Until recently, Russia was considering a complete ban on all cryptocurrencies and transactions with them. Now, the government has made a screeching U-turn, rapidly creating legislation for legalizing digital assets. The reason is the war and the severe international sanctions imposed on the country. Only three months ago, the Russian leadership was rigidly opposed to…
Launched in 2018, Tron is now DeFi’s third-largest blockchain in terms of total value locked (TVL). Tron’s DeFi activity saw a sharp spike after the launch of its algorithmic stablecoin USDD, promising more than 20% per year returns. Currently, the TVL across Tron’s nine different apps stands at $5.9 billion, up 44% over the past…
El Salvador has recently hosted a conference of several dozen developing countries’ heads of financial departments. They discussed the digital economy, servicing the unbanked citizens, and the integration of cryptocurrency into the financial system. For several days, El Salvador welcomed representatives of central banks and economic authorities from 44 countries (32 heads of central banks…
JPMorgan Chase & Co., an American multinational investment bank, believes that the world’s biggest cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, is 28% below its “fair price,” implying signs of “significant upside from here.” Bitcoin has also replaced real estate as one of JPMorgan’s preferred “alternative assets.” According to a note released on May 25, JPMorgan believes that cryptocurrencies like…
Breaking crypto news from the last week (May 21 – 27, 2022): May 21: The world’s most popular NFT marketplace OpenSea has unveiled a new Web3 protocol, Seaport, that allows anyone to set up new and decentralized NFT marketplaces. As per some members of the community, the protocol could become the “Uniswap moment” of NFTs….
The Toncoin cryptocurrency was developed independently, but the concept and first drafts got designed by Pavel Durov, the creator of the Telegram messenger. Hence the project’s market niche – it is digital money to pay for services within Telegram. What are Toncoin’s prospects and uses, and does it have a future – let’s find out!…