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The Fed’s pivot: when to expect it and how rate cuts could affect crypto
ForkLog 25 05.08.2024

The Fed’s pivot: when to expect it and how rate cuts could affect crypto

At the end of July, the US Federal Reserve kept the key rate at a historic 5.25–5.5%. Many market participants nonetheless expect a “Fed pivot” as early as September. What it is—and why lower rates will not necessarily benefit crypto—explains Oleg Cash Coin. COVID correlation For most of the time, the crypto market correlates with […]
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How crypto-payment processing works for business, according to CryptoProcessing
ForkLog 57 05.08.2024

How crypto-payment processing works for business, according to CryptoProcessing

Crypto-processing services are payment gateways that handle transactions on the blockchain and convert cryptocurrencies into fiat. They are a vital part of the industry, enabling rapid settlement and helping to drive mass adoption of digital assets. With the team at CryptoProcessing, we explain how crypto processing works and how to integrate bitcoin payments into a […]
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Add the cat: why Bitcoin’s potential OP_CAT upgrade matters
ForkLog 32 02.08.2024

Add the cat: why Bitcoin’s potential OP_CAT upgrade matters

Upgrades to the bitcoin network are infrequent—the last soft fork, Taproot, was activated in November 2021. By comparison, since then Ethereum has shipped Shapella, Dencun and The Merge, with the Pectra upgrade already slated for the first quarter of 2025. Meanwhile, the community is only debating the possible implementation of an improvement proposal dubbed OP_CAT […]
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Should we burn the bridges?
ForkLog 33 01.08.2024

Should we burn the bridges?

How has the economics of cross-chain bridges changed of late, and what has broadened their functionality? Web3 entrepreneur Vladimir Menaskop shares with ForkLog readers the findings of a large study of more than 50 projects and sets out the authors’ preliminary conclusions. From the author ForkLog has revisited this topic in surveys, features and podcasts. […]
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A listing boom: why quantity has not meant quality
ForkLog 8 30.07.2024

A listing boom: why quantity has not meant quality

The number of new coins on exchanges is soaring. In the first half of 2024, listings on CEX already surpassed the tally for all of 2023. According to Bloomberg’s estimates, the trading rosters at leading venues added 240 coins and tokens over the past six months.  Experts attribute the frenzy to bitcoin’s rally after the […]
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New bots, backtests and an exclusive newsletter: Veles updates at a glance
ForkLog 37 29.07.2024

New bots, backtests and an exclusive newsletter: Veles updates at a glance

At the end of 2023 ForkLog published a detailed review of Veles — a platform that lets users create bots for automated trading on spot and futures markets at Binance, Bybit, OKX and other crypto exchanges. This article outlines the features and improvements added over the past six months. Veles in brief The platform launched […]
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From court defeat to victory through decentralisation: TON through a lawyer’s eyes
ForkLog 19 25.07.2024

From court defeat to victory through decentralisation: TON through a lawyer’s eyes

In 2020 Telegram lost a legal battle with the SEC and returned more than $1 billion to investors who took part in the Gram token presale. It seemed the Durov brothers’ blockchain ambitions were over. By 2024 TON had become one of the fastest-growing ecosystems, with the eponymous token integrated into the messenger, as originally […]
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How to recover stolen cryptoassets? StarCompliance’s CEO explains
ForkLog 72 23.07.2024

How to recover stolen cryptoassets? StarCompliance’s CEO explains

How do you freeze funds stolen by criminals? How long does it take to trace them? Is recovery always possible? ForkLog put these and other questions to Taras Podgorodetsky — chief executive of StarCompliance, a firm that helps owners recover stolen cryptocurrencies and tokens. ForkLog: Let’s start with definitions. What counts as the theft of […]
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Inflation or deflation? How Ethereum’s economy has changed since the Merge hard fork
ForkLog 72 22.07.2024

Inflation or deflation? How Ethereum’s economy has changed since the Merge hard fork

It is nearly two years since the Merge hard fork replaced Proof-of-Work with Proof-of-Stake on Ethereum. Oleg Cash Coin explains how the economics of the second-largest cryptocurrency have evolved since—and the part institutional investors play. 120,204,432 ETH: where does this figure come from, and what does it mean? On September 15, 2022, Ethereum’s developers activated […]
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A hundredfold in a century: storing gold on-chain
ForkLog 27 15.07.2024

A hundredfold in a century: storing gold on-chain

Gold has long been a haven in any economic weather, shielding investors’ cash from devaluation, inflation and market crashes. Its price rose during the dotcom crisis, amid global turmoil and during the pandemic, gaining 1,000% by 2024, by price. This article surveys the main ways to own gold, explains the value of tokenised precious metals […]
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Cross purposes: which on‑chain indicators work—and which do not
ForkLog 26 11.07.2024

Cross purposes: which on‑chain indicators work—and which do not

On-chain analysis is what sets the cryptocurrency market apart from traditional finance, which does not allow vast, shifting datasets to be tracked in real time. A range of indicators offers structured blockchain data presented as charts. It can feel like a qualitatively new kind of analytics. But is it really? Oleg Cash Coin shares his […]
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What is money worth? How currency sanctions affected Russia’s P2P market
ForkLog 22 10.07.2024

What is money worth? How currency sanctions affected Russia’s P2P market

On 12 June the Moscow Exchange and the National Clearing Centre (NCC) were added to the sanctions list of OFAC. The next day the venue halted trading in the dollar and the euro.  ForkLog examined how the sanctions have affected Russia’s crypto P2P market and why digital assets have become more attractive to local investors.  […]
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