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But the hacks didn’t stop. In 2016, the DAO–a blockchain organization that was based on Ethereum–lost what was worth $50 million at the time, due to a technical error someone seized upon. This, once again, sent shockwaves through the community–but also had the unfortunate impact of normalizing these types of hacks for some people.
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That seems to be the overall message from most. Even Innes, who has been critical of bitcoin and crypto-trading for quite a while, admits that this doesn’t mean the blockchain is bunk. He, in fact, sees things looking up. “If this base can hold,” he says, “[the price will] start drifting up.” But not because of fervor or blind faith that bitcoin is the future, but due to advances on the technology side.
These are just two of the crypto coins challenging the dominance of Safemoon, and some like Bitrise are putting up a very tough competition to Safemoon based on the products offered, among many other features. From the powerful wallet to the exchanges, among many other products, the coin is one of toughest Safemoon competitors.
The hyper deflation payment network token has caused ripples in the crypto world and continues doing well on top of all this.
Crypto gains may be fueling the labor shortage as people buck low-paying work and take their chances on risky digital assets, research firm says
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The teenager set up a fake gift voucher website and bought a haul of Bitcoins which soared in value.
This is the latest in a string of recent high-profile trading problems in crypto. Synthetify, a new decentralized exchange, was forced to shut down for a while earlier this month shortly after its debut because of bad data provided by the Pyth Network, a price feed backed by some of the world's most well-known trading and exchange firms. Pyth malfunctioned another time in September, erroneously making it appear that Bitcoin had crashed 90%.
Cryptocurrencies are inherently cryptic — it’s right there in the name. And if you follow Warren Buffett’s advice to never invest in businesses you can’t understand, it may be hard to justify investing in a currency made of math instead of gold.
Research shows the US taking the top spot for global mining following a crackdown in China.
Safemoon members are now joining in the thousands with competing cryptocurrencies, like Bitrise, and this could continue if the Safemoon team does not address the fundamental issues. However, Safemoon remains one of the most powerful crypto coins out there, but dominance may be short-lived.
Cryptocurrency is going mainstream — and becoming increasingly difficult for investors to ignore.
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OK perhaps that’s a little far-fetched. But what is behind crypto’s crazy climb over the past 18 months, we hear you ask? We don’t mean to suggest that the pandemic hasn’t been involved, because we think it has, but not in the way that this chart criminal implies — not, in other words, because it’s some kind of safe haven that traders flock to when they are worried about Covid cases rising; the data don’t bear that idea out.