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Like fiat currencies, cryptocurrencies have no fundamental value. So what is the value of Bitcoin?
The crypto wars are hotting up.
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Ethereum’s Altair upgrade is about to go live, in a big step towards a faster, greener ethereum 2.0.
Welcome to the latest craze in gaming.
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If you haven’t heard of Axies yet, it’s probably about time.
Big rates, not insignificant risks.
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Operators like BlockFi and Nexo offer rates that are north of 9%.
Children in a classroom in Gondar in the Amhara Region. Ethiopia has signed a deal to register 5 million school children using blockchain.
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It’s time to shift focus away from bitcoin and to pay more attention to other blockchain projects promising to make real contributions to the world.
From dawn til Musk.
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Bitcoin prices have plunged after the world’s second richest person tweeted that Tesla would no longer accept the cryptocurrency.
The Ys and wherefores.
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The digital yuan could make transactions faster, cheaper and more transparent, but there are dangers for the global economy.
NFTs can be used to prove who created and who owns digital items like these images by the artist Beeple shown at an exhibition in Beijing.
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NFTs are made the same way as crypto coins, but where every crypto coin is like every other, each NFT is a unique digital item – from images to sound files to text.
Welcome to web 3.0.
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While bitcoin is only a currency, the second-largest cryptocurrency is at the heart of a platform that aims to transform the internet.
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There’s more substance to the surging price of Bitcoin than last time. But there’s still good reason to be cautious about investing in it.
There has been massive growth in decentralised finance in the past three years.
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Welcome to the financial revolution that you probably haven’t even heard of.
Get used to it.
Anastasiia Bakai
Rumours of the collapse of the cryptoworld have been much exaggerated.
‘We have you surrounded!’
Wit Olszewski
Bitcoin is up over 40% in 2020, but the likes of ethereum, bitcoin cash and bitcoin SV have all achieved triple-digit rises.
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A lot of banks started experimenting with blockchain in 2015 but they’ve made little progress.
Freight micro-entrepreneur in Lagos, Nigeria.
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Countries in Africa have some of the highest rates of entrepreneurship in the world, yet their contribution to the economy is limited. Technology such as the blockchain, drones and AI could provide a way forward.
OK computer.
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Get it right and libra could be the world’s first truly global currency. Get it wrong, on the other hand …
An illustration of Crawford Long removing a tumor from the neck of James Venable.
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Most medical historians agree that one of the most important advances in medicine was the use of ether to numb pain during surgery. Just who deserves credit for this has been another story.
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Bitcoin may have a large carbon footprint, but cleaner digital currencies aren’t going to prevent an environmental disaster.
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Satoshi Nakamoto proposed Bitcoin in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.
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Bitcoin needs regulation to bring it into the mainstream but this goes against its libertarian ideals.