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[Featured content]Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency that comes with a lot of inherent benefits compared to traditional fiat currencies.Right off the bat, the transactions are peer-to-peer as they require no intermediaries in the face of banks or other institutions. Not only does this make them considerably cheaper, but they are also almost instant. Needless, to say, there are more macroeconomic benefits of a scarce digital asset compared to inflationary currency controlled by a selected group of...

[Featured Content]If Dr. Julian Hosp and U-Zyn Chua, co-founders of the DeFiChain Foundation, were to tell others their unlikely story around co-founding a company together, many would shake their heads in disbelief at the unlikeliness of the sequence of events. DeFiChain started as a fated project from the friendship of two people – U-Zyn, an early pioneer in Bitcoin and an exchange founder and Julian, a medical doctor and serial entrepreneur.U-Zyn was exposed to Bitcoin in early 2011 while...

The decentralized, peer-to-peer nature of digital currencies has long made them an attractive proposition for people in economically-challenged countries. This isn’t mere speculation. From Venezuela to Turkey, India, and Iran, citizens have flocked to cryptocurrencies as their national currencies have proven volatile in the face of economic turmoil.Now, the co-founder and CEO of IOV Labs, Diego Gutiérrez Zaldívar, has penned the possibility that they could help the Latin American accelerate...

[Featured Content] The DeFi space continues to boom. In fact, the total value locked in decentralized lending protocols is currently over $3.5 billion, according to data from DeFiPulse. This has created a tremendous demand for various solutions, including cross-chain swap protocols. Introducing Anyswap To fulfill this demand, Anyswap, a fully decentralized cross-chain swap protocol, was launched earlier this month. In the five short days since its inception, Anyswap got over $4.5 million in...

Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ripple changed the world in more ways than imaginable. Though they bring numerous benefits to the economics of finance, they attract a lot of attention from cybercriminals. After all, they are virtual currencies, and they can get lost or stolen as any currency stored digitally.And since they are a lot younger than their traditional counterparts (currencies like the United States Dollar and the Euro), they are more vulnerable to various attacks. Also, the...

[Featured Content]Credits have published patents for its innovative technology. It’s expected that its capacity will be expanded promptly, enabling it to deliver highly operational performance and increased reliability.Credits’ Core InfrastructureDesigned entirely from scratch, the technology behind Credits allows several industries to utilize immutable blockchain-based technologies, to issue tokens, launch decentralized applications (DApps), and to engage in secure electronic...

[Featured Content]Take a glance at Bitcoin price charts in comparison to gold, and the two asset’s price action looks nothing at all alike.How then, did the two assets end up with nearly the same exact performance after two full years of trading? And what does the vastly different price action say about each asset?The Surprising Outcome Of The Safe Haven ShowdownInvestors in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have spent the last two full years on a wild roller coaster ride, full of...

Cryptocurrency and tokenized commodity exchange Currency.com has obtained a license permitting it to operate in Gibraltar.News of the license being issued arrives at the perfect time for the Minsk-based trading platform, which is looking to expand into new markets.Currency.com is already licensed by Belarusian authorities, making the Gibraltar license the icing on the cake and the prelude to entering new crypto-friendly markets.Having obtained the distributed ledger technology license from...

[Featured Content]Guarda was officially registered in the European Union back in 2017 and has been focusing on building an ecosystem of blockchain-related products ever since.The company has an FIU license under the registration number FVR000109 for virtual currency against fiat currency exchange, and it’s compliant with the regulations of each jurisdiction where it operates.It has an extensive list of products, and it’s among the well-known companies in the field. Its portfolio...

Distributed storage might not sound like the most enthralling topic, but the ongoing battle for dominance among competing protocols is likely to have far-reaching consequences for 4.5 billion active web users.At present, two entities are vying for supremacy, with BitTorrent File System (BTFS) going up against InterPlanetary File System (IPFS). Though the raison d’etre of each protocol is virtually identical, with each project promising to usher in a safer, more secure internet, this is a...