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Markets

2021: The Year of the Alts

The market has decided that it likes bitcoin more than it did a year ago – but it really, really likes ether and its layer 1 rivals.

Altcoins if they were people.

Finance

Grayscale Adds Flexa’s AMP to DeFi Fund, Removes BNT, UMA in Quarterly Rebalancing

The world’s largest digital asset manager announced the updated weightings on Monday, following reconstitution of the CoinDesk DeFi Index (DFX).

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Markets

Cardano, Avalanche Lead Crypto Decline in Volatile Trading Session

Altcoins posted a mixed performance as the crypto market declined ahead of a major options expiry for bitcoin on Friday.

The crypto market has been sliding this week. (Pezibear/Pixabay)

Markets

Cardano, Polkadot Jump as Bitcoin Holds Above $50K

Major cryptocurrencies including bitcoin and ether regained price levels from Friday after seeing a slight dip over an otherwise quiet Christmas weekend.

Price chart for Cardano's ADA token over past month. (CoinDesk)

Tech

Cardano Founder Charles Hoskinson Lays Out 2022 Plans

Hoskinson said the creation of a formal open-source project structure for Cardano is on the cards, among other developments.

Charles Hoskinson, CEO and founder of IOHK, the lead developer of Cardano.

Markets

Cardano, Polkadot Advance as Crypto Market Rallies Ahead of Christmas

Thin liquidity leading to the holiday season led to a brief revival of most cryptocurrencies.

Tokens of Cardano surged Friday. (TradingView)

Markets

Avalanche, Layer 1 Tokens Soared in November as Ethereum Fees Drove Competition

Avalanche saw its AVAX token rise 70% in November and was the month’s best performing layer 1 platform with a market capitalization of $10 billion or greater.

While most layer 1 platforms saw gains over November, Polkadot (DOT), saw a steep loss of 24% (Clark Van Der Beken, UnSplash)

Markets

EToro to Limit Cardano and Tron for US Customers, Coin Prices Fall

The prices of the cryptocurrencies’ tokens have taken a hit following the announcement.

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Finance

Ardana and Near Join Forces to Build a Crosschain Bridge

The new bridge will connect two blockchains poised to make a run at the TVL leaderboard.

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Markets

Steady Interest in Bitcoin Keeps Money Flowing Into Crypto Funds

Investment products focused on the largest cryptocurrency gained $98 million, up from $95 million the week before.

Weekly Crypto Asset Flows (US$m) (CoinShares)