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Brazil's Nubank amasses 1 million crypto customers in less than a month

The challenger wants to popularize access to cryptocurrencies in the country.

August 1, 2022 by Angelica Mari in Digital Assets

Crypto Coach: How to stay warm during a crypto winter

Despite record-breaking temperatures throughout the US, UK, and Europe this summer, the crypto world is in the midst of a deep freeze. The Crypto Coach provides suggestions on how you and your coins can stay warm this (crypto) winter.

July 26, 2022 by Steven Warren in Blockchain

DeFi: Injective Protocol's 'CosmWasm' upgrade adds more functionality for developers and users

The DeFi-focused smart contracts platform can now offer developers, and by extension, users, much more functionality and ease of use.

July 25, 2022 by Evan Zimmer in DeFi

How to prevent your crypto from being frozen when a centralized exchange goes bankrupt

In an already diminished crypto marketplace, coin holders are nervous. When their assets are frozen because their centralized exchange goes bankrupt, they get angry. The Crypto Coach shows you how to keep your cool by transferring your crypto coins from a centralized exchange to a digital wallet.

July 20, 2022 by Steven Warren in Altcoins

How to set up a MetaMask crypto wallet, your gateway to Ethereum

Whether you're buying, selling, trading, or transferring cryptocurrency assets, setting up a crypto wallet is the first step. The Crypto Coach gets you started with one of the more popular wallets: MetaMask.

June 28, 2022 by Steven Warren in Web3

Crypto Coach: How to make money playing P2E games

Play-to-earn games, or P2E games, are gaining popularity despite a pullback in the crypto marketplace, and for good reason: Gamers can still earn money while racking up points. The Crypto Coach shows you how to get started.

June 17, 2022 by Steven Warren in GameFi

Zero-knowledge proofs will play a major role in the future of Web3, DeFi and metaverse: Survey

In its "State of Zero-Knowledge Report 2022" survey, the Mina Foundation gauges the sentiment of crypto traders and developers about zero-knowledge proofs. Among its key findings: More than 40% of respondents see Finance as the industry most in need of zero-knowledge proofs.

June 14, 2022 by Marc Wojno in Web3

Voltz introduces first synthetic interest rate swap protocol for DeFi

Voltz's interest rate swap protocol for DeFi will introduce new products to enable cryptocurrencies to compete with traditional finance's interest rate swap marketplace.

June 2, 2022 by Marc Wojno in DeFi

Crypto Coach: How to set up a cold storage wallet

In the first of a series of reviews on cryptocurrency wallets, the Crypto Coach shows you how to set up a hardware wallet step by step. First up: The Trezor Model T wallet.

May 31, 2022 by Steven Warren in Altcoins

Don't expect to make money on Bitcoin or any other crypto this year

As values continue to decline, cryptocurrencies are losing their magical powers as a hedge against inflation. Now, they're less desirable compared to other investments such as tech stocks and fixed income securities, which means the rest of this year could be terrible for crypto.

May 26, 2022 by Tiernan Ray in Bitcoin

Bored Ape Yacht Club's 'Otherside' is open for business in secondary market. Read this before you go all ApeCoin

Yuga Lab's "Otherside" metaverse opened its doors to eager investors last Saturday, causing Ethereum to break, resulting in transaction fees of about $5,000. Nevertheless, if you missed out on opening night and going ape to invest in land on the secondary market, here's what you need to know about buying ApeCoin.

May 3, 2022 by Marc Wojno in NFTs

What you need to know about staking Ethereum

Staking is a far more environmentally friendly way to validate blockchains than mining with banks of energy-sucking crypto mining rigs. But there are factors to keep in mind with this new form of blockchain validation. Here's what you need to know before you go staking.

April 29, 2022 by Tiernan Ray in Blockchain

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