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Four years of development later, the Aptos network finally hit the mainnet on October 17th, but the reception so far has been stale. Some users pointed out that Aptos had a lower transaction per sec (TPS) than Bitcoin and speculated that a “majority of tokens are either staked or ready to be dumped on retail investors.” Attracting VCs Even before the mainnet launch, Aptos had managed to attract VCs in the Web3 circles. The layer-1 blockchain was launched by former employees...

Latest data also suggest that nearly 14,930 developer contributions were recorded on Polkadot’s GitHub for August, establishing a new monthly ATH by a wide margin. Polkadot surpassed the margin yet again but for the first time in September, concluding the month with 15,433 contributions, the highest recorded on any network, including Ethereum. New Records For Polkadot The launch of new parachains continued on a regular basis taking the number of active ones to 40 on the...

The correlation between Bitcoin and stocks may be decoupling. And the original cryptocurrency might be working as advertised as an inflation hedge. With inflation soaring, BTC is tracking more like spot gold than US stocks. At the 30-day view Sunday, the bitcoin price was down 3.11% for the period at UTC 17:30. Stocks, on the other hand, were facing much steeper losses for the month. The S&P 500 Index was down 6.7% for the 30-day period. High-tech sector losses for the...

The multinational financial services company Mastercard is all set to launch a program to help financial institutions offer cryptocurrency trading to their clients. The company plans to serve as a “bridge” between the crypto trading platform Paxos and banks to oversee regulatory compliance and security – two major areas that the banks have cited as reasons to avoid the asset class. Focus on Regulatory Compliance Mastercard’s chief digital officer, Jorn Lambert, told CNBC:...

The start of the week begins with little-to-no substantial movements from most cryptocurrencies, as bitcoin has stalled around $19,000. The altcoins are slightly in the green, except for XRP. Aside from the daily price dip, the asset is down double-digits on a weekly scale. Bitcoin Calms at $19K BTC experienced a lot of volatility at the end of last week, when the US CPI numbers came out. Although they were almost as expected, bitcoin headed straight south, as it typically...

Two-thirds of the polled American investors, aged between 21 and 42, believe it is impossible to achieve above-average returns relying only on traditional finance. Instead, they see cryptocurrencies as appropriate tools for the job. Numerous previous researches have shown that younger generations are much more inclined toward the digital asset sector than older individuals. At the peak of the bull run in 2021, many youngsters said they would be happy to receive part of their...

Singaporean financial services firm DBS Bank believes that Bitcoin remains an unprecedented opportunity despite concerns about the high volatility in the crypto market.  During a recent media briefing, DBS stated that Bitcoin’s ability to process continuous transactions without needing a central counterparty for clearing makes it an unprecedented opportunity in history.  DBS Exec: Bitcoin Is Driven by Its Utility  The bank’s investment strategist and senior vice president...

The first half of October has seen numerous crypto-related companies securing multi-million fundraisers. Some examples include Horizon Blockchain Games, Step, Uniswap Labs, Copper Technologies, and the investment start-up Pillow. Since the beginning of the year, digital asset firms have raised over $30 billion. Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Capital played a key role, both completing $9 billion fundraisers. The Beginning of October At the start of the month, the blockchain...

The minable version of Ethereum has garnered a lot of attention since it spawned as a hard fork this time last month. In a move remnant to the 2017 genesis of Bitcoin Cash (BCH) from its big brother, EthereumPoW may have started another fork war between proponents of each respected network. The fork was spawned by former Ethereum miner and ICO investor Chandler Guo, who tweeted on Oct. 14 that more than 100 projects have been launched on the network in just a month. now more...

With October becoming one of the worst months in terms of hacks against crypto platforms, Mango Markets – a Solana-based DeFi project – stood out with an exploit worth about $115 million. The latest developments brought some relief to affected users but also showed how a hacker could profit legitimately by founding vulnerabilities in DeFi protocols. The Multi-Million Hack CryptoPotato reported earlier this week when the Solana-based project became the latest victim to a DeFi...