The cryptocurrency exchange giant Binance announced the implementation of a new BNB Auto-Burn mechanism. The aim is to provide greater transparency and predictability to the BNB community. BNB Auto-Burn is also designed to foster the development of a “healthy blockchain ecosystem” together with the Binance Smart Chain (BSC) and Binance Coin (BNB) communities. According to the official blog post, the new system, dubbed “BNB Auto-Burn,” will have two characteristics. It will be...
Read More »SushiSwap Proposal Calls for a Merger With the Bancor Network
SushiSwap is one of the most popular and also veteran decentralized exchanges and automated market makers (AMM). Still, it went through a fair share of infighting in the past couple of months. Now, a community proposal calls for a merger between Sushi and the Bancor Network. A Bit of Context On December 9th, Joseph Delong, the Chief Technical Officer of SushiSwap, announced his resignation. This was no coincidence and the culmination of a prolonged squabble within the...
Read More »Kraken Acquires a Cryptocurrency Staking Platform To Expand Its Services
Kraken is stepping up its crypto game. After a successful year, the U.S. exchange decided to close 2021 with the acquisition of Staked, thus expanding its token staking capabilities and generally improving the quality of its services. Staked is a non-custodial crypto staking platform, which facilitates the secure storage of assets while providing attractive yield options for investors. An Acquisition That Makes Sense According to a P.R. shared by the Kraken team, the exchange...
Read More »Stronghold Digital Mining Buys 9,090 Bitcoin Mining Rigs
Stronghold Digital Mining purchased over 9000 BTC mining rigs, which will allow it to add roughly 826 petahashes per second (PH/s) to its power generation facilities. The Pennsylvania-based company bought 9080 Bitmain and MicroBT mining rigs, as per an SEC filing on Monday. The announcement is part of Stronghold’s Q3 earnings release on Nov. 30, 2021, which denotes that the company has signed four separate deals for the mining rigs. The first 4,800 mining rigs are expected to...
Read More »Bakkt Holdings to Provide Cryptocurrency Services to Manasquan Bank Clients
New Jersey-based Manasquan Bank will participate in Bakkt Holdings’ early adopter program. When effective, it will enable customers of the financial institution to buy, sell, and hold cryptocurrencies. Bakkt Inks Another Partnership According to a recent press release, Bakkt’s project is anticipated to launch in Q2 2022. Initially, the platform will provide an entry point to adopt cryptocurrencies only to retail clients of Manasquan Bank. When the early adopter program gets...
Read More »NBA Star Stephen Curry Celebrates His 3-Point Record by Launching NFT Collection
Golden State Warriors point guard – Stephen Curry – is widely regarded as one of the best shooters in the history of the National Basketball Association. On Monday (December 20), he proved his legacy by scoring the 2,974 3-pointer in his career and thus surpassing Ray Allen’s record. To celebrate this achievement, Curry launched an NFT collection consisting of every 3-pointer he has netted in his NBA appearances. Each collectible is priced at $499 as the athlete will donate...
Read More »The Canadian Company That Bought $1.5M SHIB Now Vows to Sue Shiba Inu Team
The healthcare services firm “Ask the Doctor” recently added 31 billion Shiba Inu (SHIB) tokens to its balance sheet. However, the company’s support towards the memecoin did not last much. The fact that Shiba Inu’s founders have not revealed their real identities shows that the project is a scam, “Ask the Doctor” claimed. The latter even vowed to take it a step further and go to court. From Approval to Denial Until today, the Toronto-based telehealth company – “Ask the...
Read More »Liquidity Management Protocol Visor Gets Hacked, Price Plummets 95%
Visor – a Uniswap-based protocol specializing in NFT smart vaults – was recently exploited by hackers to withdraw 8.8 million vVISR tokens. The Visor team appears to be addressing the issue, but the token’s price has collapsed in the aftermath. Hacked For Millions Visor Finance called attention to the exploit over Twitter earlier today. Apparently, the hack targeted the vVISR staking contract. Flaws in the contract include a re-entry hack to double mint vVISR tokens,...
Read More »Deutsche Telekom’s T-Systems MMS Taps Polkadot, Buys DOT Tokens
Deutsche Telekom AG subsidiary – T-Systems Multimedia Solutions (MMS) – is not new to the world of blockchain technology. In the latest development, Polkadot (DOT) has become the fourth blockchain that the German telecommunications giant has added to its list. Additionally, it has purchased an undisclosed amount of DOT tokens. The latest move comes at a time when next-generation blockchains have moved beyond the hype and are witnessing growing adoption. Furthermore, it also...
Read More »MetaMask Teases In-App NFT Extension
MetaMask is one of the most popular non-custodial wallet applications with millions of active users. Now, it also teases that in-app non-fungible tokens will also come to life soon. CryptoPotato reported earlier in November that the popular non-custodial wallet MetaMask has reached a whopping userbase upwards of 21 million. MetaMask is in the middle of the ongoing DeFi boom as it’s the most popular wallet. Now, the team also teased about upcoming NFTs on the MetaMask browser...
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