Other 19/07/21 20:00 by Reynaldo Marquez

This Is Why Grayscale Is Doubling Down On Its DeFi Bet With New Fund

Digital asset manager Grayscale has launched a new DeFi fund with CoinDesk Indexes, according to a press release. The Grayscale Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Fund will offer its clients exposure to som...
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Crypto 04/06/21 23:30 by Reynaldo Marquez

Why Solana and Polkadot Have Been The Least Impacted By The Crypto Crash

Research firm Messari published a report on the performance of 5 sectors in the crypto industry after the recent crash. Written by Roberto Talamas, the report determined that smart contracts (Solana, ...
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Altcoins 23/04/21 22:32 by Reynaldo Marquez

Ethereum, SOL, BSC These Are The Winners Of The “Ecosystems Wars”

A report by Messari researcher Roberto Talamas explores the performance of the most important cryptocurrencies in the “ecosystem wars”. From Ethereum, Cosmos, Solana, Binance Smart Chain, ...
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Other 19/04/21 22:00 by Reynaldo Marquez

How SushiSwap’s New Products Could Propel It To The DeFi Top

The DeFi sector saw a sharp drooped in its Total Value Locked, according to DeFi Pulse data. At the time of writing, the metric is recovering quickly and stands at $54.93B. Sitting at the number six s...
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Other 10/04/21 23:08 by Reynaldo Marquez

Why this OlympusDAO’s product could be amongst DeFi most lucrative

Taking the market by storm, OlympusDAO’s native OHM is up 95.8% this week alone and 31.1% in the past two weeks. At the time of writing, OHM is trading at $812,76 with 7.3% profits in the 24-hou...
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Other 03/02/21 00:19 by Bernice Nyambura

DeFi Will Obliterate JPMorgan – Messari Research Explains Why

DeFi is the fastest growing sector of the crypto market, with over $29 billion worth of value locked into smart contracts. It expands functionality and the use cases of cryptocurrencies. DeFi partici...
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Bitcoin 18/12/20 19:58 by Brenda Ngari

Messari Values Coinbase At Nearly $30 Billion As The Bitcoin Exchange Prepares To Officially Go Public

Messari, a cryptocurrency data and research provider has valued Coinbase at close to $30 billion. This comes after the San Francisco-based crypto exchange filed all the necessary documents for an IPO...
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Other 01/10/20 13:07 by Yashu Gola

Calls for Maker (MKR) Rally Grow as Utility Touches Record High

A skyrocketing utility statistics coming out of Maker, a peer-to-contract lending platform, has increased its governance token MKR’s bullish appeal among analysts. Chris Burniske, one of the pa...
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Altcoins 25/09/20 15:00 by Yashu Gola

Here’s Why Ethereum Rival Avalanche May Be a Bull in Making

Avalanche started trading on Binance with a bang. The latest Ethereum rival saw its native token, AVAX, rising by more than 1300 percent in its first hour of trading on September 22. A jump from $0.85...
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Altcoins 23/07/20 15:01 by Yashu Gola

Ethereum Active Addresses Rise Twofold as Price Breaks $250; What’s Next?

The number of active Ethereum addresses rose by 100 percent in 2020, according to data fetched by Messari. The volume picked momentum on signs of growth within the decentralized finance sector (DeFi)...
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Altcoins 10/07/20 13:00 by Yashu Gola

Explosive Defi, Stablecoin Activity Send Ethereum Fees Above Bitcoin

The median transaction fees on the Ethereum blockchain have been above Bitcoin’s for over a month. Data aggregator Messari noted that an explosion of activities on Ethereum-backed decentralized...
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Crypto 08/07/20 15:00 by Yashu Gola

How Two Venture Funds Secured 170% Gains From Just One Crypto Bet

An early investment into Numeraire (NMR) crypto returned 170 percent gains to two venture funds. Crypto-focused investment firms Placeholder and Paradigm led an $11 million round in the Numerai block...
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Altcoins 01/07/20 10:30 by Vincent Mislos

Tether Poised to Overtake Ethereum As USDT’s Market Capitalization Surpasses $10 Billion

Data from analytics firm Messari revealed that USDT has reached $10 billion in market valuation, joining Bitcoin and Ethereum as the only cryptocurrencies with a market capitalization of over $10 bil...
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Bitcoin 24/06/20 14:17 by Brenda Ngari

Bitcoin Needs Just 1% Institutional Allocation For A Blast Off To $50,000: Research

After zipping past $9,600 yesterday, the bitcoin bulls seem to have run out of steam as the crypto has dipped to $9,383.44 at press time. This means that BTC remains stuck within its macro trading ra...
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Bitcoin 17/06/20 03:00 by Cole Petersen

Bitcoin’s $6,000 Cost Basis Suggests It’s Macro-Bullish Despite 50% Decline from Highs

The multi-year bear market Bitcoin has been caught within in the time following its decline from highs of nearly $20,000 has shown few signs of ending anytime soon, as BTC has struggled to gain any so...
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Bitcoin 12/06/20 22:02 by Adrian Klent

New research debunks claims of Grayscale buying over 30,000 Bitcoin since halving

Cryptocurrency Research Firm Messari has debunked claims of Grayscale adding over 30,000 BTC to their Bitcoin Trust since the halving. On the 5th of June, ZyCrypto reported on claims of Grayscale sec...
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Altcoins 29/05/20 20:00 by Priyeshu Garg

ERC-20 Tokens Now Make up Almost 50% of the Total Value Stored on Ethereum

Ethereum is getting closer to being flipped on its own blockchain, as other ERC-20 tokens now make up almost half of the total value stored on the network. However, the latest research from Messari Cr...
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Altcoins 22/05/20 19:47 by Brenda Ngari

Here’s The Real Reason Why Ripple’s XRP Has Performed The Worst Among Large-Cap Cryptos

Ripple’s XRP has had a disastrous time over the last two years. In a period where other large-cap cryptocurrencies have been attempting a comeback, XRP has lagged behind significantly. As reported ...
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Altcoins 22/04/20 16:00 by Yashu Gola

Tether Surpasses XRP to Become the Third-Largest Cryptocurrency

The market capitalization of Tether (USDT) surpassed that of XRP this week. The dollar-pegged stablecoin is now the third-largest cryptocurrency.  Macro factors led the demand for USDT higher, includ...
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Altcoins 12/04/20 11:25 by Brenda Ngari

Ripple’s XRP Was The Worst-Performing Altcoin In Q1 2020, Report Finds

Down by more than 10% at the end of the first quarter of 2020, Ripple’s XRP turned out to be the worst-performing altcoin among the top 25 cryptocurrencies. A recently-published report by Messar...
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Bitcoin 11/01/20 05:28 by Jide Idowu

Study: Why The Upcoming Halving May Not Be The Catalyst For The Next Bitcoin Bull Run

As popularly believed, bitcoin halving would create some form of scarcity, making people scrambling for the very little amount of bitcoin minted just to have a piece of the pie. However, a new Mes...
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Altcoins 23/11/19 14:26 by Brenda Ngari

Ripple’s Chris Larsen Speaks Up Against Messari’s Report About Tax Sheltering; Calls It Inaccurate

On November 20, Messari’s founder and CEO Ryan Selkis published a report claiming that Ripple uses its charity foundation, RippleWorks as a tax shelter. Selkis referenced the report by Elliptic whe...
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Altcoins 21/11/19 10:20 by Anatol Antonovici

Ripple Affiliated Foundation is a ‘Corporate Tax Shelter’, Says Messari

About $400 million worth of XRP tokens can be associated with illegal transactions, according to London-based blockchain analysis firm Elliptic. Ripple is using its affiliated charity foundation as ...
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