking and burning
Theta Labs today released the white paper for its mainnet 3.0 upgrade which is going live in April 2021 and introducing new features, TFUEL staking and burning The news comes shortly after Theta unveiled its fully decentralized Edgecast network, revealing a platform that brings end-to-end decentralization for users, content creators and video platforms. Edgecast rewards…
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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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Crypto and stocks broker eToro becomes $2.5 billion ‘unicorn’
Popular social trading app and website eToro became the latest FinTech firm to get a “unicorn” classification earlier this week, local publication Calcalist reported. The firm is now valued at over $2.5 billion. From crypto and stocks to a unicorn player eToro is an Israeli social trading and multi-asset brokerage company that focuses on providing…
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IOHK to launch two new smart contracts devnets for Cardano
IOHK, the company behind the Cardano blockchain, announced the launch of two smart contract developer environments (devnets) for Cardano—KEVM and IELE. The devnets will allow developers to write, deploy, and test smart contracts for Cardano, with KEVM enabling the deployment of Ethereum-based apps on Cardano and IELE allowing developers to write applications for Cardano in…
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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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StrongBlock launches “Nodes as a Service” in Ethereum 2.0 era
StrongBlock, a protocol designed to reward and reinforce the world’s expanding blockchain infrastructure, today announced the launch of its Nodes as a Service (NaaS) platform, it said in a release shared with CryptoSlate. With the launch, anyone can deploy an Ethereum 1.0 node (the currently running network) with just a few clicks and start earning…