Advanced Blockchain Technologies
How blockchain technology can transform the mortgage industry
Bad mortgages once dragged the world into a financial crisis. Can smart contracts prevent the worst from happening again?
Brent Xu
Lens
Smart Contract
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Regulation
US charges two Europeans with helping N.Korea evade sanctions with crypto
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) says it has charged Spaniard Alejandro Cao de Benos and U.K. citizen Christopher Emms with allegedly assisting former Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith in presenting the uses of crypto to avoid U.S. sanctions against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). See related article: Former Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith gets […]
Danny Park
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DeFi News
Could CBDCs help banks make DeFi irrelevant?
Unregulated and fragmented, DeFi remains niche, writes John Mitchell of Episode Six. Here’s how programmable money can help banks do what decentralized finance is doing.
John Mitchell
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Market Analysis
Top 5 blockchain trends for 2022 and beyond
Looking beyond this year's headlines like El Salvador’s Bitcoin adoption, here are the key developments in blockchain technology that will have lasting impact in the new year and beyond.
Zoltan Vardai
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Altcoins
Is Terra — whose LUNA coin is now at another all-time high — really where the smart money is?
LUNA is now the 12th largest crypto, and Terra’s platform has been called 'Alipay on the blockchain.' What are Terra's investment risks? Forkast.News explains.
Zoltan Vardai
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DeFi News
As regulators circle above, how should the DeFi industry respond?
Traditional finance evolved over centuries while DeFi is coming into its own in a few years, writes Adi Ben-Ari of Applied Blockchain. Are its risks inevitable?
Adi Ben-Ari
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Altcoins
Cosmos price reaches for the stars as market remains firmly on the ground
As most of the crypto market stagnates, Cosmos has been on a tear over the weekend, gaining 35% since Saturday morning Asia time to reach an all-time high of US$44.54 this morning, according to CoinMarketCap.com. Fast facts Though it dropped slightly to US$41.72 just before press time, this jump marks the first time the ATOM […]
Lachlan Keller
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Smart Contracts
What are smart contracts and what are they used for?
In this Forkast.News explainer, learn why blockchains with smart contract capability are surging in popularity and the new darlings of investors.
Jimmy Aki
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Altcoins
Cardano set for Alonzo launch, smart contracts and NFTs to come
Cardano’s Alonzo hard fork will bring smart contracts and NFT support to the world’s third-largest blockchain. What will it mean for the crypto market?
Lachlan Keller
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Altcoins
Cardano ADA breaks $2 for first time since May as Alonzo launch date announced
Cardano breached the US$2 mark for the first time in almost three months as key developers announced a release date for the planned “Alonzo” hard fork on Friday, which will allow full smart contract functionality on the network. Fast facts Slated for full release on September 12, the upgrade to Cardano’s mainnet completes the Alonzo […]
Lachlan Keller
