Mark Cuban Reveals What’s in His Ethereum Wallet – Decrypt
Mark Cuban owns the Dallas Mavericks, appears regularly on the investment show Shark Tank, and has a net worth above $4 billion.
Read moreMark Cuban owns the Dallas Mavericks, appears regularly on the investment show Shark Tank, and has a net worth above $4 billion.
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ConsenSys Codefi released its Q4 2020 DeFi report.
In it, the authors point to tranche lending as an innovation coming to crypto.
Tranches were used in mortgage-backed securities in the lead-up to the 2008 financial crisis.
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Reddit has partnered with the Ethereum Foundation on blockchain scaling solutions.
Developed technologies will be open-source and available for all to use.
Reddit’s Community Points system awards crypto for “quality” posts and comments.
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The tech giant has released updates to its mobile operating systems to address latest security flaws.
The discovered flaws could potentially threaten the security of mobile crypto wallets.
Users are being advised to update their devices.
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Staking is where users agree to pledge money to a network in order to help it validate transactions.
Lending is where users agree to loan their cryptocurrencies in return for interest payments.
Both concepts allow users to earn tokens but the risks and rewards are different.
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Bitcoin, Ethereum and other projects are all down in the last 24 hours.
DeFi projects however continue their strong growth.
Stock Markets are in the red amidst rumours the Fed will reduce its quantitative easing.
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Blockchain-based game The Sandbox will launch a public LAND sale in February.
Individual plots of in-game terrain will be sold, while larger Estates will be auctioned off.
CoinMarketCap-inspired “heroes” will also be included with the LAND parcels.
Crypto gaming firm Enjin has partnered with augmented reality platform MetaverseMe to create non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in the form of “hyper-realistic avatars.”
Starting from February 23, users of the MetaverseMe app will be able to take real-world selfies and generate digital avatars.
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Galaxy Digital, the crypto investment firm masterminded by Mike Novogratz, is launching new funds centered around Ethereum.
The Galaxy Ethereum Fund, along with two other funds geared toward institutions, will provide exposure to Ether (ETH), the Ethereum network’s native cryptocurrency.
Several traders believe that the price of Ether (ETH) could pull back after it achieved a new all-time high on Jan. 25, gaining nearly 100% in January. Ether has outperformed Bitcoin (BTC) so far this year, buoyed by the growing number of users on Ethereum.
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