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Kyber’s team stated that expensive gas fees and the network congestion on Ethereum left users, creating a need to solve it through Layer-2 scaling solutions such as Arbitrum. The main objective behind the multi-chain decentralized exchange (DEX) and aggregation platform – KyberSwap announcing its launch on the scaling solution – Arbitrum network – is to enable users to conduct faster and cheaper trades. KyberSwap on Arbitrum According to the official blog post, Arbitrum is...

As the war continued to rage, ruble-denominated Bitcoin values rose sharply. Authorities are now looking for ways to minimize use in dodging financial sanctions. And while the recent activity demonstrated that a collapsing ruble might be driving Russians into Bitcoin, FTX CEO – Sam Bankman-Fried – believes the sanctions have made it difficult for them to access digital assets. In the latest interview with CNBC, SBF acknowledged witnessing an enormous amount of digital asset...

Dappradar just released its February 2022 Dapp industry report and found steady activity across the blockchain and DeFi space in the face of bearish market conditions. Meanwhile, the NFT market appears to have entered a consolidation phase. A Quietly Growing Industry According to the report from DappRadar, interest from governments and financial institutions in web 3 technologies is on the rise. They are finding increasing use-cases for blockchain and various ways to embed it...

AdaSwap – one of Cardano’s first decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols – recently raised $2.6M to build a new decentralized exchange (DEX) native to the developing blockchain. Funding was led by iAngels – a female-led Venture Capital firm – and included nine other leading VCs such as Shima Capital, Pluto Digital, and Coti. Even the producer, model, and actress Gal Gadot, alongside producer Jaron Varsano, have taken part in the round. Explaining the AdaSwap DEX The AdaSwap...

With the substantial growth of the Ethereum network, numerous similar systems allowing smart contract deployment emerged trying to compete. While many of them kept outlining shining plans to become Ethereum killers, some remained silent and focused on growth instead of bragging rights. This seems to be the case with Tezos – a decentralized open-source blockchain executing peer-to-peer transactions that saw the light of day nearly four years ago. It has stayed below the radar...

Jake Paul, Soulja Boy, and a slew of other A-listers such as Nick Carter, Ben Phillips, and Lil Yachty have been sued for their involvement in the cryptocurrency project SafeMoon. The lawsuit, which named SafeMoon LLC and its subsidiaries, alleged that the celebs lured in investors with misleading promotions. Celebrity Endorsements Critical to SafeMoon’s Success? According to the official document, the plaintiffs accused the celebrities of being responsible for the artificial...

Nearly $10 billion were stolen in DeFi scams and thefts only in 2021, representing an 81% rise compared to 2020, and rugpulls accounted for over 35% of all crypto scam revenue. This is according to a recent report by Elliptic. And while there are many types of scams that take place regularly within the cryptocurrency community, rugpulls are arguably the most infamous. So, What is a Rugpull in Crypto? A rugpull — from the phrase to pull the rug from underneath someone —...

Bitcoin started out as a technological experiment more than a decade ago. Since then, the global financial markets have undergone a tremendous shift. At the center of the digital currency revolution is blockchain technology which gave rise to the first-ever smart contract platform, Ethereum. Over the past years, the Ethereum network has become a significant driver offering users the ability to interact in a truly decentralized manner. Decentralized exchanges or DEXs are part...

DeFi protocols Bunny Finance and Qubit announced plans of “restructuring.” The joint statement revealed that the two projects, governed by the development team until recently, will now be managed by a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). Restructuring, Not Disbanding According to the official blog post, the community will be granted all the relevant authority once the transition to DAO is completed. Among other tasks, the members will have the power to upgrade...

Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) are a form of governance systems powered by their community. They can be independent of third parties, and government corporations and they also differ a lot in their business and organizational model from traditional organizations. Quick Navigation What is a DAO? In light of the above, we can pinpoint the following characteristics of a DAO: Non-hierarchical system: As the name suggests, DAOs are decentralized systems owned and...