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El Salvador’s First Official Bitcoin Commercial for Chivo Wallet Airs

The first advertisement for the bitcoin wallet of El Salvador, Chivo Wallet, has been released. The ad is effectively the first government ad of this sort.Sponsored Sponsored Released on August 31, the ad is a quick explainer of bitcoin, the Chivo wallet, and the cryptocurrency’s benefits. The wallet is set to be available from September 7. https://s32659.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Chivo.mp4Chivo Wallet ad: El Salvador President Nayib Bukele’s Twitter handle El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele announced the wallet’s release date last week, confirming that the use of bitcoin would not be mandatory. This appeased

Ethereum Issuance Drops Below Bitcoin’s For the First Time, Why This May Lead to a New Rally

Ethereum has been on a rally for the past week, moving from a two-month low at $1,700 to its current level at $3,223. Several factors have pushed the crypto market into a new rally, but most seem to gravitate around ETH and its ecosystem. ETH moves sideways into the weekend on the 24-hour chart. Source: ETHUSD Tradingview After the implementation of EIP-1559, Ethereum’s native token became a deflationary asset due to the change in its fee mechanism. To validate transactions on the network a portion of ETH is “burn”, meaning

48,000% Returns? Popping the Hood on NFT Mania

On-Chain Markets Update by Lucas Outumuro, IntoTheBlockNFT mania continues to grow, with new drops popping up everyday and Ethereum’s gas prices consistently back above triple digits. The recent wave into NFTs was further amplified by Visa’s acquisition of a CryptoPunk and Budweiser’s buy of the beer.eth domain. Prices of notable NFT collections such as CryptoPunks and Bored Ape Yacht club had already been climbing throughout the past month and accelerated this week amidst the institutional interest coming into the space. This has led to impressive growth in volumes trading at OpenSea

New Lab Studies Suggest InBios COVID-19 POC Antigen Detection Test Will Detect Delta Variant

SCoV-2 Ag Detect Rapid Test SEATTLE (PRWEB) August 22, 2021 InBios International Inc., a leading developer of diagnostic tests for emerging infectious diseases, announced today that laboratory studies suggest its SCoV-2 Ag Detect Rapid Test will detect the Delta variant (lineage B.1.617.2), which is responsible for a rapid rise of infections and deaths in the US and around the world. Initial studies suggest that InBios’ point-of-care antigen test will detect the Delta variant at rates similar to the USA-WA1-2020 isolate that was used to develop the assay. “Having a rapid

Molecule Partners with VitaDAO and Nevermined Creating Pioneering Biopharma IP-to-NFT Transfer

[Press Release – Please see Disclaimer] Molecule, a decentralised biopharma marketplace, has developed a novel IP-to-NFT framework with Web3 technology innovator Nevermined. In a historic transaction, the first biopharma IPNFT was successfully transferred to research collective VitaDAO to fund novel longevity therapeutics at the University of Copenhagen. 18th August 2021, Basel, Switzerland — For the first time in history, NFTs are being used for a transfer of IP ownership in medical research. This unique milestone is a result of a partnership between biopharma IP marketplace Molecule, and VitaDAO, a decentralized

Chainlink (LINK) Continues Rally After Reclaiming Long-Term Support

In the previous weeks, Chainlink (LINK) reversed its downtrend and reclaimed the long-term support area near $24.10. If the altcoin maintains its strong momentum, it could see a strong upward move in the second half of August.Sponsored Sponsored LINK long-term movement Chainlink recorded the all-time high at $53 on May 10, 2021. Almost on the same day, a deeper correction in the crypto market began. LINK in a two-week period lost 72% of its value, measured to a low of $15 on May 23. It later tested this support area

Blockchain Analytics Platform Antinalysis Suspends Service

A service created to aid dark web users in uncovering compromised BTC addresses has been shut down after gaining the attention of state regulators. Sponsored Sponsored Antinalysis, a blockchain analytics tool that allows Bitcoin addresses to e checked to criminal activity has suspended operations. According to Elliptic, the tool allows cryptocurrency launderers to see if funds will be tagged as illegal funds by regulated exchanges before making a transaction.  Elliptic provides regulated cryptocurrency exchanges tools to check customers’ deposit links to any illegal or illicit activity they may be connected to.

Christie’s ‘No Time Like Present’ Auction Expected to Mark NFT Milestones

Auction giant Christie’s hopes to set several milestones in crypto art history with its upcoming “No Time Like Present” auction.Sponsored Sponsored The auction, scheduled to begin on September 17, will be based from Hong Kong, running for 11 days. This is special not least because, according to Christie’s themselves, the event will mark the first time an international auction house has ever made a non-fungible token (NFT) sale in Asia. Furthermore, it will be the first time that some of the artworks have been offered outside of an NFT trading

Tempus Unveils ETH 2.0 Fixed Rate Staking

Decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Tempus has announced a new staking method for Ethereum 2.0 which enables users to access a fixed-rate yield.Sponsored Sponsored In a blog post on Aug 4, Tempus founder David Garai explained that users can optimize their existing exposure to variable ETH 2.0 staking yields including the ability to get a fixed yield. Tempus is an open-source protocol that allows users to optimize their existing exposure to variable yield to better match their risk profile. It completed a $1.9 million seed round in mid-July.Sponsored Sponsored Fixed yields

This is a good sign for Bitcoin Cash BUT….

For the first time since June, Bitcoin’s price slipped below the $30k level on Tuesday. This dip managed to stir chaos in the market. However, the king coin was quick to recover and was trading just under $32k, at press time, thanks to the hype associated with the B Word conference. To put it in the words of Changing Zhao of Binance, “The market likes to play with our emotions.” Bitcoin’s 6.2% hike over the last 24 hours was well reflected in the one-day RoI of most alts. In fact,

Bitcoin’s future price action would depend on these key aspects

A massive drop, fear and anxiety at their peak, and a superstar entry back with a bang, pretty much sums up Bitcoin’s price action over the past week. The king coin’s downward trajectory led to a market-wide fall and a major bearish market. However, nothing is permanent in this crypto-verse where volatility is the name of the game. Bitcoin’s foray below the $30k zone didn’t last long either, and the asset soon made a strong comeback with gains of 6.25% in 24 hours, at the time of writing. A closer look

This is how confident whales are about Ethereum’s price

Ethereum has lost nearly 60% of its value since its peak back in May. However, the scale of the reversal in the value of the second-largest cryptocurrency has definitely invited more interest and support from crypto-holders in the market. ETH recently lost its support at $2,000 and dropped to $1,844, before recovering somewhat. To the market’s traders, however, this was a good entry point, with the subsequent buying pressure pushing the alt’s value to its press time value of $1,959. Buy low, sell high. We all know the basics of