Quick guide: What is a crypto mining pool?
    25 Sep 2022
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    A fraternity-based approach to mine crypto, mining pools let miners combine their computational resources for a better chance to win rewards — describes Murtuza Merchant on Cointelegraph. In the early days of Bitcoin (BTC), crypto enthusiasts only required a basic personal computer with an internet connection to generate new BTC tokens through a distributed computing…

    More than just JPEGs: It’s time to separate NFTs from digital art
    20 Sep 2022
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    Not every digital artwork needs to be an NFT. After all, NFTs can already do so much more, notes Abigail Carlson on Decrypt. I had a realization recently while wandering through the Musée Matisse in Nice, France, where I went to see a temporary exhibit on David Hockney. If you’re not familiar, Hockney is considered…

    The Ethereum Merge just happened: What does that mean for investors?
    18 Sep 2022
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    Investors should take note of some of Ethereum’s core traits that just changed — Christopher Robbins describes them on CoinDesk. Ethereum has been getting ready to “merge,” creating temporary disruptions in some crypto trading and potentially new opportunities for investors. Now the Merge has finally happened. But what does it really mean? In simple but…

    New York’s Museum of Modern Art considers buying NFTs
    15 Sep 2022
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    The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York is considering buying NFTs with some of the proceeds of an auction of William S. Paley’s art collection. MoMA has formed a team that monitors the digital art market and will consider purchasing NFTs. As the Wall Street Journal reported, the museum plans to sell $70…

    State Street sees institutional investors don’t worry about the crypto-winter
    15 Sep 2022
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    Investment management giant State Street says institutional clients are not deterred from investing in crypto assets despite price declines. “There is a belief that the asset class is here to stay,” the firm’s executive noted. State Street had expanded its crypto service earlier, citing soaring demand from traditional funds. The Sydney Morning Herald reported that…

    Bitcoin should change … Slowly
    14 Sep 2022
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    Reconsidering the first cryptocurrency’s slow-and-steady approach to development, as Ethereum’s “Merge” nears – writes Chris Castiglione on CoinDesk. Bitcoin is slow to change. Transaction speeds are too slow for a global payment system. The community is reluctant to embrace novelty. And the rate of new innovation, in comparison to nearly every other blockchain, is tortoise-like….