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IQ Protocol by PARSIQ to Empower DeFi Projects, Developers, And Users

Launched on the mainnet last month, PARSIQ’s new lending and borrowing IQ Protocol is the first risk-free and collateral-less solution in the DeFi industry. Innovative Protocol to Make Decentralized Subscriptions A Reality The PARSIQ ecosystem has grown substantially since its inception in 2018. The blockchain monitoring and intelligence platform connect on-chain and off-chain applications in […]

'It's fine' to buy Bitcoin as gold substitute, says Trump ex-Treasury Secretary Mnuchin

What seems to be a full reversal on a previously hostile Bitcoin stance is tempered by Mnuchin, who added that he still wouldn’t be buying BTC himself.

Bitcoin network node count sets new all-time high

Bitcoin’s node count has achieved another all-time high milestone with almost half of the nodes running on Tor.

How Pontem Network Aims To Unlock Facebook’s Diem Full Potential

There are many initiatives in the blockchain industry that can complement one another rather than serve as competition. For example, the much anticipated Facebook-backed Diem blockchain is a project getting much attention. This single move could almost instantly unlock 3.1 billion users into crypto. However, this closed-loop approach makes it difficult for developers to gauge […]

Almost exactly 10 years ago, proof of stake was invented by an anonymous person on the bitcointalk forum

A used going by the name QuantumMechanic made a post in 2011 called "Proof of stake instead of proof of work" where he introduced the world to a new concept he called PoS. Everything else is history, except he never got the credits for it. I will link hist post and paste it down below…
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Italian finance regulator issues warning on Binance crypto exchange

Italian Companies and Exchange Commission has warned that Binance is not authorized to facilitate crypto investment services in the country.

Softbank leads $800M investment for banking app Revolut

Now valued at $33 billion, Revolut didn’t rule out a potential IPO this year, but the firm’s CFO suggested that it was unlikely.

Bitcoin may have played a role in Tesla's decorrelation from Big Tech

The 20-day correlation between Tesla stocks and the Nasdaq 100 index has sharply dropped from 0.83 in mid-June to 0.14 as of this week.

EF Blog: London Mainnet Announcement – Tim Beiko

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