The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is adding more fuel to the already widespread fire in the broader cryptocurrency market. On Friday, January 21, the SEC rejected MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin accounting standards noting that the company cannot strip out Bitcoin’s wild swings from its unofficial accounting standards. The news comes just as Bitcoin corrected 7%

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Singapore is telling all crypto companies within its borders to cease advertising their products and services to members of the public. This rule also applies to any banks or traditional institutions that offer crypto. They are not allowed to produce any advertisements and they cannot show these ads in public areas like on buses or...

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Cardano is one of the most widely used types of cryptocurrency, a type of digital currency that can only be used online. Cardano was founded in 2015 and first traded publicly in October 2017 for a few pennies per token. The currency is now worth more than $1.20 in January 2022, after having peaked at more than $3 in the previous 52 weeks. It is one of the top ten most valuable cryptocurrencies in total value. Cardano was established by Charles Hoskinson, a co-founder of Ethereum, another renowned cryptocurrency, and it uses blockchain technology to run on a decentralized public ledger. Like an unending receipt, Blockchain administers and monitors the cryptocurrency, documenting, and arranging every transaction that occurs with it. This decentralized mechanism validates transactions, checks their integrity, and aids in the system’s overall stability and error-free operation. In addition, Cardano has a “proof-of-stake” method, in which currency owners are entrusted with verifying transactions in exchange for a reward. This “staking” incentive might be a fun way to get money. What Is the Origin of Third Generation Crypto Cardano Coins? According to CoinMarketCap, there were approximately 33.5 billion ADA in circulation as of January 2022. Therefore, the entire supply of coins is limited to 45 billion. Cardano is similar to Bitcoin in that it has a fixed quantity of 21 million units. And it’s in contrast to Ethereum, which has an endless supply but a limited annual issuance. The proof of stake approach in Cardano lets those who hold the cryptocurrency have an interest in the system’s integrity – validate transactions on the Blockchain. Then, these validators get compensated (in a crypto coin). Stakers, on the other hand, may lose money if validators approve invalid transactions. You can stake your coins with a validator and receive commensurate compensation as a cryptocurrency owner. However, there is usually a cost for this service. What Is the Function of the Cardano Cardano’s platform supports several different features: Cardano is a cryptocurrency that may be sent and received, as well as transferred in exchange for products and services, using a cryptocurrency wallet. Cardano supports smart contracts, which autonomously self-execute when the contract’s criteria are met. Cardano enables people to interact directly and without authorization with other persons or companies, bypassing middlemen such as banks and other financial institutions. Cardano can enable lending, trading, asset management, insurance, and other common financial activities decentralized finance. Cardano RoadMap The Cardano roadmap is a timeline of the cryptocurrency’s evolution, divided into five eras: Byron, Shelley, Goguen, Basho, and Voltaire. Each era is defined by features that will be delivered over several code releases. While the Cardano eras will be delivered in order, the work for each era is done in parallel, with research, prototyping, and development happening simultaneously across the many development streams. Each era’s work is collected and exhibited on its page, signifying years of effort. Here you’ll find a summary of the era’s goals, as well as descriptions of the key functional components, connections to related academic research, status updates, and even real-time code changes. Phases of Cardano Development Cardano is being developed in five stages to be decentralized applications (DApps) development platform with a multi-asset ledger and verified smart contracts. Each of the five phases is referred to as an era and is named after a significant historical figure. The five eras, or phases, are as follows: Foundation (Byron era) Cardano is a third-generation blockchain built from the ground up with research, peer review, and a strict formal development strategy in mind. The tale began in 2015 to address the three major strategic difficulties that all blockchain networks face: scalability, interoperability, and long-term viability. Finally, after two years, thousands of GitHub commits, and hundreds of hours of research, Cardano’s first version was released in September 2017, ushering in the Byron era. Decentralization (Shelley era) Following the Byron era, Cardano’s Shelley era is a period of expansion and development for the network. However, unlike the Byron era, which began when the mainnet was established, the transfer to Shelley is intended to be a seamless, low-risk shift with no service interruptions. The Shelley period covers Cardano’s crucial early moves toward decentralization — which, like any initial step, will be modest but substantial. Smart Contracts (Goguen era) With the addition of smart contracts, the Goguen period marks a significant advancement in Cardano’s capabilities. Whereas the Shelley period decentralizes the system’s core, Goguen builds on Cardano’s robust foundation of peer-reviewed research and high-assurance development to allow users to create decentralized applications (DApps). Scaling (Basho era) The Cardano Basho period is one of optimization, with the network’s scalability and interoperability being improved. Whereas past development eras focused on decentralization and new functionality, Basho is all about enhancing the Cardano network’s actual performance to facilitate growth and acceptance for high-volume applications. … Continued

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Crypto billionaire Mike Novogratz says markets are now in bear territory after recent sell-offs.…

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Cathie Wood of Ark Invest believes El Salvador is on the right path when it comes to bitcoin innovation. She is very excited about all the fantastic progress the country has made in terms of BTC adoption, and she’s confident things will only get better from here for residents of the nation. Cathie Wood on...

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Olympus DAO is under fire after price drop and liquidations.

Stash chief executive Brandon Krieg was speaking to CNBC on Friday, a day after…

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On this episode of The Scoop, The Block's Frank Chaparro sat down with Charles Hoskinson, founder of Cardano and CEO of Input-Output Global, to unpack the ecosystem underpinning the price headlines.

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This week in crypto news: Tom Brady’s celebrity NFT banks $170M, hackers stole more than $30 million in Bitcoin and Ethereum, and more.

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The race to set up the building blocks of the metaverse is on and many companies are hard at work establishing the world’s first open-source, decentralized virtual universe. This race has in part been galvanized by the rise of NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens), whose values have shot up in price in direct correlation with rising cryptocurrency…

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