premise 1 : I am a total web3 degen premise 2 : I do not really care about prices going up or down, I care about the impact that web3 can have on our daily life When trying to convince some of my friends setting a metamask wallet and get their hands dirty to join…
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While reports of large gains on alts attract many people to the crypto world, I'm ready to bet that nearly every traditional/retail investor would be thrilled about the potential gains of BTC and ETH. A good reason to invest in them is because they are considered as blue chips. For those who don't know, a…
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Bulls lift the market higher on the back of a stocks resurgence, but the specter of the Fed is on the horizon.
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Last week, a report from Bank of America predicted that smart contract platform Solana is expected to become the “Visa” of digital assets. The report explained that while the Ethereum blockchain was a popular choice due to its security and decentralization, it suffered in its scalability. As an attractive alternative, Solana’s prioritization of micropayments regarding gaming and NFTs allowed for a utility similar to that of Visa, but for crypto. “Solana could become the Visa of the digital assets ecosystem. Ethereum’s prioritization could optimize it for high-value transactions and identity, storage, and supply chain use cases,” Alkesh Shah told the Daily HODL. It’s not just Bank of America analysts that saw Solana’s potential. The cryptocurrency has outperformed Ethereum over the last year, with its market price skyrocketing 4000% over the last year as well as reaching a market cap of $47 billion. After launching in March 2020, Solana has witnessed over 50 billion settled transactions and has had over 5.7 million NFTs minted on its blockchain. “[Solana’s] innovations allow for the processing of an industry-leading 65,000 transactions per second with average transaction fees of $0.000025 while remaining relatively decentralized and secure,” Shah said. Although Solana has seen a successful debut and made a name for itself in the media, it isn’t without its shortcomings. In December and January, the blockchain’s distributed-denial-of-service attacks caused long wait periods and network congestion. Despite a competitive sector, Tezos, one of the original proof-of-stake blockchain, is proving a worthwhile competitor to Ethereum and Solana. Specifically, through its new CryptoLife app which will allow users access to their own debit card on which they can use crypto or fiat, store and transfer crypto with ease, and access an interest-free loan service known as Cryptodrafts. Tezos’ partnership with Baanx, the FinTech that allows users to buy, sell, and transfer crypto to anyone instantly across the world with its debit card, is one particular milestone for the company, giving it an unprecedented competitive advantage. On January 5, the UK-based FinTech which has experienced rapid growth over the last twelve months finally received its full crypto activity registration approval by the FCA. The approval allows Baanx to enhance its current services by providing secure Cryptodraft products to users, allowing holders to receive funding starting at 0% APR by collateralizing their crypto holdings. Chief Compliance Officer Mark Evans says the registration is a milestone for the company. Evans explained that this step forward allowed the clients of Baanx to rest assured that their digital assets were being handled by a counterparty that is approved by, and meets the oversight requirements of the FCA, one of the highest standards regulatory bodies in the world. Garth Howat, Founder and CEO of Baanx, adds: “Baanx is a global leading FinTech platform trusted by international clients like Ledger and Tezos. The FCA approval marks another milestone of our continued success in providing leading services that disrupt the FinTech and banking ecosystem. Following our recent announcement, Baanx is currently working with Ledger on providing cryptodraft services to the Ledger community with a Q1 rollout across many key countries in the EEA and parts of the US. The CL card platform, powered by Ledger, will initially support BTC, ETH, USDT, EURT, USDC, XRP, BXX, BCH and LTC. In the next couple of weeks, we’re also launching our next partnership with Tezos, which will also offer cryptodraft to the Tezos community. This will be an exciting opportunity for BXX token holders as we drive greater utility into the token with the Cryptodraft product.” As cryptocurrency continues to be rapidly adopted in the mainstream financial world, technology is quickly evolving to keep up. One such advancement is the ability to use cryptocurrency as one would a Visa card. While a competitive market, Tezos is proving to be a worthwhile contender in the space, providing a welcome alternative to Ethereum’s scalability problems and Solana’s network congestion.
Hi all I just bought another eth and was wondering are you big time investors? Retail investors? Day traders? Buy the dip Hodling? And how much eth do you own? submitted by /u/snickkerz [link] [comments]
I started investing into crypto during the second half of 2021 and now that I’m finally adjusting to it. I’m thinking of investing into more cryptocurrencies (probably more altcoins). I’m planning to dip my toes in trading too and might do it frequently once I get the hang of it. I’ve been looking into the…
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I really hate that this has become so normalised in the crypto space, but I've encountered it many times before and again just now. You want to view a project's DApp but it forces you to connect your wallet in order to even launch the app properly. Isn't this a huge security risk? Part of…
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Solana’s (SOL) network crashed for the sixth time. Smart Contract Developers are now eyeing alternative blockchain networks LUNA, BSC and XDC Network The crypto world continues to develop its technology to provide the best blockchain experience to all its users in the space. However, sometimes due to unavoidable circumstances, problems occur unexpectedly. This time, Solana (SOL) experienced a network crash for the sixth time. As a result, the crypto community cannot stop thinking if SOL will have the same faith as EOS. This Solna Network Crash made author and crypto enthusiast Mark Jeffrey react in a tweet post, Another day, another 48 hour #Solana outage. This is like the sixth time this has happened in 3 months. I have zero faith in it now. It is the new EOS. The fight is now between ETH, BSC, Fantom, Avalanche and Terra. — Mark Jeffrey ⚡️🚀 (@markjeffrey) January 23, 2022 Meanwhile, these recent crashes encountered by the SOL network upset many Smart Contract Developers as well as the crypto community. As a result, the crypto community is now eyeing other alternative platforms (Ethereum killers) that could provide them with the expectation they need in their everyday crypto transactions. These include BSC, XDC, Fantom, Avalanche, and Terra, to name a few. These recent blockchain network issues encountered by the SOL network upset some of the crypto community members. As a result, investors have started to consider other Blockchain networks that could meet the expectations when it comes to everyday crypto transactions. XDC Network (XDC) chain is one of the crypto platforms to catch the attention of global investors at the time of writing this article, with only XDC in Green while rest of the Crypto remains in RED (Source: Top100 coins at coinmarketcap.com ). This indicates that not only smart contract developers but the crypto community also started looking towards XDC Network. The XDC protocol is designed to support smart contracts in as seamless a way as possible. Over 3,800 smart contracts have been created on the XDC Network. Here is the growth graph over time as referred from the recent article of XDC Foundation. Source: Medium Furthermore, the XDC Chain (XinFin Digital Contract) uses XinFin Delegated Proof of Stake (XDPoS) to create a highly scalable, secure, commercial-grade blockchain network. Indeed, XDC enables various real-world use cases like remittance (WadzPay), trade finance (TradeTeq), ISO20022 messaging standard (IMPEL), decentralized Storage (Storx), Data ORACLE (Pugin), Decentralized email (LedgerMail), R3 Corda’s only Public blockchain Bridge (LAB577) DEX (xSWAP and globiance), Stable coin (usnota, SGDG, EURG, HKDG, GBPG, USDG etc), NFT MarketPlace (XDSea) and many more use cases adopted XDC Blockchain Network. On the other hand, this system crash experienced by SOL is not the first in space. In fact, this kind of scenario is not new in the crypto community. However, today, the crypto space is witnessing the rise of crypto projects such as XDC that offer a seamless blockchain network. Hence, it is up to the users to pick the crypto network that suits their crypto needs.
