On Monday, developers of decentralized nonfungible tokens (NFTs) borrowing and lending protocol Bend DAO proposed new emergency measures in an attempt to stabilize the ecosystem. The same day, it was revealed that the project had just as little as 15 wrapped Ether (wETH) worth $23,715 to pay back lenders. Approximately
What is Premium Income? Premium income can refer to the proceeds an investor derives from writing (selling) options contracts or the income an insurer derives from payments from policyholders. In both cases, premium income comes from the sale of risk protection to a buyer. Investors can sell options for premium
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According to local news outlet 36kr.com, Chinese technology conglomerate Tencent recently received a novel patent for a blockchain-based missing person’s poster. The patent took nearly three years to be awarded from the date of its first submission in December 2019. The patent consists of a data generation request upon user
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Imaginez si l’épicerie, le fournisseur de téléphonie mobile et la plus grande entreprise nationale de construction appartenaient tous à la même entreprise. Vous pouvez acheter à peu près n’importe quoi et ne jamais avoir à enrichir des concurrents. C’est essentiellement la situation au Mexique, où réside l’une des personnes les
After the rising wedge formation was broken on Aug. 17, the total crypto market capitalization quickly dropped to $1 trillion and the bulls’ dream of recouping the $1.2 trillion support, last seen on June 10, became even more distant. Total crypto market cap, USD billion. Source: TradingView The worsening conditions
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