# Shiden secures third parachain slot on Kusama

# Shiden secures third parachain slot on Kusama

“# Shiden secures third parachain slot on Kusama ” Shiden, the sister-project of leading Polkadot-native layer-two decentralized app hub, Astar Network (formerly Plasm Network), has won the third parachain auction for Polkadot’s experimental sister-network, Kusama. Shiden secured the slot with a total of 137,020 KSM tokens bonded — worth nearly $29 million at current prices….

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# NFT sales top .5B in first half of 2021

# NFT sales top $2.5B in first half of 2021

“# NFT sales top $2.5B in first half of 2021 ” Sales of nonfungible tokens (NFTs) have surged to record highs in the first half of 2021. There has been $2.5 billion in NFT sales in the first six months of this year according to DappRadar, a massive increase over the $13.7 million in sales…

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# Cointelegraph Consulting: The race between Uniswap DEXs

# Cointelegraph Consulting: The race between Uniswap DEXs

“# Cointelegraph Consulting: The race between Uniswap DEXs ” As one of the most eagerly anticipated rollouts of the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector, Uniswap v3 went live on May 5. The upgrade targeted greater capital efficiency and better flexibility for liquidity providers.  The concept of Uniswap v3 includes features such as concentrated liquidity — which…

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# Censorship resistance: Hong Kong’s Apple Daily archives preserved by artist Kevin Abosch

# Censorship resistance: Hong Kong’s Apple Daily archives preserved by artist Kevin Abosch

“# Censorship resistance: Hong Kong’s Apple Daily archives preserved by artist Kevin Abosch ” From June 20 1995 until June 23 2021, Hongkongers concerned about growing Chinese influence in the Special Administrative Region had at least one local media outlet in their corner.  Apple Daily was known for its pro-democracy stance, when not covering sensationalist…

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# Ether already ‘flippening’ Bitcoin, says Celsius CEO

# Ether already ‘flippening’ Bitcoin, says Celsius CEO

“# Ether already ‘flippening’ Bitcoin, says Celsius CEO ” Bitcoin (BTC), the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, has already started losing its market dominance to Ether (ETH), according to Celsius Network CEO Alex Mashinsky. In a Monday interview with Kitco News, Mashinsky argued that the Ether “flippening,” or the hypothetical scenario in which Ether overtakes…

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# BarnBridge unveils application to maintain portfolio weightings of ERC-20 tokens

# BarnBridge unveils application to maintain portfolio weightings of ERC-20 tokens

“# BarnBridge unveils application to maintain portfolio weightings of ERC-20 tokens ” Decentralized finance protocol BarnBridge has introduced an application that allows users to automate position management between Ethereum-based assets. On July 5, BarnBridge announced its second application, dubbed “SMART Exposure.” The application enables users to passively maintain a particular weighting between the assets in…

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