At a time when the carbon footprint of crypto mining is in the news, Wrapped has announced the first carbon-neutral, Bitcoin-backed asset. Called the Eco BTC (eBTC), the asset combines Bitcoin and MCO2 (MOSS.Earth Carbon Credits) of the industry-leading environmental platform Moss Earth in a single digital asset. The credits are fully tokenized. Besides transacting […]
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Investing In THORChain (RUNE) – Everything You Need to Know
THORChain (RUNE) is an independent blockchain, cryptocurrency, and cross-chain decentralized exchange (DEX). The platform combines a variety of proprietary protocols to accomplish these functions. Notably, ThorChain’s development team created the platform with the goal to power the next generation of cross-chain decentralized exchanges. What Problems Does THORChain (RUNE) Attempt to Fix? THORChain attempts to tackle […]
PancakeSwap’s May Volume Outperforms All Major DEXs in April Combined
Neither the author, Tim Fries, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. In May, PancakeSwap experienced tremendous growth, going from one of the underdogs in the DEX market in April, to arguably the market leader in May. Statistics from theblockcrypto show that PancakeSwap’s trading volume in […]
The Current State of Ethereum is Very Cheap
In a matter of two weeks, the Ethereum blockchain has gone from extremely expensive to use to now being very cheap. During the recent market sell-off, as people rushed to sell their coins or were forced to sell their cryptos, made some attempts to buy the dips, and opened short to take advantage of the […]
GazProm To Mint NFT For Best Goal Scorer At EURO
NFTs are no longer a passing hype. Since the explosion of digital currencies, users have started understanding the underlying importance of blockchain. The explosion of NFTs into the market influences our need for ownership in a less than private digital environment. The topic of NFTs has gained a lot of mainstream attention. We are shifting […]
Ripple vs Stellar Lumens – What’s the Difference?
Understanding the differences between Ripple (XRP) vs Stellar Lumens (XLM) is a crucial step in familiarizing yourself with the blockchain sector. Both of these projects have a strong community following and other characteristics they share in common. That being said, there are still many differences between the platforms that make each uniquely suited for their […]
Investing in Polygon (MATIC) – Everything You Need to Know
What is Polygon? Polygon, formerly known as Matic, is a framework to build Ethereum compatible blockchain networks. To describe the features of Polygon, their whitepaper uses a term that perfectly sums the quality of the project – “Built by Developers, for Developers.” Now, the question is what problem does Polygon solve. Let’s explore the answer. […]
After Several Years, The SEC Charges BitConnect Promoters
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged five individuals for promoting the global unregistered digital asset securities offering, BitConnect, that raised over $2 billion from retail investors between January 2017 to January 2018. BitConnect organized a global network of promoters through referral commissioners and used them to sell securities in its “lending program” without […]
Token-less Ethereum Layer 2 Arbitrum Chooses ETH as its Native Asset
Mainnet beta of much-awaited Arbitrum is now live on Ethereum and is open to developers. The Ethereum layer 2 scaling solution has begun onboarding infrastructure and projects. And as the team noted in its official announcement, “the developer interest and enthusiasm for Arbitrum has exceeded our wildest expectations.” More than 250 teams have already reached […]
How MMT Plays a Major Role in the Taxation of Cryptocurrencies
Neither the author, Tim Fries, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. How the federal government arrived to view the nature of money and debt will have a big impact on how it treats cryptocurrencies. So far, mortal threats are not on the horizon, with an […]
