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Lucas is a journalist with a background in covering blockchain and crypto. He has been closely following the rising adoption of blockchain across multiple major industries and has interviewed some of the key figures leading its development. Lucas believes blockchain technology will create a more efficient, transparent and connected world, and foster access and inclusion within the global financial system.
NFTs and Art
Despite speculation that the NFT market is cooling, OpenSea continues to post record transaction volumes, and Hong Kong artists are getting in on the action.
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Altcoins
Ethereum’s London hard fork sees a smooth launch as the crypto market sends Ether’s price soaring.
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Crypto Trading and Strategies
Will Google greenlighting US crypto ads, Ethereum’s London upgrade and clearer regulations pave the way for another Ether price rally?
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Altcoins
ETH rose in a historic run in anticipation of 'Ethereum halving' — but dipped on the eve of the London hard fork. Forkast.News asks top cryptocurrency analysts to find out why.
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DeFi News
At EthCC in Paris, Ethereum’s boyish creator lays out a vision for the blockchain's non-finance uses — like ridding social media of bots and fake news.
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Bitcoin News
As Bitcoin’s carbon footprint continues to make ESG investors uneasy, a new clean-energy crypto mining ETF aims to allay their environmental concerns.
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DeFi Innovations
Neon Labs, a firm focused on secure blockchain technology, announced today that it will be deploying a cross-chain Ethereum virtual machine on the Solana testnet. Neon’s EVM will allow any decentralized application from the Ethereum ecosystem to leverage the high throughput and fast block times of Solana, and to access the lower gas prices of […]
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Bitcoin News
The price of gold is rising with inflation. Then why is ‘digital gold’ Bitcoin's price stagnant — and public interest in BTC falling to a new low?
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DeFi Platforms
CEO Jack Dorsey announced that his mobile payments company Square has created a new division dedicated to decentralized finance (DeFi) on Bitcoin. For now, Dorsey is referring to the new Square Bitcoin DeFi platform as TBD, having not yet decided on an official name. Fast facts The DeFi space, which has grown exponentially over last […]
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Regulation
The European Central Bank has launched a two-year project to prepare for the potential issuance of a digital euro. The central bank digital currency would be supported by an underlying architecture with a negligible environmental impact compared to Bitcoin’s hugely energy-intensive blockchain. Fast facts The ECB has begun the investigation phase of a digital euro […]
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