Decentralized finance (DeFi) is one of the latest innovations that has emerged out of the blockchain-powered, decentralized economy. Primarily built on the Ethereum network, DeFi applications provide users with traditional financial services but in a decentralized, borderless manner that enables anyone across the globe with an internet connection to gain access to financial products and…
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How You Can Earn 7% or More on Your Savings with the Power of DeFi
The average American certainly has their fair share of financial burdens. Taxes, debt, record low-interest rates (APY) on savings, high housing costs, and lower real wages than in previous decades. Toss in the impact of Covid-19 on our personal economic well-being, and you get quite the toxic stew of financial challenges, particularly for low and…
How Blockchain Could Help Limit the Spread of the Novel Coronavirus
Things are pretty crazy in the world right now with the novel coronavirus pandemic. We need innovative solutions to stop its spread, bring people back to health, and eradicate the disease. Blockchain is being used in healthcare already across the globe, but this technology also offers a potential weapon in the fight. Let’s take a…
Rapper Akon to power his “Akon City” in Senegal with the Akoin Utility Token
Akon is preparing to launch Akoin, a cryptocurrency built on the Stellar network to be released for use in his upcoming “Akon City” in Senegal and throughout all 54 countries on the African continent. Akoin will be the sole currency used to support Akon City, with the plans finalized on January 13th, 2020, according to…
The Top 5 DeFi Platforms You Need to Know About
In many ways, 2019 was an important year. Similar to how BTC’s explosively lateral move of late 2017 had everyone and their grandmother talking about bitcoin, 2019’s growth in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space awoke us from our cold, crypto winter slumber––reigniting interest in the potential of financial decentralization. The Tether controversy kicked off this…
7 Ways to Potentially Make Money with the Lightning Network
We are close to the two-year anniversary of the launch of the Lightning Network (beta), which marks a milestone for the second-layer Bitcoin scaling solution that enables lightning-fast, cheap, off-chain bitcoin transactions. While bitcoin users across the globe are rejoicing at being able to use the digital currency as a low-cost spending currency again, the…
Top 10 Digital Assets in 2019: A Market Overview
In this article, you will be introduced to the top ten digital assets as ranked by their market cap, according to CoinMarketCap.com on 10/29/2019, along with a discussion of the crypto-asset market in 2019. Bitcoin (BTC) The world’s first digital currency, bitcoin (BTC), continues to claim the number one spot in terms of market capitalization,…
