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Bitcoin (BTC) and other major cryptocurrencies have tracked the volatility and broader market declines seen so far in 2022. But the pressure could be short-lived, according to at least one pundit, with a handful of temporary factors driving the latest pullback for digital currencies. “It always is uncomfortable when the market goes down, but I…

Bitcoin (BTC) has fallen to a new two-week low as tensions between Russia and Ukraine continue to escalate. Global equity prices fell across the board on market reactions to the latest moves from Russia, and crypto prices were no different. Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, has been falling since February 15, when…

Curve Finance is a DeFi protocol that doesn’t often grab the crypto news headlines. Nevertheless, it has already become the undisputed decentralized finance market leader by total value locked (TVL). We decided to take a closer look at the most popular DeFi system today. DeFi protocol Curve Finance (Automated Market Maker Protocol, AMM) had an…

Avocado Guild is a young but already prominent project in a peculiar and rapidly developing area called Play2Earn. The Avocado Guild founders and developers don’t just create player communities; they also incorporate such well-known technologies as NFT, DeFi, and GameFi in their product. We spoke to Brendan Wong, CEO of Avocado Guild. Could you tell…

Breaking crypto news from the last week (Feb. 12 – 18, 2022): Feb. 12: The supply ratio has shrunk by 3%, and Bitcoin exchange supply is the lowest in 37 months. BTC exchanges now hold only 10.8% of the supply. Amid global adoption and holding trends, BTC owners have substantially moved their digital assets from…

Russia has begun testing its own CBDC, the digital ruble. And the possibilities we have seen are truly frightening. If that is the future of currency, the word “freedom” may soon be only relegated to dictionaries. We have been watching developed democracies endlessly examine the prospect of introducing central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), consider various…