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SVB shutdown sparks USDC depeg, highlighting DeFi risks

13 Mar 2023 1 minute read 0 comments FKlivestolearn $0.94

Although the damage has been contained for now, it shows how liquidity conditions can rapidly deteriorate across the board On Friday, March 10th, regulators shut down Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), marking the largest bank failure since the global financ...

Uniswap outpaces competitors in Ethereum’s DEX ecosystem

12 Mar 2023 2 minute read 3 comments FKlivestolearn $1.82

As of early 2023, Uniswap remains the largest decentralized exchange in terms of trading volume and liquidity Although decentralized finance hasn’t been immune from the broader crypto market downturn in 2022, nonetheless, this sector has seen phenome...

Silvergate fiasco gives another drubbing to the frailing crypto market

9 Mar 2023 3 minute read 3 comments FKlivestolearn $0.82

Seems like every time digital assets try to shake off the long crypto winter, another contagion event is lurking in the corner It has been one challenge after the other for cryptocurrencies in the last 12 months or so. The long ensuing winter seems t...

Market Minute: ‘Blur’ overpowers ‘OpenSea’ in NFT marketplaces

28 Feb 2023 2 minute read 0 comments FKlivestolearn $0.81

The novel NFT marketplace and aggregator has gained huge traction with its recent Airdrop While the overall crypto market has remained resilient despite the regulatory chatter, a new entrant in the NFT marketplace has shaken up this segment. Since it...

Market Minute: Correlation between Crypto exchange volumes & BTC price

21 Feb 2023 1 minute read 0 comments FKlivestolearn $1.52

Comparing the volume of centralized exchange Coinbase & decentralized Uniswap with Bitcoin price gives you an idea Crypto exchange volumes often fluctuate with Bitcoin price as it is the most dominant and well-known cryptocurrency. When the price of...

How many crypto tokens were believed to be pump & dump schemes in 2022?

17 Feb 2023 3 minute read 0 comments FKlivestolearn $0.56

Almost 24% (or 9902) of short-listed crypto coins contained relevant markers for pump-and-dump schemes Pump and dump schemes are basically a type of financial fraud that involves artificially inflating the price of an asset, through misleading or fal...

Bitcoin’s ‘Taproot’ upgrade spurs NFT activity

11 Feb 2023 2 minute read 2 comments FKlivestolearn $1.47

Ethereum dominates the NFT space, but a novel project may provide an additional use case for the premier crypto Bitcoin’s use case has been a hotly debated topic even since its inception. The proponents believe that it provides a great to conduct dec...

Market Minute: First return to BTC Profitable regime since Apr. 2022

9 Feb 2023 1 minute read 1 comment FKlivestolearn $0.48

January’s bullish price action has put the average BTC holder in a regime of unrealized profit. After a volatile January, which saw Bitcoin (BTC) and the associated cryptos spring back to life from the deep freeze of 2022, most of these digital asset...

2022 was a record-breaking year for crypto hackers

3 Feb 2023 1 minute read 1 comment FKlivestolearn $0.84

With $3.8 Billion stolen overall, the decentralized finance businesses were the main culprit Individuals and businesses have suffered billions of dollars in losses as hackers continued to attack a rapidly evolving Cryptoverse. As you can see in the c...

How has blockchain tech evolved since the launch of Bitcoin?

31 Jan 2023 3 minute read 0 comments FKlivestolearn $1.47

Coming to the forefront after the launch of the premier digital currency in 2008, it has transformed significantly The major rollout of blockchain technology started off with the publication of a whitepaper titled “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic...