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Smart contracts and Eth 2.0

Saw the Lex interview with Vitalik, and something puzzles me. Currently, as I understand it, smart contracts and dapps run on chain in a distributed fashion. In the interview Vitalik said that with the upgrade to Eth 2.0 smart contracts will be run off chain, doesn’t this defeat the purpose decentralized processing? Can some ELI5,…
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Zort Launches a Token That Powers Its Automated Trading Platform

Having a successful investing career in cryptocurrencies is quite hard. Even if you are a seasoned trader in Forex, commodities, or any other traditional market, you will find crypto to be a completely different animal. Many reasons account for this. The best-known one is the crypto’s relatively low capitalization. That means that the markets are […]

Stake Technologies secures $10M to build dapp ecosystem for Polkadot and Kusama

The parent company of Plasm Network and Shiden Network has prioritized development initiatives centered around Polkadot and Kusama. The company received support from over a dozen venture firms and several other angel investors.

If you miss the early years of the internet you better cherish tf out of DeFi right now as it won’t last forever.

If you have a bit of nostalgia for early internet before it got whored out to govs and corporations, where there were no boomers/facebook Karens and influencers, just nerds on websites with absolute atrocious design if any and degen forums you better realize this is the short lived state that defi is going through right…
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Hedge fund manager Alan Howard invests in two crypto startups

A long-running backer of the crypto industry, billionaire hedge fund manager Alan Howard recently invested in two digital asset startups.

Cryptocurrency wins votes of confidence from Gov. Abbott, Texas Department of Banking

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NFT Roundup: Hoard Exchange’s New Marketplace, Enjin’s NFT-Powered Wellness App, Meme.com, and Much More

While the cryptocurrency market is gradually reclaiming the market capitalization it lost in May, the NFT ecosystem is in full bloom. New projects and platforms are flooding the world of NFTs, bringing fans and collectors a wider ensemble of epic collectibles. In this NFT roundup, we take a look at what’s new for the NFT […]

Understanding the risk of staking. Looking for clarification.

I’m considering staking my eth, but I was wondering about the risk. If I staked 1 eth and it had a failed verification and lost money, you don’t lose all of the eth, correct? Specifically, I’m wondering if when you lose out on staking if it means you lose all of the staked amount or…
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