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The internet is full of stories of people shelling out insane amounts of Bitcoin, Ether for banal, everyday things like buying pizzas, watches, smartphones when they were valued at just a fraction of what they are today, however, rarely do we come across a success story where an individual is able to increase their crypto wealth eightfold within a matter of months.Meet RookieXBT, the pseudonymous trader who over the latter half of 2020 has been able to transform his savings of around $30,000...

[Featured content]Cryptocurrencies are becoming more and more popular by the day. Undoubtedly, the main reason for this is the fact that the market has exploded in value throughout the past few months.Bitcoin surged to an all-time high just below $60,000 while Ethereum topped $2,000 for the first time in history.Other cryptocurrencies have also performed remarkably well, driving the total market capitalization above $1.7 trillion at the time of this writing – a considerable number for sure....

Alongside DeFi, NFTs remain at the frontline of the cryptosphere, causing a widespread hysteria that can only be compared to the ICO boom in 2017. For most of the time, however, NFTs have trailed DeFi in terms of interest, but that has now changed. They have hit stratospheric points of late, and search engine results conform to this.NFTs Continue To Whet AppetitesAn unfolding love affair between art, real estate, collectible enthusiasts, and the metaverse birthed one of the biggest factions...

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...

A day after being indicted for several criminal offenses, including money laundering schemes and fraud, John McAfee has called the allegations brought by US authorities “overblown.” The former software antivirus creator also defended his ICO promotions and receiving payments with the particular coins.DOJ Goes After McAfeeThe former antivirus tycoon made a name in the cryptocurrency space a few years back with the “Coin of the Day” campaign, in which he promoted certain low-cap alternative...

The co-founder of a fraudulent ICO project that duped more than $25 million from investors, Sohrab Sharma, has received a sentence of eight years in prison for his role.The project itself, dubbed Centra Tech, was previously backed by several celebrities, including the boxing legend Floyd Mayweather and the producer DJ Khaled.Centra Tech Co-Founder Behind Bars for 8 YearsFounded in 2017, Centra Tech marketed itself as a debit card provider that supposedly allowed purchases with...

[Featured Content]Cryptocurrencies are growing in popularity as the market has entered a parabolic state, attracting more investors by the day.This is true for both retail and institutional participants as the interest from both is skyrocketing. As CryptoPotato reported earlier in February, “buy crypto” searches on Google have reached a new all-time high record and it continues to grow.With the above in mind, CoinLoan is a comprehensive platform that offers a variety of tools targeted at...

[Featured Content]The cryptocurrency industry is booming throughout the past year, and the increase in the total market capitalization is definitive proof.The market is, at the time of this writing, valued at about $1.5 trillion. The same can be said about the DeFi industry. The total value locked in various protocols exceeds $39 billion, and the direction has been up only for quite some time.However, this has also brought certain inefficiencies in different solutions, including Ethereum....

[Featured Content]Cryptocurrency trading is growing in popularity as the interest in digital assets, especially in Bitcoin, has skyrocketed over the past few months.This doesn’t come as a surprise, given its parabolic increase. After all, Bitcoin’s price reached almost as high as $60,000. Moreover, various institutional funds started considering the opportunity behind BTC while major public companies already jumped on the bandwagon.The latest to do so was Elon Musk’s Tesla. The company...

[Featured Content]The field of decentralized finance (DeFi) is booming over the past year. There are hundreds of decentralized apps (dApps) built on top of a multitude of networks, with the predominant currently being Ethereum.In fact, the industry has expanded so much that it’s even hard to comprehend the magnitude. Last year at around this time, there were less than $600 million locked in various DeFi protocols, where the total TVL right now is around $40 billion. There’s a clear demand for...