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COMP’s incentive crisis and what lies ahead for alt’s price

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Time Stamp: November 17, 2021 6:00 AM - Modified On: November 17, 2021 - Published By:
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The DeFi space has accelerated at a pretty good pace of late, despite some setbacks in the first half of the year. In 2021 alone, the ecosystem reported a growth rate of over 20x. A lot of upcoming protocols like Abracadabra have made star entries recently too. Even so, platforms like Maker, Aave, and Compound are ruling the roost, still maintaining their spot in the top five in terms of total value locked.  Maker and Aave have had their fair share of price pumps over the last couple of months. However,

Steve Cohen Invests in Crypto Trading Firm Radkl

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Time Stamp: September 15, 2021 7:15 PM - Modified On: September 15, 2021 - Published By:
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The hedge fund magnate and owner of the New York Mets continues his support, vocally and financially, for the crypto industry. Sponsored Sponsored Cryptocurrency trading frim Radkl has secured a high-profile investor in Steve Cohen. Cohen has invested an undisclosed about of financial support for the new firm, which launched on Tuesday. According to the Wall Street Journal Cohen is investing with his personal assets rather than using capital from his Point72 Asset Management LP.  According to a spokesperson from Radkl, Cohen “won’t be involved in Radkl’s day-to-day operations.” The move

DeFi Tokens BAND, LINK, Outpace Bitcoin Price by Gaining 100% in 10 Days

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Time Stamp: August 10, 2020 5:35 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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This week Bitcoin (BTC) price is making waves as the digital asset finally pushed above the $12K mark, but prior to this move, altcoins have been strongly outpeforming BTC for weeks. Two of the most notable performers are Band Protocol (BAND) and Chainlink (LINK) as both surged by 348% and 88% in the past ten days. Each functions as an oracle blockchain network that supplies data to Decentralized Finance (DeFi) applications.Since the start of August, BAND price rose from $3.9 to as high as $17.78 and in the same period, LINK

Web Traffic on Global Crypto Exchanges Surged 13% in July

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Global crypto exchanges have reportedly seen a significant increase in web traffic in July as cryptocurrency prices gained momentum.According to data from crypto analytics startup ICO Analytics, web traffic on global crypto exchanges increased by 13% on average in July 2020. Illia Kmez, head of content at ICO Analytics, told Cointelegraph that centralized crypto exchanges added 26% in web traffic since December 2020. In order to provide calculations, the startup analyzed web traffic of around 100 exchanges including international trading platforms and exchanges that only operate in one country, Kmez said.While

Analysts Expect Chainlink (LINK) Reversal After 50% Eruption to $14

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Chainlink (LINK) has erupted higher in the past week, recently crossing above $14 for the first time ever. The asset trades at $14.40 as of this article’s writing, which means that it is up by approximately 20% in the past 24 hours. The asset’s outperformance comes as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other major crypto-assets have stalled at local highs. LINK is prepared to drop from here, say some analysts as certain technicals suggest the bull trend is weakening. Chainlink Could See a Bearish Reversal, Analysts Say Hands down, Chainlink (LINK) has

DefiPulse Reveals $4B of Total Value Locked is DeFi Markets

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Time Stamp: August 1, 2020 5:09 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Rate this post DefiPulse, a huge site that gives regular crypto insights and analytics has recently revealed data regarding DeFi. As per the website, currently, there is $4 billion of the total value which is locked in the DeFi markets. This increase in total locked-in value is clearly indicating that the DeFi industry is growing rapidly. DefiPulse claims MakerDAO holds 30% of DeFi market In short, DeFi simply means the integration of digital assets, blockchain, and smart contracts in financial services. It provides financial services like credit and lending without

Staked Token Supply Doesn’t Correlate with Price, Says Messari Analyst

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Time Stamp: April 3, 2020 3:31 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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As cryptocurrency markets are highly volatile, crypto players can’t stop arguing about what really impacts the price of certain coins and what does not.Some crypto pundits believe a larger amount of tokens staked in Proof-of-Stake (PoS) blockchains could push the price upwards by reducing the circulating supply, making the remaining tokens more valuable. But blockchain and crypto analytics firm Messari has crunched the numbers and reports that there is little correlation between the two.Announcements correlate with price thoughIn an April 1 blog post, Wilson Withiam, a researcher at the Messari

What to Expect When You’re Expecting… the Bitcoin Block Halving

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Time Stamp: April 2, 2020 4:39 PM - Modified On: August 29, 2021 - Published By:
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Many industry experts hold varied expectations for Bitcoin’s price following the block reward halving in May, proving 2020 is anything but mundane. “On both prior occasions, Bitcoin surged to a new all-time high within 12 months, with the latest coming in December 2017 when the price reached about $20,000, which was followed by a massive decline,” Bill Herrmann, CEO of alternative investment banking firm, Wilshire Phoenix, told Cointelegraph in an email on March 10. Herrmann also pointed out that Bitcoin’s market has matured compared to past years, noting that information available to