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Metaverse Token up 100% After Facebook Rebrands to Meta

The prices of crypto metaverse tokens are soaring as much as 100% in the wake of Thursday’s news that Facebook was rebranding to ‘Meta’ in a bid [...]

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31 October 2021 13:07

This Week on Crypto Twitter: The Wolf of Wall Street, SHIB Boasts and CryptoPunks

After Bitcoin’s all-time high boosted traders to altitudes never reached before, the past few days included plenty of surreal and heady moments on Crypto Twitter.  First, remember [...]

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31 October 2021 10:58

Oculus CTO: ‘Unlikely’ that Meta Will Totally Embrace Crypto

On Thursday, Oculus’s Chief Technology Officer John Carmack said during a live keynote speech about Facebook’s new metaverse that “it’s unlikely we’re going to be in the [...]

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30 October 2021 15:46

This Week in Coins: Bitcoin and Ethereum Hit ATH and SHIB Becomes Top 10 Token

Illustration by Mitchell Preffer for Decrypt Crypto never fails to disappoint fans of volatility. This week, Bitcoin and Ethereum reached prices never seen before, then promptly pulled [...]

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30 October 2021 15:26

Woof! What to Make of Dogecoin, SHIB, and FLOKI

A friend of mine who is a school administrator in Connecticut, and knows nothing about crypto, has been asking me for months what coins she should buy. [...]

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30 October 2021 14:01

Ethereum Gas Fees Have Risen 2,300% Since June

The average transaction fee on Ethereum is soaring at $51.45, according to data from crypto metrics site BitInfoCharts. The figures show an increase of 2,293% since late [...]

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30 October 2021 13:37

Is DeFi 2.0 a Thing Yet?

DeFi Friday is Decrypt’s DeFi email newsletter. (art: Grant Kempster) Over the past few weeks, you may have begun to see the term “DeFi 2.0” appear on [...]

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30 October 2021 12:11

Behind the DeFi War of Words Between Aave and Yearn

Dodgers and Giants. India and Pakistan. Vin Diesel and The Rock.  Time to add another rivalry to the list: Aave and Yearn. Earlier this week, Cream Finance—an [...]

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29 October 2021 20:45

SHIB Flips Dogecoin Again as Meme Coins Jostle for Supremacy

It’s been a wild week for canine-themed meme coins and tokens. Shiba Inu (SHIB) vaulted into the top 10 for the first time and dethroned Dogecoin (DOGE) [...]

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29 October 2021 20:34

Patreon May Let Creators Offer Fans ‘Exclusive Memberships’ Through Social Tokens

Patreon lets creators earn income directly from supporters via subscriptions, potentially yielding stronger bonds with fans while enabling new types of business models. Now, the service says [...]

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29 October 2021 19:09

Introducing PubDAO, a Decentralized Crypto News Wire

Today, Decrypt did something we’ve never done before: published an original news story that will also run on multiple other sites.  The story, which hits on multiple [...]

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29 October 2021 14:02

How Lobster NFTs and a DAO Helped Give Crypto a Voice in Washington

NFT collectibles can rapidly create communities around a shared interest—or a cause. And the most pressing cause in cryptoland recently has been preparation for increased U.S. government [...]

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29 October 2021 13:59

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