A Cardano (ADA) Shopify integration is in the works to enable payments in ADA cryptocurrency for more than 500k online stores. Pay with ADA at Shopify Jeronimo Backes, an Australia-based developer is working on the development of a Cardano integration dubbed the “Cardano e-commerce integration project,” that will enable ADA holders to pay with the

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Coinbase and Square become the latest platforms to venture into the ever-growing crypto lending space. Coinbase revealed a new loan feature that would enable users to borrow cash with Bitcoin as collateral. Coinbase Cash Loans with Bitcoin Collateral In a blog post published on Wednesday (August 13, 2020), Coinbase, a major U.S. cryptocurrency exchange announced

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Open-source cryptocurrency wallet MyEtherWallet (MEW) integrates leading DeFi lending platform Aave (LEND) and blockchain interoperability protocol Ren (REN) into its ecosystem via MEWConnect. Laying the Blocks for Decentralized Economy via MEWconnect DeFi is all the rage today, and it shows no sign of slowing down anytime soon, perhaps for all the right reasons. The idea

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A high-flying crypto project denoted by a sweet potato emoji was stopped “dead” in its tracks Thursday after a smart contract vulnerability was discovered hours before a “rebasing.” Yam Falls Prey to Poor Smart Contracts Crypto is the roller-coaster that never fails to give. This morning, governance and money experiment project Yam Finance gave the

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For the first time in Ethereum’s history, miners earned a record 30,500 ETH on Aug 12 as revenue from transaction fees – at 17,000 ETH ($6.87 million), exceeded block rewards — which stood at 13,500 ETH.  DeFi and DEXes Activities on the Rise The spike in transaction fees saw the previous record posted during the

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Over a million South Koreans now boast of having drivers licenses issued on the blockchain, as per local reports Thursday. Blockchain ID Accepted Everywhere Launched just over two months ago in May, the South Korean program for issuing driver licenses over a public blockchain has already attracted over one million Koreans, showing huge interest in

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India’s Election Commission (EC) is currently weighing the possibility of integrating distributed ledger technology (DLT) into the nation’s electioneering process to make it possible for residents to vote remotely in a secure manner, reports TheIndianExpress on August 10, 2020. India May Adopt Blockchain for Voting  In a bid to eliminate geographical barriers in the electioneering

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Today, Aug 12, CoinMarketCap (CMC)—a website that tracks the performance of different digital assets, announced a program that will see learners in select jurisdictions earn cryptocurrencies by completing educational tasks. For a limited period, CMC users will learn about the oracle problem and how solutions presented by the Band Protocol helps power the open finance, or

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VeChain (VET), a distributed ledger technology (DLT) project that claims to be dedicated to helping users enhance supply chain management and business processes, has joined forces with the University of Oxford to propose an evaluation framework for blockchain consensus algorithms, according to a blog post on August 11, 2020. Making Blockchain Adoption Easier  In a

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At a time when the IOTA development team prepares for Chrysalis, EDAG — a well-known pioneer and innovation driver in the mobility sector, has announced that its CityBot will use IOTA tokens for digital payments as per an update on Aug 11.  EDAG and IOTA Deal Envisioning a future city that is clean, worth living, quite,

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