Category: Ethereum

In recent weeks, we’ve seen a boom in decentralized finance (DeFi). ​Recent data​ have shown that total DeFi users have grown by 23% since the start of June, while over ​$2 billion​ worth of Ethereum and Bitcoin is now locked up in DeFi. And transaction volume across Ethereum-based DeFi dapps has increased by nearly 800% since April.

EOS fell by 0.19% on Friday. Following on from a 1.18% decline on Thursday, EOS ended the day at $.24991. It was another mixed start to the day. EOS rose to an early morning high $2.5155 before hitting reverse.

During the last two weeks, I’ve been roaming around the virtual world Decentraland in order to get some perspective on the platform supported by the Ethereum Blockchain. The following is a review of my experience in Decentraland and observing all that has been built since it was invoked over four years ago.

The lights were dimmed during the last day of Devcon in October 2019. A hush fell over the auditorium in Osaka, Japan. A haunting melody rippled through the crowd of roughly 1,000 people. Everyone knew the dance was about to begin.

The global payment technology company Visa to offer Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Ripple payments. The payment giant has revealed that it has been working jointly with authorized and regulated cryptocurrency platforms like Coinbase to give a platform between cryptocurrencies and its present global network of 61 million retailers.

Though activity on decentralized exchanges (DEXes) has been quiet, 2020 has been a breakout year for the crypto primitive. Initially touted as a safer, more secure mechanism for trading crypto, DEXes have nonetheless been challenging to navigate.

Engineering at Brex, Apple, Microsoft. I write about fintech, crypto and China On June 26, 2020, the value locked into the Compound protocol reached a staggering $1 billion, making it the "most valuable" decentralized finance protocol. In the past year, DeFi became the hottest topic in the crypto. Let's take a close look at one…

Rising congestion on the Ethereum blockchain has driven up transaction fees tenfold this year to the highest since early 2018. That’s pressuring the network’s developers to speed up crucial upgrades, while possibly creating an opening for competitors to lure away project developers.