Axie Infinity, an Ethereum-based gaming platform based around NFT creatures, has been making headlines in the crypto world over the past few days. The blockchain-based game and digital marketplace offer its native token (AXS), which players use to purchase, breed, and trade the platform’s token-based creatures dubbed axies. The Crypto Behind the Social Media Frenzy The platform’s play-to-earn model, which […]

What do mosquitoes and bitcoin have in common? Well, nothing really, though there is a company called Spartan Mosquito – designed to kill and control the population of the nasty little bloodsuckers – that just accepted its first bitcoin payment. Now, it looks like it is on a quest to accept bitcoin and several other cryptocurrencies for all its products […]

Elon Musk, who famously refers to himself as “The Dogefather” in the crypto space seems to be fast losing traction with his “investor” followers on social media platforms for the past few weeks after his recent often hyped twitter commentaries on Dogecoin and Bitcoin failed to spark notable price movements of these assets as was previously the norm. Most of […]

Terra and Harmony have announced a full-stack partnership. Terra and Harmony Link Up True to our cross-chain and interoperability vision, today we’re announcing a deep integration and partnership with Terra, a large and growing ecosystem focused on programmable money and other financial primitives. Stephen Tse, Founder of Harmony said the following: “We are excited to work with Terra to continue […]

Global payments juggernaut Visa is doubling down on crypto. In a conversation with CNBC on July 7, Visa chief financial officer Vasant Prabhu said the company has grand plans for digital currencies. Precisely, Prabhu stated that Visa is working on building an ecosystem to make crypto more usable. “We are doing a lot to create an ecosystem that makes cryptocurrency […]

Cryptocurrency payment provider Simplex has added SEPA Instant to its list of payment methods, giving European partners the ability to move funds into digital assets with greater ease and flexibility.  SEPA stands for Single European Payment Arena, which enables payment harmonization across the European Union. With SEPA Instant, credit transfers are processed and settled within seconds. The fully automated process […]

This series started as a way to consider the economic impact of the halvening and the balance between mining for the bitcoin subsidy versus processing transactions and data for profit as part of the act of being an honest node. But it has changed a little bit as we gain more perspective over time. Now, I like to think of […]

PolkaTrail (TRAIL) will launch its listing on the top-tier cryptocurrency trading platform, BitMart, on July 7, 2021. All BitMart users will be able to officially access and trade the TRAIL/USDT pair as of 4.00 AM EDT. To mark this milestone, the trading platform is giving away prizes worth a total of 666,666 TRAIL. This will be done through Social Media […]