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2021-12-17 16:22:54 Trading on decentralized exchanges surged in 2021 alone. Compared to 2020, aggregated trading on decentralized exchanges was much higher in 2021. It follows the growth of decentralized finance (DeFi) that saw major accelerated growth in the same year.

One example of this has been the growth recorded in the first five months of the year. Monthly trading volumes had grown from $62 billion in January to $163 billion in May.

Total DeFi market cap at $149 billion Open / Comment

2021-12-16 14:28:37 Solana Ventures, the capital arm of Solana Labs, has launched a new fund to entice developers to build gaming applications on top of Solana. The fund, which aims to put $150 million in the hands of blockchain gaming initiatives, also has the participation of Forte and Griffin Gaming, two companies involved in the gaming world.

U.K.-based crypto payment processor Wirex has allowed residents of Ukraine to purchase and exchange cryptocurrencies on its platform. The company supports more than 20 cryptocurrencies, including major coins such as BTC and ETH as well as popular altcoins like DOGE.
Ukrainians will also be able to open crypto savings accounts based on defi products. Open / Comment

2021-12-15 14:39:17 Despite the price fall, inflows continue.

Digital asset investment products saw inflows totalling US$88m last week.

Solana, Tron Lead Altcoins As Digital Asset Inflows Drop. The recent price appreciation of Tron, a “world computer” coin, has pushed its total AuM to above that of Cardano. Ethereum saw minor outflows totalling US$17m last week, the first time following 6 weeks of inflows, although it reflects only 0.09% of AuM and is therefore likely not meaningful. Open / Comment

2021-12-14 14:43:33 Dogecoin gains 25% after Elon Musk confirms Tesla will accept DOGE for merchandise.

DOGE will be the only cryptocurrency that Tesla currently supports once payments begin.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk believes that Bitcoin (BTC) is not that good for everyday payments as the meme-based cryptocurrency Dogecoin (DOGE). Open / Comment

2021-12-13 13:50:26 Сryptocurrencies to watch this week

17 Dec

Nano (XNO) - ChangeNOW Listing

20 Dec

Harmony (ONE) - Trustless Ethereum Bridge

20 Dec

Fetch (FET) - MOBIX Airdrop - The updated time frame for the MOBIX stakedrop is 20 OCT – 20 DEC 2021" Open / Comment

2021-12-10 12:56:18 Binance reportedly in talks to launch crypto exchange in Indonesia.

The Indonesian government treats the crypto market as an investment class and allows its trading alongside commodity futures.

If finalized, it would be the second crypto venture for Binance in Indonesia. The first came in the form of a partnership with crypto trading platform Tokocrypto. Open / Comment

2021-12-09 12:32:47 Bitcoin hash rate returns to all-time high levels.

The figure is roughly 3% shy of the peak levels of 180 EH/s seen at the height of the previous bull cycle in May. It is a commonly held belief that the trends in hash rate correspond with the price of Bitcoin, suggesting that there may be some positive price action on the horizon despite the overall gloomy sentiments present in the market at the moment. Open / Comment

2021-12-08 12:40:07 Amex, Visa, Citi, Paypal Invest in TRM Platform. Crypto transaction monitoring and forensics platform TRM announced Tuesday investments from major financial institutions in its Series B funding round. The company has raised $60 billion from leading financial institutions.

The Ethereum network will be undergoing a scheduled upgrade soon called “Arrow Glacier,” a change that aims to mimic the “Muir Glacier” upgrade. Essentially, Ethereum’s Arrow Glacier changes the parameters of the network’s Difficulty Bomb delay to June 2022. This will give the Ethereum network another six months until it leads to the “Ice Age” proof-of-stake (PoS) transition. Open / Comment

2021-12-07 13:59:09 Popular DEX aggregators such as 1inch, 0x and ParaSwap have seen their volumes surging over the past month. The combined volume for those three hit a cumulative weekly all-time high of $6 billion last week, increasing by around 50% since the beginning of November.

Last week, 1inch announced a Series B funding round led by Amber Group that raised $175 million.

0x provides an application programming interface that can be used by DeFi developers to integrate token swaps sourced from leading DEXs directly into smart contracts. Open / Comment

2021-12-06 13:17:03 Сryptocurrencies to watch this week

08 Dec

Alpha Finance (ALPHA) - Mainnet on Avalanche. AlphaX launches their mainnet on Avalanche at 14:00 (UTC).

09 Dec

Conflux (CFX) - Testnet Hardfork Upgrade

13 Dec

Horizen (ZEN) - Team updates at 3:30 PM UTC/11:30 AM EDT with engineering, node network, product/UX, helpdesk, legal, BD, marketing, CEO insights, and AMA. Open / Comment