Cryptocurrency

Finance isn’t just the realm of big banks and suit and tie types. Money touches almost every aspect of all of our lives. That’s the big promise of decentralized app networks like Ethereum. It gives anyone anywhere in the world the ability to create and use applications that are open and community-owned, disintermediating rent-seeking middlemen in the process. That said, one of the most promising areas that Ethereum can deliver in is the culture arena. More than ever, artists and creators need new ways to guarantee their finances on their own terms, and Ethereum dApps can deliver such avenues. That’s where Audius comes in. What Is Audius? The music industry pulls in billions of dollars of revenue every year, yet only just over 10% of that money gets into the hands of artists. Even worse, ...

At one point in time, everybody knew what the next crypto investment opportunity will be, but this is no longer the case. Thousands of promising cryptocurrency projects are released every year. It’s no longer a question of missing out, but rather of never learning about the best projects. Crypto investors should leverage powerful tools and discovery engines such as CryptoTotem to understand the marketplace and find the hidden gems. With this service, you no longer have to scroll through Twitter waiting to be shilled on. You can take project discovery into your own hands using their simple and effective website. What is CryptoTotem? CryptoTotem lets you quickly compare ratings by leading research agencies and form your opinion. The site offers the latest and...

Decentralized exchanges (DEXs) have been experiencing unprecedented trading volumes in the past few months as more and more crypto investors are moving away from centralized trading platforms to more secure, decentralized alternatives.  While most decentralized trading currently occurs on the Ethereum blockchain, it is becoming increasingly evident that the future of DEXs will not be exclusive to Ethereum. Scalability issues, lack of clarity, and expectations regarding ETH 2.0 and the lack of layer 2 adoption contribute to a situation where the ecosystem can’t move forward. Decentralized Trading: Then and Now In the early days of DEXs, decentralized trading was slow, clunky, and virtually only reserved for the very tech-savvy. The first real use case for DE...

To celebrate the launch of Filecoin, the organization is hosting an event called Liftoff Week, according to a press release shared with Crypto-News. Liftoff Week will bring together technology leaders to discuss the future of the internet and work together to make progress on data preservation issues. It will happen from 19th to 23rd October and engage attendees with talks, workshops, and panels curated for the web3 community. According to Filecoin, anybody interested in an open, resilient, and decentralized future for the internet will extract value from the event. The event will bring together renowned speakers from the field of cryptography, information preservation, DeFi, and cryptocurrency to discuss ideas and solutions that will lead to a fully decentra...

Just today, Filecoin launched its mainnet, according to a press release shared with Crypto News. The company hopes to enable users around the globe to store, request, and transfer data securely. Filecoin is an open-source, decentralized network, that leverages data marketplaces to provide users with storage services. It hopes to revolutionize the $46 billion cloud storage industry by providing a better service. So far, during the 2 month-long test phase the Filecoin network managed to secure more than 600 Petabytes of data. According to the company, the collective data volume is expected to grow to 175 zettabytes in the next 5 years, and 93% of the data currently being produced is not stored anywhere. Filecoin hopes to change the narrative and provide solut...

Paul Tudor Jones - Photo Credit: Bret Hartman Paul Tudor Jones says investing in Bitcoin is an inflation hedge with intellectual capital behind it Key Takeaways: Paul Tudor Jones has been actively investing, trading, and managing billions of dollars since 1980.  Reuters has described him as a legend of macro traders. Paul Tudor Jones is a “single-digit” Bitcoin investor and his investment has gained 42% in value since May 2020. The hedge fund manager says investing in Bitcoin is an inflation hedge with intellectual capital behind it. Billionaire hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones appeared on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Oct. 22, where among other topics, he also discussed Bitcoin.  Last May, Paul Tudor Jones made a single-digit investment into Bitcoin, and he bac...

There are so many ways to broaden your gambling possibilities, but there is no better way than exploring the crypto world and trying out currencies that best fit your play. If you are looking for a high standard of security but still want the thrill and high rewards cryptocurrency is known for, then give Zcash casinos a try. As far as crypto casinos go, Zcash casinos are definitely at the forefront. So let’s take a look.  Zcash is by far one of the most interesting substitutes for other cryptocurrencies, stealing the show from both Bitcoin and Ethereum, but is most closely compared to the cryptocurrency Monero. Zcash casinos typically offer multiple cryptocurrencies, as is the case with the crypto casinos listed below.  Best Zcash Casinos Strangely, even those Zcash ...

We’re ramping up the hype and making the US Election a little more exciting! Instead of casting your vote with BC.Game, your bets are going to do the voting for you in this legendary TB Battle. What’s better than your party winning the election, winning BTC obviously! Play to cast your votes for either the Tredump side or the Bidgreen side. Ready to change history? How It Works To enter our BC.Game TB Battle, you’ll need to be a registered player. Every time you wager in the Crash red and green game (trenball game), you’ll receive Tredump coins (T coins) for betting on red and Bidgreen coins (B coins) for betting on green. At the end of each week, and the competition, we’ll have prizes for the players with the most coins on either side! Running from October 13, 2020 ...

In brief: Everyone was shocked when US Oil prices hit zero and global futures contracts fell hard into negative territory.  Such an event had not been anticipated by the team at the EMX exchange.  The team halted trading of its USOIL-Perp contract.  Trading of the perpetual contract is yet to be reopened as the team decides on a way forward. Yesterday’s price movement of US Crude Oil shocked everyone. The majority of traders were confident that the price of the precious commodity would not break the various support zones that were last seen in the 1980s. However, the WTI Crude Oil chart went right through the decades’ strong support zones at $15, $12 and $9. The price per barrel went to zero as futures contracts went into negative territory as low as $-40. EMX Exchange Halts Tra...

The fully-decentralized network of stablecoins, PegNet, announces the launch of the first mobile wallet for Android users to easily convert pegged asset tokens. PegNet wallet hosts 42 stable pegged asset tokens of the top fiats, cryptocurrencies, and commodities gold and silver PegNet is the first proof-of-work oracle-based stablecoin network for DeFi Fixed $0.001 cost for all transactions and conversions within the PegNet system PegNet community launches the first mobile wallet for users on the android app store. Cryptocurrency users now have the ability to convert pegged stable asset tokens and the native PEG token easier than ever and for next to no cost. The decentralized stablecoin network is entirely community-built, first launching fair-start proof-of-work CPU mining in ...