Brock Pierce and Tom Lee tip $200K BTC in 2022, despite missing the mark in 2021
Cointelegraph By Brian Newar - 0
Despite missing the mark with their $100,000 Bitcoin price predictions in 2021, Former Chief Strategy Officer at Block One Brock Pierce and co-founder of research firm Fundstrat Global Advisors Tom Lee are both tipping Bitcoin could hit $200,000 in 2022.Essentially they are doubling down on their ambitious projections...
Ethereum-based layer two scaling network Polygon has quietly fixed a vulnerability that put almost $24 billion worth of its native token MATIC at risk. According to a Dec. 29 blog post from Polygon, the “critical” vulnerability in the network’s Proof-of-Stake (PoS) Genesis contract was first highlighted by two...
5 ways derivatives could change the cryptocurrency sector in 2022
Cointelegraph By Marcel Pechman - 0
We‘ve all heard stories of billion-dollar future contracts liquidations being the cause of 25% intraday price crashes in Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) but the truth is, the industry has been plagued by 100x leverage instruments since BitMEX launched its perpetual futures contract in May 2016.The derivatives industry...
Bitcoin wallet addresses created in November inched toward 1 million
Cointelegraph By Joseph Hall - 0
Could retail investors be flocking back to Bitcoin (BTC)? In encouraging signs for a bullish 2022, Glassnode data reveals that 913,000 new Bitcoin addresses were added from November to the start of December this year. In a boon for BTC, on-chain analyst On-Chain College shared insightful data regarding retail...
Using public roads, trucking startup TuSimple completes 80-mile autonomous run – TechCrunch
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Hello again friends, and welcome to Daily Crunch for December 29, 2021.
This is going to be the last Daily Crunch for the year, as the news...
As digital asset prices had been hitting new historical highs in 2021, many jurisdictions were increasingly adopting cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) and other crypto-based instruments.In addition to Bitcoin crossing $68,000 for the first time since inception, the year of 2021 will be remembered for Bitcoin’s historical adoption as...
3 reasons why Convex Finance surged 215% in December to hit new all-time high
Cointelegraph By Jordan Finneseth - 0
The growth of the stablecoin sector within crypto has been one of the most impactful developments of 2021. In particular, stablecoins became integral to the expanding decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem as their total value eclipsed $162 billion, according to CoinMarketCap.One project that has seen its token price surge...
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