When it was first envisioned over a decade back, Bitcoin was supposed to be a decentralized alternative to fiat currencies to transform existing financial systems. Much of that has changed along the way, with many top cryptocurrencies now serving as holding assets for risk-taking investors. Nevertheless...
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Decentralized stablecoin issuer Terra issued a proposal to expand the interchain deployment of its TerraUSD (UST) stablecoin. Namely across five projects on Ethereum, Polygon and Solana. Terra would provide over $139 million in UST and LUNA to DeFi projects for at least the next six months...
It may still be early to assert a solid trend reversal while the market grappled to cross the $2.15T-mark. Meanwhile, the near-term technicals of Polkadot, Fantom and SAND continued to flash a slight bearish edge while depicting their decreasing influence. Polkadot (DOT) Since the past seven weeks...
A man wearing a protective face mask, following an outbreak of the coronavirus, talks on his mobile phone in front of a screen showing the Nikkei index outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, February 26, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File PhotoEuropean shares ease as caution rulesCrude oil prices slipU.S. Treasury yields stallChina stocks gain after cut in…
THANKS TO A venture-capital (VC) boom, it is no longer unusual to find tech unicorns, as unlisted startups valued above $1bn are known, springing up in middle-income countries. However, two coming from Turkey are particularly strange creatures. First, they are big. Trendyol, an e-commerce company, is valued at $16.5bn, giving it the status of a…
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