Cardano was the most-developed crypto on Github in 2021
According to data provided by on-chain data platform Santiment, out of the top 20 publicly visible cryptocurrency projects’ development activities on Github, Cardano, Kusama, and Polkadot are recognized as the top projects with the most development activity in 2021.
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$SHIB working on layer 2 scaling solution
$DODO launches on Aurora to encompass the features of NEAR blockchain
$KAI upgrades to mainnet 2.0
$XVS launches Mission to Venus
UST, stablecoin of $LUNA gets listed on Binance and Huobi
Fastest-growing Metaverse altcoins in 2021
$GALA: +40,445%
$CEEK: +25,270%
$AXS: +15,132%
GALA, the native token of the Gala Games ecosystem, has witnessed an impressive growth of more than 40,000% and has become the fastest-growing Metaverse cryptocurrency in 2021. CEEK and AXS also made the list with the growth of 25,270% and 15,132% respectively.
SHIBA INU developers announce first phase of ‘Doggy DAO’ to empower $SHIB holders
In an announcement published on the evening of December 31, SHIBA INU launched DOGGY DAO, the DAO organization of this cryptocurrency.
The launch of the DAO organization will empower the SHIB investment community to make important project-related decisions, thereby bringing decentralization to the platform.
XRP whales move several million worth of the token
According to Whale Allert, one of the major transfers was 177,149,680 XRP tokens worth around $149,186,279 that was transacted between unknown wallets. Before that, a similar transaction worth around $151,262,681 took place which moved 177,149,701 XRP tokens.
In addition, Gopax made a 50,083,908 XRP transfer to FTX, and in another transfer, 70,000,000 XRP were transferred internally between Bithumb.
Mexico plans to issue a CBDC by 2024
The Central Bank of Mexico (Banxico) plans to launch a central bank digital currency (CBDC) by 2024.
Banxico “will have a digital currency of its own in circulation” by 2024 as it considers of “utmost importance these new technologies and state-of-the-art payment infrastructure as options of great value to advance financial inclusion in the country.”
Ethereum hits a new record when there are more than 71 million wallets holding ETH
According to a recent report by Glassnode, the number of wallets holding ETH coins has reached a brand-new record.
These wallets kept growing as 2021 progressed, with a surge of more than 30% from last year’s high. There are now 71,364,788 wallets with a non-zero balance.
MicroStrategy buys $100 million Bitcoin
CEO MicroStrategy Michael Saylor announced that the company bought 1,914 bitcoin, currently worth $90 million, for $94.2 million in cash at the average price of $49,229 per BTC between December 9th and December 29.
That brings their total holdings to 124,391 bitcoin, or 6.5% of the total supply, worth $5.9 billion at the current price.
Venus Protocol launches Mission to Venus with extra APY & revenue share for XVS holders
Venus Protocol, a decentralized money market on Binance Smart Chain, is celebrating its Mission to Venus contest by boosting the rewards distribution on its new XVS vault.
Venus has increased the APY on the 1.2 million XVS staked in the vault to a whopping 40% at this time and for the next 120 days.
SXP soars 30% as Binance agrees to acquire the outstanding Swipe shares
The world’s leading digital asset exchange has agreed to acquire the outstanding shares of the cryptocurrency visa card issuer – Swipe.
After the announcement, Swipe’s native token – SXP – surged by more than 30% to almost $2 in minutes. SXP is currently trading at a price of $2.06 with a trading volume of $1.2 billion.