Blockchain

Major Canadian universities have submitted new research to the Bank of Canada centered around the development of a central bank digital currency, or CBDC, underscoring the innovation underway in this space. The research began last year after the BoC engaged four institutions around potential designs for a national cryptocurrency. A total of three proposals were published

Today, Bitcoin-on-Ethereum yield vault project BadgerDAO and fellow yield vault platform Yearn.Finance announced a partnership designed to bring Yearn’s sustainable vault expertise to Badger.  “Today we’re excited to develop a partnership that will bring our teams together to further accelerate best in class BTC vaults for the industry,” BadgerDAO said in a blog post. “This

Growing institutional interest in Bitcoin (BTC) helped elevate the top cryptocurrency to a new record high on Feb. 9 and led to a total market cap value higher than the market cap of the Russian ruble.  Data from Cointelegraph Markets and TradingView shows Bitcoin established a new all-time high of $48,220 in the early hours

Bitwise, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency fund managers, has filed a new prospectus with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, to launch an exchange-traded fund for so-called “crypto innovators.”  The fund manager filed Form N-1A with the securities regulator on Feb. 5, where it outlined its intent to offer the Bitwise

The Anon Powered development team has announced today the launch of Premia, the latest decentralized finance (DeFi) options platform live on Ethereum.  In an interview with Cointelegraph, the group of semi-anonymous developers behind Anon Powered — who collectively requested that they be referred to as “members of the Premia Republic,” the name for Premia’s forthcoming

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Bitcoin’s (BTC) correction from its January high has not shaken the confidence of institutional investors. According to Glassnode analysts, the number of whales holding more than 1,000 Bitcoin has increased by 200 this year. Along with the institutions, several high profile investors have also committed money to the crypto sector. Hedge fund manager Paul Tudor

A growing number of options traders are sitting on large unrealized losses following Ethereum’s (ETH) latest price surge, highlighting once again the volatile and unpredictable nature of the cryptocurrency market.  Pankaj Balani, the CEO of Delta Exchange, a St. Vincent-based cryptocurrency derivatives platform, tells Cointelegraph that he has observed “a lot of naked call writing

On Feb. 5, a total of $1 billion in Bitcoin (BTC) options open interest is set to expire. This number is small relative to the past month’s $4 billion options expiry, but monthly and quarterly options typically concentrate the most volume.  Friday’s expiry is somewhat unusual although it is balanced at the current BTC levels.

The price of Ether (ETH), the native cryptocurrency of the Ethereum blockchain network, achieved a new all-time high at $1,500 today. Data suggest that the ETH options market showed dominant call activity and this may be a primary factor in the rally to a new high. Across major exchanges, the price of ETH surpassed $1,500,

Between Jan. 30 and the early hours of Feb. 1, XRP price pumped 147%, reaching $0.76 which is its highest level in two months. The move seems to have been fueled by r/Satoshistreetbets, an off-shoot of r/Wallstreetbets. It seems that speculative social media group-based investing is becoming a trend so let’s take a look at

It’s now virtually unarguable that decentralized finance is blockchain’s “killer use case.” Total value locked in DeFi grew by over 3,000% over the year leading up to January 2021. On the DApp Radar rankings, eight of the top 10 DApps on Ethereum are DeFi. Uniswap sees more users than any other application and is set

When Satoshi Nakamoto released the whitepaper for Bitcoin, his vision was simple: Creating a form of electronic cash that enables payments to be sent without a bank’s involvement. Few could have anticipated how popular the cryptocurrency would end up being — let alone its impressive market cap of $635 billion. But Bitcoin’s success has largely hinged

When the decentralized finance sector exploded in summer 2020, it was an eye-opening moment that showed crypto’s actual capabilities to revolutionize finance. However, the boom also exposed a lot of vulnerabilities of the Ethereum network, which most DeFi projects are built upon. The most serious ones included high gas costs and low scalability. A bull

Major EDM record label Monstercat has highlighted how non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, can be a successful new revenue stream for artists and the music industry, generating $180,000 in the first two minutes of an NFT collection release. The collection consists of animated video clips with music backing and was created in collaboration with Australian-based digital

The success of the GameStop short squeeze in pumping the price above $370— and the reaction from centralized authorities and markets to it — has highlighted the need for decentralized finance, according to some in the crypto industry. The stock, which was trading at less than $20 per share earlier this month, was deemed by

Bitcoin (BTC) retested the $30,000 support on Jan. 27 as a day of losses culminated in violation of the psychologically significant price level. BTC/USD 1-minute candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: Tradingview BTC price spooks amid GameStop row Data from Cointelegraph Markets and Tradingview showed any bullish momentum left in Bitcoin dissipate on Wednesday after rejection at highs

Early Bitcoin investor and industry proponent Chamath Palihapitiya has signaled a potential run for the position of California governor. The CEO of venture capital firm Social Capital, Chamath Palihapitiya, appeared to announce his intentions in a Tweet on January 26. The post linked to his new website with a number of promises for the U.S.