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Vitalik Buterin quietly donates $5M ETH to aid Ukraine as total tracked crypto donations reach $133M

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Posted on April 7, 2022

As told by Aid for Ukraine, a joint initiative created by the Ukrainian government, FTX, Everstake and Kuna to rally crypto donations for the country, Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin made $5 million worth of ETH donations to Ukraine in early April. According to the entity, despite the large donation sum, Buterin did not make

Ripple Investment Arm Reveals New Concepts for NFT-Focused Use Cases on XRP Ledger

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Posted on April 7, 2022

RippleX, Ripple’s investment and development arm, is exploring new ways for developers to build non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on the XRP Ledger (XRPL). The payments firm teamed up with software competition platform Devpost to host a hackathon involving 400 participants and $50,000 in prizes, according to a new blog post from Abner Pinto, the RippleX tech

‘People should invest in all of the major layer-1s,’ says a veteran trader

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Posted on April 7, 2022

Scott Melker, veteran trader and pocaster, is convinced that major layer-1 protocols should be part of everyone’s investment portfolio. Instead of picking individual crypto projects, such as NFTs or blockchain games, Melker thinks it makes more sense to bet on the blockchain infrastructure on which these projects are built. “Any of these small projects could

The next big thing in crypto? – Cointelegraph Magazine

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Posted on April 7, 2022

NFTs and the Metaverse are the hottest topics in the cryptocurrency ecosystem right now, but the next big thing might just be decentralized social media. Like decentralized finance, decentralized social media platforms don’t have a centralized governing body and may, someday, provide viable alternatives to established platforms like Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and TikTok. The technology

Miners utilizing Norway’s renewable energy to reduce Bitcoin’s carbon footprint

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Posted on April 7, 2022

MiningBitcoin miners in Norway run their operations solely on renewable energy thanks to the country’s climate-conscious industry, according to a report by Arcane Research. Miners in the country also benefit from the colder climate, lenient regulation, and low tax rates for their operations. Most of all, the country provides some of the cheapest electricity in

Analytics Firm Issues Crypto Warning, Says One Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) Metric Flashing Signs of Correction

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Posted on April 7, 2022

Crypto analytics firm Santiment is highlighting a key indicator that could signal an end to the recent rally in the cryptocurrency markets. The insights agency says that the profit-to-loss ratio for both Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) is the largest in nearly six months, which suggests a correction is on the horizon. “Bitcoin is seeing

Spells of Genesis game celebrates 5 years by opening a virtual NFT history museum

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Posted on April 7, 2022

Thursday marks the fifth anniversary of Spells of Genesis; generally regarded as the very first play-to-earn blockchain game. EverdreamSoft, the game studio behind SoG, first distributed many of the game’s trading card-based NFTs back in 2015, though its mobile trading card game did not go live until 2017. To commemorate the occasion, Everdream Soft announced

Community answers the ultimate question

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Posted on April 7, 2022

When traders get enough money for life from their Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Dogecoin (DOGE), or any crypto trading plays, what comes next? Crypto-savvy Reddit users shared their best ideas in a lively subreddit. A user who goes by the tag u/LifeReboot shared how a stroke of luck led to less satisfaction than expected. Because

Singaporean fintech adds Bitcoin payments for merchants with BitPay partnership

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Posted on April 7, 2022

Nium, a cross-border payments firm based in Singapore, has announced the launch of a new API-based solution that will allow businesses to start accepting cryptocurrency payments. As per the announcement, the newly launched product is called Crypto Accept. It allows online sellers to accept Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) before expanding to other digital assets

One Ethereum Challenger Is Becoming an Unstoppable Beast, According to Popular Crypto Analyst

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Posted on April 7, 2022

A popular crypto analyst says one of Ethereum’s top rivals appears to be unstoppable. In a new strategy session, the host of financial education YouTube channel InvestAnswers discusses the hot streak that decentralized stablecoin issuer Terra (LUNA) has been on over the past two months, and highlights the project’s structural links to Bitcoin (BTC). “There’s

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