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[PRESS RELEASE – Please Read Disclaimer]Given increasing Ethereum costs and the high friction associated with L1, Polygon and Router are teaming up with leading crypto projects to enable instant, gasless trading, and farming for Defi.Background: Router Protocol is building a cross-chain liquidity protocol and the first node of the Router Protocol is Dfyn.network which is a functional AMM-based DEX on Polygon (Previously Matic). This yield farm will be based on Dfyn.network, i.e. the projects...

Stellar lumen price is likely forming a base above the $0.3800 support zone against the US Dollar. XLM price is now consolidating near $0.4100 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There was a break above a major bearish trend line with resistance near $0.4120 on the 4-hours chart (data feed via Kraken). The pair could start a strong increase as long as it is above the $0.3800 support zone. Stellar lumen price is showing a few positive signs above $0.3800 against...

Ripple price is slowly moving higher towards the $0.4800 and $0.5000 resistance levels against the US dollar. The price is now stable above the $0.4450 zone and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There was a break above a major bearish trend line with resistance near $0.4500 on the 4-hours chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Bittrex). The pair is likely to continue higher once it clears the $0.4800 and $0.5000 resistance levels. Ripple price is showing a few...

In recent news, it was announced that Mark Cuban – the billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team – will allow Dogecoin to be utilized for purchasing tickets and merchandise related to the team. Many analysts and industry experts see this as a positive move, but Mike Novogratz – a billionaire investor and former hedge fund manager – is less than pleased about the idea. Mike Novogratz Is Against Dogecoin Cuban has never really taken bitcoin or crypto...

Global cryptocurrency platform Eco has gotten its fingers on some serious cash following a heavy funding round that garnered the company roughly $26 million. The event was led by a16z Crypto. Eco Is Making a Lot of Moolah The company was founded three years ago in 2018. It’s main claim to fame is a crypto product it initially developed for around-the-world purchases of everyday items. However, Eco has made it clear in the past that it is not a banking or financial...

India’s Finance Minister told CNBC that the country’s reserve bank is not shutting out cryptocurrencies entirely. She said that while the Reserve Bank of India will decide which unofficial cryptocurrencies will be used and regulated, there will be “a window for experiments” in the industry.New Lease Of Life For Bitcoin In IndiaIndia’s minister of finance, Nirmala Sitharaman, spoke briefly on the country’s standpoint on digital assets in a CNBC virtual townhall. She said that several...

John McAfee – a long-time bitcoin advocate and the man behind arguably the most prominent and recognized form of antivirus software in the world – is once again facing charges from the U.S. government. McAfee Is in Hot Water Again McAfee was initially arrested last October. He is now being charged with conspiracy to commit “commodities and securities fraud,” along with several other forms of fraud relating to new digital currencies he was either developing or had already...

Chinese tech company Meitu has announced a massive purchase of 380 BTC and 15,000 ETH, representing an entry of about 40M USD, as of writing these lines, into the cryptocurrency market.This came just one month after tech mogul Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla, announced that the company would be purchasing 1.5B USD worth of Bitcoin.Although a large Hong Kong-listed firm publicly buying Bitcoin is undoubtedly noteworthy in and of itself, it’s interesting to note Meitu founder Cai Wensheng’s...

A change in the administration of the world’s most dominant economy potentially spells a new era for nascent technologies like blockchain and cryptocurrency.Incoming regulations and policies can either accelerate growth or impede progress. Fully aware of this, America’s leading blockchain group is taking the bull by the horn. It is taking the plunge to make the Biden administration understand the value of cryptocurrencies.Crypto Trade Group Urges Treasury Secretary To Look Beyond The...

The market for non-fungible tokens, more popular for their abbreviation, NFTs, is booming. It’s no secret that interest in it is growing, having many to believe that it’s in a state of a bubble.Now, data shows that retail interest in NFTs has surpassed that for ICOs back in the peak of initial coin offerings in early 2018.NFT Craze Surpassing ICO MadnessThose who’ve been here long enough are aware of how crazy the market was back in the second half of 2017 and early 2018. Major...