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Russia’s Anti-Monopoly Agency Proposes Higher Electricity Rates for Home Crypto Miners

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The anti-monopoly service of Russia has suggested that Russians minting digital currencies at their homes should pay more for the spent electrical energy. The proposal comes after the submission of a bill tailored to regulate cryptocurrency mining to the Russian parliament….

A Look at the First Quarter’s Top Performing Cryptocurrencies in 2022

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The first quarter of 2022 has come to an end and specific digital currency markets have seen a lot of action during the last three months. Out of the top ten digital currencies, terra (LUNA) saw the biggest gains, jumping more…

Stablecoin Economy Continues to Balloon as USDC’s Market Cap Crosses $50 Billion

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As the entire lot of 12,333 digital currencies hovers just above $1.8 trillion in value, the stablecoin economy has recently swelled to $178.8 billion or 9.9% of the entire crypto economy. Out of the top five stablecoins, usd coin (USDC) saw…

Cardano Price Surges After Metaverse Project Launch, ADA Gains More Than 30% in 7 Days

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The smart contract token cardano has surged in value during the last 24 hours after a metaverse project called Pavia launched. Seven-day statistics indicate that cardano’s price has spiked 30.9% over the week and took over the fifth-largest crypto market cap…

30 Day NFT Sales Continue to Run Hot With Punks and Apes, Metaverse Trade Volume Skyrockets

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The number of recorded non-fungible token (NFT) sales during the last 30 days consisted of roughly 362,374 sales. During the past 30 days, the leading NFT marketplace Opensea processed $2.39 billion, up 22.88% since last month. Decentraland volume jumped 192% since…

Dogecoin, Shiba Inu, Dogelon Mars Lead the Pack of 45 Doge-Like Tokens Capturing Astronomical Gains

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2021 has been the year of decentralized finance (defi), non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and meme tokens as well. During the first week of August, roughly 30 dogecoin-like crypto assets existed and today, there are now 45 tokens with the terms “dog,” “shiba,”…

Total Value Locked in Cross-Chain Defi Bridges Exceeds $22 Billion, Jumping 48% in 30 Days

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On October 29, the total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) protocols is around $243 billion with Curve capturing 7.76% of the dominance. Meanwhile, as ethereum has the largest dominance of TVL in defi, a number of alternative blockchains are…

Bitcoin ETF Approval Expected by Month’s End, Prominent Hedge Fund Puts More Weight Behind BTC

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The price of bitcoin soared past the $55K handle on Wednesday for the first time in four months giving proponents hope the crypto bull run has been re-ignited. Speculators are predicting a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) will be approved soon and…

NFT Market Sales Drop by More Than 50% — Popular NFT Collection Trade Volumes Nosedive

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After non-fungible token (NFT) sales soared during the month of August, the first week of September’s NFT sales has been awful. Statistics show the number of sales in mid-August tapped a high of 193,693 sales but plummeted 86% to 27,053 sales…