Investors continue to pour capital heavily into the cryptocurrency space. Despite the influx of new investments, those new to cryptocurrency trading still face major barriers to entry: from thousands of tokens and exchanges to confusing and expensive interfaces. With the crypto market functioning 24/7, it is also crucial for investors to understand and be aware of what is happening on the markets at all times. For these reasons, manually tracking a portfolio can be time-consuming and complex. Decentralized finance (DeFi) trading platforms arose to make life easier for traders by allowing users to manage their portfolios and track multiple exchanges …
Countries worldwide have slowly begun to open their borders, which means summer travel plans might be back on. YouHodler, the EU-based fintech platform, has announced a Crypto Journey giveaway to help their platform users get back into the travel spirit. Participants will have the opportunity to win grand prizes, including two round the world tickets from OneWorld Alliance, a 4-month Inspirato pass for hotel subscriptions and a brand new 13” MacBook Pro. These prizes are in addition to a weekly NFT giveaway from the artist FRAKTALITY. As their digital nature suggests, YouHodler can send NFT prizes to any address around …
Artificial intelligence and machine learning are changing the face of commerce, computing and other technologies on a daily basis. In its most basic form, the information gathered by artificial intelligence is really just data that can be used to make interpretations and blockchains are built for the storage and transmission of data. Fetch.ai (FET) is a “Cambridge-based artificial intelligence lab” that has the goal of using distributed ledger technology to build a decentralized machine learning platform capable of securely transacting any form of data globally. Data from Cointelegraph Markets and TradingView shows that the price of FET has surged 720% …
Yat Siu of Animoca Brands Yat is the executive chairman and co-founder of Animoca Brands, which delivers digital property rights to the world’s gamers and internet users, thereby creating a new asset class, play-to-earn economies and a more equitable digital framework contributing to the building of the open Metaverse. “2021 was the year of NFTs, and in the second half of the year, we saw a growing emphasis on GameFi. This trend will continue well into 2022. Real mass adoption of DeFi will happen via GameFi, which will explode in growth during 2022 as the potential for mass financial inclusion …
Rounding up the last decade, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin revisited his predictions made over the years, showcasing a knack for being right about abstract ideas than on-production software development issues. Buterin started the Twitter thread by addressing his article dated Jul. 23, 2013 in which he highlighted Bitcoin's (BTC) key benefits — internationality and censorship resistance. Buterin foresaw Bitcoin’s potential in protecting the citizens’ buying power in countries such as Iran, Argentina, China and Africa. However, Buterin also noticed a rise in stablecoin adoption as he saw Argentinian businesses operating in Tether (USDT). He backed up his decade-old ideas around …