Cryptocoin Spy

The fervour surrounding non-custodial exchanges, or decentralized exchanges (DEXes) – as they are commonly referred to as – has eased dramatically in recent times, along with the price of bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH), and the cryptocurrency market in general. A project called DEX.AG, however, is out to rekindle the haemorrhaging DEX narrative. That journey started today with the launch of DEX.AG’s alpha version.

While there are countries that are still arguing about how exactly to classify or regulate cryptocurrency – it appears as though Italy is busy trying to figure out how to use blockchain technology in ways that could make the world more efficiently. Specifically, Italy’s Senate is exploring exactly how to allow for “timestamping” with respect to blockchain and validate documents using blockchain.

The Joe Rogan Experience is one of the most popular podcasts in the world, and Joe Rogan is widely considered to be a pioneer of the space. Rogan used to host the popular show Fear Factor, but is also widely known as a UFC commentator and comedian, and he has a wide variety of individuals on his guests, from comedians, to conspiracy theorists such as Alex Jones, to some of the most well-known CEOs in the world, such as Elon Musk.

Often times, when cryptocurrency enthusiasts and proponents think about cryptocurrency and decentralization, we think about the fact that we can provide a way for those who do not have access to traditional financial institutions to have a way to exchange money. We also think about free speech, and the fact that central authorities cannot manipulate currencies. However, there’s a drawback.

The gambling industry has been through some radical changes over the last decade, especially with everything seeming to have shifted from desktop over to mobile and tablet. The online gambling market is predicted to be worth just under $60 billion USD by 2020, and with mobile gaming still booming, it has allowed other types of gaming to prosper too. One of those is crypto casinos, so what does the future hold for these?

Some of the most innovative minds in the crypto industry are uniting at Graph Day today, where the future of the emerging Web3 movement will be explored from a range of perspectives such as that of software developers, investors, and community members. Located at the Grand Theater in the heart of San Francisco, Graph Day, which is organized by The Graph, an indexing and query protocol for Web3 using GraphQL, has been in the making for several months.

There is one undeniable fact about markets and business – there are ups and downs, and times of growth and prosperity, and times where companies have to figure out how to cut costs as quickly as possible. While more people than ever are aware of blockchain and cryptocurrency, the markets still aren’t off to the best start, as it appears as though Bitcoin still cannot break past the $4000 resistance level (as of press time).

There is little doubt that blockchain will change the way that human beings interact with each other and the way that industries operate. However, many blockchain proponents are constantly wondering and debating about which industry will help the most regards with mass adoption. Well, it appears as though Changpeng Zhao, the CEO of Binance, has offered his opinion about a sector.

There is no doubt that there are many economists that have dismissed the cryptocurrency markets for years. There are those that believed that Bitcoin was going to be nothing more than a fad, and that it would never reach the prices that it has reached, even if it currently is continuing to consolidate under $4,000. Of course, there is something to be said for perspectives and biases.

Well, they left it to the penultimate day of the month, but those behind the Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) project have made good on their promise of a January launch after today saw the ERC20-compliant version of the bitcoin (BTC) cryptocurrency go live on the Ethereum (ETH) mainnet. For those that need reminding, the Wrapped Bitcoin project was unveiled late last October by its three founding projects – Kyber Network (KNC), BitGo and (the formerly named) Republic Protocol (REN).