Category: Cryptocurrency News

Cryptocurrency News and Public Mining Pools

What are the hashrates for GTX 980s?

I recently bought an Alienware area-51 r2 which had 3 x GTX 980s in there and being the shekel goblin I am, I decided to mine raven coin on it (I would have mined ETH but these are 4GB cards so I cant) Im getting 1.5 MH/S for GPU 0, and 1.6 MH/S for both…
Read more

So does Elizabeth Warren lie all of the time about crypto or does she just not understand anything about it?

Admittedly I don't really pay much attention to her ramblings on anything, but I see stuff about her mentioned on here from time to time. My aunt is visiting, though, and she loves MSNBC so we've had that on quite a bit for the past few days. Liz Warren comes on this morning to talk…
Read more

Bitcoin Exchange Reserve Has Now Reached An Equilibrium After 2 Years Of Downtrend

On-chain data shows the percentage of Bitcoin supply on exchanges seems to have plateaued over the past few months, ending an overall downtrend that lasted about two years. Bitcoin Exchange Reserve Starts Moving Sideways As Inflow And Outflows Attain Equilibrium As per the latest weekly report from Glassnode, the percentage of the total BTC supply on exchanges looks to have ended its decline recently and is now moving sideways. The “exchange reserve” is an indicator that measures the total amount of Bitcoin stored in wallets of all exchanges. When the value of this metric rises, it means exchanges are observing net inflows right now. Such a trend can be bearish for the price of the coin as it represents an increase in the sell supply of the crypto. On the other hand, when the reserve’s value decreases, it implies outflows are overwhelming the inflows at the moment. This trend may turn out to be bullish for the value of Bitcoin as it may be a sign of accumulation from holders. Related Reading | Risk Aversion Pulls Crypto Market Down, Bitcoin Still Below $40K Now, here is a chart that shows how the percentage of the total supply that the exchange reserve accounts for has changed over the past couple of years: Looks like the value of the indicator seems to have moved sideways recently | Source: Glassnode’s The Week Onchain – Week 10, 2022 As you can see in the above graph, the metric had an all-time high back in March 2020, following which the percentage of the Bitcoin supply on exchanges went on a constant decline until May 2021, where there was a brief increase due to the selloff that month. Soon after, the indicator did resume the downtrend, but following September 2021 the metric has mostly consolidated sideways. Related Reading | Goodbye, Russia – A Number Of Goldman Sachs Employees Are Leaving Russia To UAE This means that at the current value of the exchange reserve, an equilibrium between the inflows and the outflows has been established. The sideways trend is interesting since while the price of Bitcoin has struggled recently and macro uncertainties like the Russian-Ukraine war are looming over the market, there has been no significant increase in the indicator. Usually, a large selloff occurs during periods as now, but as the metric still continues to go sideways, it means there has still been enough demand (that is, outflows) to counteract any inflows. This trend may be bullish for the price of Bitcoin. BTC Price At the time of writing, Bitcoin’s price floats around $38.7k, down 13% in the past week. BTC’s price seems to have shown lesser volatility since the plunge a few days back | Source: BTCUSD on TradingView Featured image from Unsplash.com, charts from TradingView.com, Glassnode.com

[Free $25, free Spotify and 2% cashback] Crypto.com Visa Debit card

So I tested Crypto.com and wanted to make my own opinion about it: Crypto.com offers Visa debit cards that give 2% cashback and a range of other perks like free Spotify. This is a very big company. Recently they started a huge ad campaign starring Matt Damon and they bought the naming rights to the…
Read more

The Sandbox and World of Women Form $25M NFT Alliance

submitted by /u/BlazingHotFireFox [link] [comments]

AdaLend: The World’s Leading Cardano-Based Lending Protocol

BSCPad and ADAPad Public Sale On March 14th. Cryptocurrencies and DeFi are experiencing a period of blistering growth: The total value locked (TVL) of tokens in DeFi protocols rose 357% to $255.39 billion among all blockchains. Over $2.5 trillion in cryptocurrencies was traded in January 2022 alone. Global crypto market cap is now over $2 trillion. Within the space, crypto lending has become the most dynamic niche. Over $35 billion TVL is in DeFi lending protocols, which is dominated by Ethereum with a 54% share of TVL as of January 2022. The problem is that Ethereum is slow, expensive, and lacks scalability: Ethereum can only manage 10 to 15 transactions per second, which means orders pile up faster than they can be posted and are delayed. Gas costs when demand is high can be exorbitant, reaching over $50 per transaction on average in January 2022. Ethereum’s market share is rapidly eroding after peaking at 97% in January 2021, as developers and crypto investors flock to more flexible and versatile blockchains. To permanently solve DeFi’s challenges, AdaLend has developed a user-friendly, scalable, and fully decentralized Layer-1 platform for instant loan approval, automated collateral, trustless custody, and augmented lending liquidity. Built on the leading proof-of-stake (POS) Cardano blockchain, AdaLend aims to unleash the next generation of seamless, fast, and secure crypto lending. The features of AdaLend are both innovative and powerful: A Unique Architecture – The AdaLend protocol aims to improve the efficiency of capital flows, managing several lending pools via the native $ADAL token. Each pool has several key components: liquidation model, utilization ratio, and borrowing/lending interest rate. The protocol provides tokenization for deposited assets, transferring the ownership of lending positions between users automatically. Incentivised Liquidity – DeFi lending protocols need to attract Liquidity Providers (LPs) to stake assets in pools to enable lending. AdaLend does this by offering LPs strong incentives and APY to deposit assets and boost lending liquidity. Flexible Lending Options – All lending in AdaLend is permissionless, trustless, and can be done on any token pairing. The protocol’s governance ensures that the best offers are available and that only the safest oracles are used to determine pricing and rates. Decentralized & Democratic Governance – All $ADAL token holders can participate actively in the governance of AdaLend, voting on proposals and determining the future evolution of the platform. The AdaLend DAO creates a democratized, open access, and fully transparent financial ecosystem geared to scale globally. Idle Asset Optimisation – AdaLend minimizes the utilization ratio for non-stable coins and maximizes token circulation, achieving a double goal – maintaining high liquidity levels for protocol users, and offering attractive lending rates for borrowers. In addition, AdaLend also minimizes idle assets on the platform by shifting them to stable swap platforms. This means that users with tokens in cold storage can now use them to support the AdaLend protocol, earning additional rewards in the process. The capabilities of the Cardano blockchain are the magic fuel that powers AdaLend’s long-term expansion plan. Why Cardano? AdaLend’s Competitive Edge Cardano is a versatile, scalable, and cost-effective Blockchain, ideal to build a next-generation crypto lending platform. Created by Ethereum Co-Founder Charles Hoskinson in 2017, it is a Proof of Stake (PoS) chain where code updates are rigorously peer-reviewed. Cardano’s advantages are clear: Efficiency – Cardano is 47,000x more energy-efficient than Bitcoin, leading the space as an environmentally friendly blockchain. Scaleability – Cardano can process 250 TPS, with estimates that it will be able to reach eventually 1 million TPS. Cost-Effectiveness – Cardano’s fees are currently about $0.35 per transaction, over 100x times lower than Ethereum. Growing Traction – Interest and investment in Cardano has been rising consistently, with TVL reaching $133.39 million as of March 2nd, a new all-time high, and the number of wallets holding Cardano’s native currency ADA recently surpassing the three million mark Until now, Ethereum-based platforms like Aave have dominated the DeFi lending space. This is changing fast, as the DeFi market is looking for faster, cheaper, and more scalable solutions. AdaLend is this solution, and investors are recognizing it. The September 2021 private sale sold out 1.8 Million ADAL tokens, raising $540,000, in less than one hour. AdaLend will be now be conducting a public sale on five launchpads (BSCPad, VelasPad, PulsePad, ADAPad, and ETHPad) on March 14th, to finance its growth plans. These are the most popular launchpads among investors, and allow to buy $ADAL tokens pre-sale at a discounted price. Once the $ADAL token is listed, it will trade in the major crypto exchanges connected to the launchpads, accessing immediate liquidity and visibility. With its unique features, unprecedented capabilities, and embedded scalability, AdaLend is ready to unleash the new era of DeFi lending.

Does a bad actor need 51% of coins on a PoS network to disrupt it?

I'm seeing conflicting information on what % of stake an attacker would need of a PoS chain's coins to disrupt the network. With PoW chains, an attacker needs 51% of the hashrate. Would you need 51% of coins on a PoS chain to successfully disrupt it or fewer than that? Or is it 51% of…
Read more

XDC Network unveils smart contract and tokenization platform, Origin

XDC Network, a highly interoperable hybrid blockchain platform built by XinFin, today revealed its smart contract and tokenization platform, Origin — a user-friendly tool that enables the secure creation of complex smart contracts at the click of a button. Origin allows for the creation, issuance, and management of XDC-based token standards via the XDC Network.…
Read more