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Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) derivatives contracts offered by CME Group saw record activity in the second quarter, offering tangible evidence that professional traders were still accessing digital assets during the bear market.  The average daily open interest (OI) across CME’s crypto futures products reached 106,200 contracts in the second…

When Ethereum was launched in July 2015, the world was introduced to the concept of smart contracts that hoped to revolutionize the blockchain space and allowed anyone from developers to enthusiasts to deploy decentralized applications (DApps) on the Ethereum mainnet.  With various DApps currently in use across different blockchains like…

The Ethereum mainnet is just one testnet merger away from officially transitioning to a proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain. After multiple shadow forks and testnet merges, the years-long journey has reached the final stage with the announcement of the final testnet merge to the Beacon chain. The transition to PoS began in…

A recent report from Absolute Reports projects massive growth for the GameFi industry within the next six years.  The research has the play-to-earn nonfungible token (NFT) game industry with an estimated value of $2.8 billion within the time span from 2022–2028. Moreover, the compound annual growth rate of the industry…

On-chain metrics firm Santiment says it is still investigating the cause of a sudden surge of ETH active addresses, which have eclipsed the previous ATH by a whopping 48% On July 27, the analytics firm tweeted that the number of daily active addresses on Ethereum had suddenly spiked to 1.06…

Cuba’s art market shut down completely during the pandemic, leading the community to turn to digital markets for survival. However, artists say that they remain censored due to the United States sanctions against Cuba, with US based platforms like Open Sea going to the extremes of deleting content and accounts…

It’s been 40 years since the classic sci-fi adventure film Tron hit movie screens around the world. Produced by Donald Kushner and released by Walt Disney Productions, its highly original futuresque concept made history by revolutionizing the use of computer animation in film while introducing audiences to one of the earliest…

The chair of the European Banking Authority, or EBA, a European Union agency that regulates banking activities, has reportedly expressed concern that a dearth of talent experienced in the crypto space could hurt its ability to overse the market. According to a Wednesday report from the Financial Times, EBA chair…

COIN could tumble to $21 in the next few months amid Coinbase’s insider trading allegations and weak technicals. Check out our Latest News and Follow us at Facebook Original Source

The adoption of Bitcoin (BTC) in emerging markets was a focal point on the first day of the Blockchain Economy Istanbul event, with calls for a focus on case-by-case use of Bitcoin to maximize its reach. The two-day summit sees prominent speakers from the cryptocurrency ecosystem converge with the likes…