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Rising trading volume, investor excitement over the upcoming parachain auctions and the success of KSM, have investors looking at DOT as the next altcoin to hit a new high.

Ethereum has been on an impressive growth path recently. The digital asset recently broke a three-month high after it broke through $3,400 in the early hours of Tuesday. Usage on the Ethereum network has increased drastically in the recent weeks, causing fee rates to surge 200% in the space of a week. As more users adopt the leading smart contracts platform, predictions for the asset’s value have risen accordingly. Raoul Pal is an ex-Goldman hedge fund exec who is bullish on cryptocurrencies. The ex-hedge fund exec had then gone on to co-found Real Vision, a platform that provides insights and analysis for investors. Pal was on a podcast to talk about his cryptocurrency investment strategies for the top 2 largest projects in the market, Bitcoin and Ethereum, and he had some interesting predictions for both cryptocurrencies. Related Reading | You Can Now Use Your .COM Domain As An Ethereum Wallet Thanks To This Integration Ethereum To $20,000, Bitcoin To $250,000 Real Vision CEO Raoul Pal gave some very optimistic predictions for the top 2 digital currencies during his interview. Pal said he believed that Ethereum was going to be at $20,000 by the end of March 2022, while putting Bitcoin price between $250,000 to $400,000 in the same time frame. For Ethereum, Pal said that the growing popularity of decentralized finance (DeFi) and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) factors into his prediction. Disclosing that both DeFi and NFTs have already been twice as widely accepted as Bitcoin. Related Reading | Billionaire Who Predicted 2008 Housing Crash Says Bitcoin Is “Worthless” Ethereum adoption has far dwarfed the rest of the crypto space, Pal said. Adding that the recent London Hard Fork and EIP-1559 work to reduce ETH supply, and with ETH 2.0 staking, further propels the bullish setup for the price blowout. Raoul Pal expects ETH to 6X by next year | Source: ETHUSD on TradingView.com “There’s tons that have gone into just holding, tones that are locked up in DeFi, tons that are locked up in NFTs, and you’re left with, as of today, 11% of the entire supply of Ethereal available and it’s going down every day, and the demand is going exponential. The only outcome is an exponential rise in price. There’s no other outcome.” – Raoul Pal, Co-Founder, and CEO, Real Vision Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Raoul Pal is not one to give predictions for others to follow without having a stake in it himself. In fact, the CEO had revealed last year that he had moved his entire investment portfolio to cryptocurrencies. That’s how bullish Pal is on cryptocurrencies. The CEO had completely exited his gold holdings, which, at the time, had made up 25% of his investment portfolio, and the funds were moved to crypto. Even at that point, Pal’s portfolio was made out of 75% crypto before he exited his gold positions. Related Reading | Deloitte Survey Shows 76% Of Finance Execs Think Physical Money Is Nearing Its End Now, Pal’s holdings consist of cryptos at various degrees of concentration, down to crypto-related products. The CEO revealed that his holdings consisted of 55% Bitcoin, which made up the majority of his investments. Ethereum (ETH) is the second-largest position, making up 25%. The remaining 20% consists of an equally weighted basket of tokens. These range from tokens of decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols, Layer 1 blockchains, and interoperability solutions. Related Reading | Here’s How Much Your $1,200 Stimulus Check Would Be Worth In Various Cryptocurrencies In 2021 Pal also added that he had “some specific bets in social tokens, metaverse, and other longer-term macro bets.” The Real Vision co-founder referred to Ethereum as “the greatest trade” from a macro perspective point of view. And he expects the cryptos to go up in Q4 of 2021. “Don’t forget that they usually go up 5X to 10X in the last three months of the year, and we haven’t even got to the all-time high,” Pal said. Featured image from Toshi Times, chart from TradingView.com

I have a CS degree and some experience working as a web developer for fin-tech companies. Recently I became interested in ethereum development and freelancing. I wanted to make some of my own Dapps but I also have to be realistic and figure out how to make ends meet to survive. I'm developing a couple…
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Visa now makes a full head plunge into the NFTs following its evaluation of the technology behind the assets. The global payment giant described NFTs as having the potential to serve as the engagement medium for fans. Visa made this description through its recent whitepaper publication. The publication suggests that Visa sees non-fungible tokens as a crucial innovation during the recent pandemic. The publication observed that strict restriction orders cause a limitation to live sports, music festivals, and entertainment. Related Reading | Former DigitalX Executive Appointed As The New Binance Australia CEO The emergence of NFTs came when fans are eager to join digital communities that portray their favorite sports teams and artists. What Will Trigger The Move For NFTs? Professional sports got the hardest blow from the pandemic. There’s an estimation of an $18 billion revenue loss across the major global leagues. Visa envisages that this further pushes for the need for revenue diversification and more focus on technology. This will bring repositioning for more business growth opportunities and gain more fans’ attention and participation. According to the report, NFTs are attractive to fans, leagues, teams, talents, and collectors. It further unveils the peculiarity of the NFTs as the basic sources of fan engagement, fresh revenue streams, and customer relationship management. However, the major utility situations of NFTs so far are art, gaming, and collectibles. The release of the whitepaper came with an announcement from Visa on the purchase of CryptoPunk 7610, its first NFT. Visa bought the NFT for $150,000, and the token has its proof of ownership stored on the Ethereum network. The collection comprises 10,000 unique NFTs. Industry sources record the sales of 2,519 CryptoPunk collectibles within the past 30 days—the sales sum amount to $467.4 million. The highest-grossing sale within the period falls on CryptoPunk 7252, sold for 1,600 ETH, worth $4.5 million. Besides the increased adoption for CryptoPunk, NFTs are also gaining popularity in other niches. There’s a report that the NFT marketplaces net sales in August will surpass $900 million. This sets the industry’s new record. The previous record, set in May, was when the net NFTs sales hit $255 million. The month of May saw the crypto markets reaching new all-time highs and then proceed to a multi-month correction experience. Related Reading | Cream Finance Loses $25 Million To A Flash Loan Attack Visa’s plunge into NFTs is not a surprise move as the company already has a growing interest in cryptocurrencies. The firm had a recent agreement with Zipmex, a crypto platform. This results in the provision of crypto payment integration within the Asia-Pacific region. In addition, earlier in the year, Visa confirmed its commitment to establishing crypto payment and fiat on-ramps. This was its move to boost the class of digital assets. Featured Image From Pixabay

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Hey everyone, I wanted to start trying my luck with NFT’s. So I transferred my Eth from Trustwallet over to Metamask HOWEVER the address I put in was for Polygon (I only noticed once I pressed sign) now its nowhere to be seen, have I fooked up? submitted by /u/B2214E1918 [link] [comments]

I have recurring buys setup for Ethereum on CB, will that get added to my balance. I was planning on adding to the bag I have but whilst earning the staking rewards. Do the recurring orders go through or am I stuck with the ETH I have locked submitted by /u/Luvangrd [link] …
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The former executive of the first blockchain listed publicly is now the current CEO of Binance Australia. The exchange announced Leigh Travers’s appointment. The new CEO was formerly the chief executive of DigitalX, a locally known blockchain technology and payment enterprise. Leigh Travers served seven years at DigitalX. He also served as a board member in Blockchain Australia, the local leading blockchain sector body. DigitalX broke records as the first publicly-listed blockchain organization in June 2014. Related Reading | Cryptocurrency Firms In Switzerland To Offer Tokenized Products On Tezos This announcement was made after the firm completed the reverse takeover of Macro Energy Ltd, an Australian Stock Exchange-listed Firm. Travers Reaction To The New Office Leigh Travers disclosed that his priority is to build relationships for Binance Australia with regulators. Also, he emphasized that he aims to grow Australia’s brand. He stated that the company has a special part to play: to become involved in assisting in structuring the industry’s growth. That is why; they need to prioritize conversations and engagements with regulators and policymakers, says Travers. In his speech, Travers added that “looking from the industry’s viewpoint, I’m aware that it is essential to continue developing the sector’s relationship with the regulatory bodies. Also, we need to strengthen Binance Australia’s dedication to compliance as well as best practice. Binance Australia Launch July 2020 brought the official launching of crypto exchange Australia. Meanwhile, InvestbyBit operates the Australian Binance subsidiary. InvestbyBit is a locally operating digital asset platform that AUSTRAC (Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre) regulates. The platform went into operations on Sept. 2017. As we gathered from the Australian Business Register reports, on February 22, 2019, InvestbyBit was rebranded to Binance Pay. Four days later, it changed its brand to Binance Lite. Then, again on August 6, 2020, the company undertook another rebranding to become Binance Australia. In April, Jeff Yew, the former CEO of Binance Australia, resigned from the company. After leaving Binance Australia in April, Jeff launched Monochrome in May. Monochrome is a unit trust which targets funds as well as high net worth persons. In his speech at Sydney Morning Herald last May, Leigh Yew expressed that Australia’s policymakers failed in their duty to deliver sufficient regulatory clarity to the digital asset zone. Related Reading | Cream Finance Loses $25 Million To A Flash Loan Attack Thus, he calls for higher regulation in crypto trading exchanges. Most especially since many retail investors and institutions now admire digital assets like Ethereum and bitcoin. The cryptocurrency market is following an uptrend on the daily chart | Source: Crypto Total Market Cap on TradingView.com Yew acknowledged that Australia is more up-to-date with its regulations as compared to other economies. However, there is the need to work harder on regulation to stop dodgy operators from exploiting everyday investors. Featured Image From Pixabay, Chart From TradingView.com