Source: Brave, Twitter Blockchain-powered decentralized browser Brave recently announced that its desktop users can now redeem basic attention token (BAT) holdings for rewards offered by more than 250,000 commercial partners – and it appears that the news has been met with a surge in token prices. At pixel time (13:09 UTC), BAT is up against […]
Source: iStock/JamesBrey Following a volatile June for bitcoin and other major coins, many traders are now placing their bets on the smaller coins out there, waiting for ‘altcoin season’ to return. Even on a day like today, with most cryptocurrencies in the red for the past 24 hours, two coins — basic attention token (BAT) […]
Source: Adobe/alesmunt Decentralized Finance (DeFi) remains a niche market, but its efficiency, transparency, accessibility, and composability make for interesting characteristics, enabling it to potentially contribute to a more robust and transparent global financial infrastructure, according to a study published by the St. Louis branch of the US Federal Reserve (Fed). However, it is written not […]
Source: Adobe/AlekseyIvanov After years in the making, decentralized, peer-to-peer (p2p) oracle and prediction market protocol Augur launched its long-awaited second iteration. "The Augur v2 protocol contracts have been successfully deployed to the Ethereum Mainnet," said the announcement, with the contracts officially deployed. The second version comes with significant changes and integrations, including the p2p hypermedia […]
Source: iStock/skodonnell Within only a few days of each other, three crypto industry giants Binance, Huobi and Block.one all announced their launch of separate investment funds for blockchain-based systems. The move could mean a lifeline for struggling startups with groundbreaking ideas — if they can get the investors’ approval. Binance, the biggest cryptocurrency exchange (with […]