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The advent of decentralized finance lending pools enabled the rise of a liquid decentralized money market. Improving DeFi lending in 2022 requires a revision of that advance and a return to the individual borrower and lender.Paul Frambot co-founded Morpho, an Ethereum application

After years working in labs studying the cell cycle and the genetics of human disease, Gennaro D'Urso founded Genetic Networks, a for-profit company focused on drug discovery. As a teenager, D’Urso lost vision in both of his eyes due to a genetic eye condition. He later rec

Will this investment vehicle skyrocket in value or become a questionable addition for my retirement portfolio?

Crypto mining companies have struggled mightily in 2022. But over the last week or so the tide may be turning. One shred of evidence came from Barclays, which initiated equity research coverage on Core Scientific (CORZ) earlier last week, issuing an “overweight” ratin

The rationale behind the origins of bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, in general, was to create a free environment for financial transactions to take place. Crypto enthusiasts have always argued in favor...

The Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) published its own highly anticipated report in response to U.S. President Joe Biden’s executive order on crypto earlier this week, calling on Congress to define the line between a security and a non-security, at least as far

Cryptocurrency might have started out as a Wild West of investing dominated by mavericks, but it's now firmly in the financial mainstream. Institutional investors and big banks treat it as a serious...

As the world continues to agonize over inflation and the harsh spillover effects from U.S. efforts to fight it, today’s U.S. jobs report suggests interest rate hikes are having only a moderate impact on employment and, by extension, wage growth. The U.S. added 263,000 jobs

For the first time, Chilean investors now have an opportunity to participate in the market via a new cryptocurrency fund offered through BTG Pactual’s regulated, secure digital platform.

SushiSwap is a decentralized finance platform on the Ethereum blockchain. How does it work, and is it worth investing in? Read on to learn more.

Adelle Nazarian, CEO of the American Blockchain PAC, whose advisory board is led by W. Scott Stornetta, a physicist who was one of the inventors of blockchain technology, and Alex Allaire, co-founder and CEO of the American Blockchain Initiative, recently published a federal legi

It is now imperative upon legislators to make progressive policies that effectively balance regulation and growth, especially in a nascent industry like crypto.

There are plenty of alternatives to bitcoin and other big-name cryptocurrencies. If you’re ready to invest in some crypto, consider these affordable options.

Cryptocurrency is digital money that isn't managed by a central system, like a government. Instead, it's based on blockchain technology, with bitcoin being the most popular one. As digital money...

Just because Rostin Behnam is the rare government official who can casually drop a comment that suggests a future explosion in bitcoin price, doesn’t mean he’s a crypto bro.The chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is widely seen in crypto circle

Elon Musk is buying Twitter (TWTR).No, he means it this time, really. Probably.

Elon Musk is buying Twitter.No, he means it this time, really. Probably.

Some luxury hotels are now offering a new perk: the ability to pay in cryptocurrencies. From Dubai to the Swiss Alps, several high-end hotels enable guests to swap their credit cards for their digital...

The move to PoS from PoW will make the Ethereum blockchain not only more scalable but also more energy efficient.

Soon after the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) blacklisted the Tornado Cash mixer program in August, Ethereum research and development firm Flashbots announced that it would, in accordance with U.S. Treasury Department sanctions, begin censoring trans