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There have been various fundraising mechanisms in the cryptocurrency space that gained and then fell out of popularity over the years.Starting with ICOs (initial coin offerings), moving to IEOs (initial exchange offerings), and now IDOs (initial DEX offerings), the way in which projects raise funds has continued to evolve.Although currently ICOs are almost unheard of and IEOs are taking place much less frequently, there have been quite a few projects that got their starts as IEOs and have...

[Featured Content]Cryptocurrency markets are volatile. There’s absolutely no doubt about it. In fact, this is perhaps the most volatile market that one can choose to engage with.This became particularly evident in the past week. Over the course of just a few days, the price for Bitcoin marked an all-time high of $42,000 only to drop by almost $12,000 and chart a low of slightly above $30K in less than two days. This volatility has a direct impact on traders, and the massive liquidations were...

[Featured Content]Crypto.com has recently announced Crossfire, a dry run of its Mainnet. It’s aimed at stress-testing the network in a real-world and practical environment ahead of the public release.This marks an important milestone and is essentially the final step in the preparation for the mainnet launch.Having said this, Crypto.com invites users to become validators, offering them the opportunity to compete with each other while completing various tasks. The winning validators will share...

[Sponsored]Despite the rapid growth of the DeFi sector, inflation resulting from infinite mining of new tokens and market pumps and dumps is still a significant bottleneck in its widespread adoption.These are exactly the challenges that DefHold aims to tackle with its non-inflationary DeFi ecosystem.Through DefHold, crypto investors are able to generate yields on the underlying assets by holding crypto coins during market pumps and dumps. The platform achieves this by leveraging autonomous...

[Sponsored Content]The field of Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is undoubtedly amongst the hottest topics in 2020 as the industry has grown substantially over the past months.Recent DeFi developments are paving the way for new financial models as investors seemingly grow interested each day. Consequently, DeFi Pulse records an increase in locked assets’ value, which moved from $10.75 billion to $16.4 billion between mid-September and December 19.Owning an adequate amount of digital assets gives...

[Featured Content]The field of decentralized finance (DeFi) has undoubtedly been at the forefront of the cryptocurrency industry in 2020.Data from DeFi Pulse shows that the total value locked in various DeFi protocols is almost at $15 billion, up from around $550 million in March. That’s an increase of 2600%, which is indicative of how explosive the growth was. This was largely caused by the promise of a decentralized and open financial system, not yet and possibly not ever tampered with by...

[Featured Content]Bitcoin smart contract platform RSK announced its new “Powpeg” – a new and improved version that includes many decentralized qualities that protect private keys stored in special-purpose PowHSMs.The hopes are that Bitcoin proponents will turn to it as a primary choice of DeFi. The 2-way peg protocol brings interesting features, worth having a look at.What is Powpeg?RSK’s 2-way peg protocol also referred to as the “Powpeg” has managed to mature substantially since its...

AAX Exchagne has revealed that it is to roll out support for 11 fiat currencies this month, allowing users to deposit and withdraw funds via bank transfer. At the same time, it’s integrated the newly added currencies into its multi-currency wallet alongside USDT. The news will be welcomed by AAX users who have lacked a direct onramp until now and will bolster the platform’s efforts to onboard another half a million users.The currencies that AAX has declared support for are among the most...

[Featured Content]Yield farming is undoubtedly taking over the DeFi space since more crypto users have finally realized its merits. DeFi projects are in development as time provides users with diverse income earning services ranging from holding to exchanging or lending digital assets.On that note, Ethereum plays an essential part in establishing and growing most of these tokens with top-notch features like smart contract advancements. The DeFi Yield Protocol (DYP) joins the community...

[Featured Contet]Cryptocurrency trading is on the fast track of becoming particularly popular. The industry, in general, is gaining more attention, especially when it comes to institutional interest.In September, CryptoPotato reported that the NASDAQ-listed company MicroStrategy added another portion of BTC to its holding, which currently stands at around $720 million. Reports from various mainstream institutions such as JP Morgan, PwC, Fidelity Investments, and so forth, all hint at the...