GMT’s downside pressure remains as an analyst calls STEPN a “hype-driven speculative frenzy.” A massive downtrend in the STEPN (GMT) prices witnessed in the last 30 days appears to be nearing exhaustion. GMT’s price has rebounded by nearly 35%—from $0.80 on May 27 to $0.99 on May 28. Interestingly, the upside retracement started after the...Continue Reading

Multiple metaverses use various technologies to build immersive worlds. Read about the key technologies that power the Metaverse. What are the challenges of the Metaverse? Users’ cognition, emotions, and behaviors can be influenced by key technologies that enable multiple metaverses. The expensive cost of equipment is a barrier to the widespread adoption of metaverse technologies...Continue Reading

NFTs are moving into the mainstream, but this requires a streamlined and trustworthy experience for the general public’s mass adoption. Nonfungible tokens (NFTs) have been in the headlines for the past few years. While swaths of the population have tried to get their head around why NFTs exist, demand has soared, institutions have been built,...Continue Reading

The Terra 2.0 mainnet (Phoenix-1) went live today as per the original timeline set by Terra developers and started producing blocks. Do Kwon, the co-founder and CEO of Terraform Labs, confirmed the relaunch of Terra’s new chain, Terra 2.0, which aims to revive the fallen Terra (LUNA) and TerraUSD (UST) ecosystem.  Kwon’s revival plan for...Continue Reading

The launch of the new LUNA mainnet comes as problems persist for other well-known altcoins. Bitcoin (BTC) analysts faced another day of frustration on May 28 as BTC/USD refused to offer volatility up or down. BTC/USD 1-day candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView “Not the decoupling we wanted” Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed the...Continue Reading

Will the potential long-term bear market of 2022 begin the push for increased privacy for people exchanging cryptocurrencies? The crypto market has been on a downward trajectory since the tail end of 2021. In early May 2022, it culminated in a dip that impacted traditional markets just as hard. The recent bust removed some speculation...Continue Reading

The past week in DeFi saw Uniswap breach $1 trillion trading volume, while WEF 2022 saw Terra at the center of most crypto and DeFi discussions. The decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem continues to struggle with the ongoing market volatility and after-effects of the Terra ecosystem collapse. Over the past week, major DeFi protocols showed signs...Continue Reading

The network difficulty recorded a drop of 4.33% — falling from 31.251 trillion to 29.897 trillion on May 26, just two weeks after attaining its all-time high. The Bitcoin network witnessed a historic event on May 12 when the network difficulty attained its all-time high of 31.251 trillion as miners mined nearly 50,000 BTC of...Continue Reading

What will our identity look like in the Metaverse? A decentralized Web3 suggests it’ll be completely in our control, but growing amounts of information stored online suggest otherwise. “The Metaverse” and “Web3” are the buzzwords of the moment, with their concepts permeating across the worlds of fintech, blockchain, and now even mainstream media. With decentralization...Continue Reading

Halfway through 2022, at the proof of concept stage, RBI is in the process of verifying the feasibility and functionality of launching a CBDC. Further cementing India’s decision to introduce an in-house central bank digital currency (CBDC) in 2022-23, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) proposed a three-step graded approach for rolling out CBDC “with...Continue Reading