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We are only days away from launching ‘Frontier’, the first milestone in the release of the Ethereum project. Frontier will be followed by ‘Homestead’, ‘Metropolis’ and ‘Serenity’ throughout the coming year, each adding new features and improving the user friendliness and security of the platform. What is Frontier? Frontier is a live, but barebone implementation of the Ethereum project. It’s intended for technical users, specifically developers. During the Frontier release, we expect early adopters and application developers to establish communities and start forming a live ecosystem. Like their counterparts during the American Frontier, these settlers will be presented with vast…

Investors face a sea of choices when it comes to selecting the right stocks. Let’s delve into the recent performance, market sentiment, and prospects of four key players—Delta Air Lines (DAL), AMD, Walgreens (WBA), and Constellation Energy Corporation (CEG)—to determine which stocks are worth buying and which may be better left out of your portfolio. Walgreens (WBA): a risky turnaround play Walgreens reported better-than-expected fiscal first-quarter results, with adjusted earnings per share of $0.51 surpassing analyst expectations of $0.37. Revenue also grew to $39.46 billion, a 7.5% year-over-year increase, beating the expected $37.36 billion. WBA chart by TradingView Despite these…

Curve Finance’s user base doubled in 2024 Will CRV reverse its recent losses on the price chart amid strong network growth?   Curve Finance’s user base more than doubled in 2024, reinforcing the nearly 500% gains logged by its native token, CRV, during its November pump.  According to an exclusive 2024 report shared with AMBCrypto, the decentralized exchange (DEX) saw its unique users grow from 30k in 2023 to 60k in 2024 – A whopping 105% increase on a YoY (year-on-year) basis.  The TVL also soared from $1.7B in early November to $2.4B in early January. This indicated improved trust and…

The Indian government has admitted to a significant miscalculation in its import figures for precious metals, an error that had inflated the trade deficit to a record level in November and contributed to a sharp decline in the value of the rupee. The Ministry of Commerce and Industry acknowledged the data discrepancy on Thursday, stating that it resulted from a migration to a new data transmission system. Revised import figures reveal a significant overstatement The ministry stated that it revised import figures from April to November after discovering the miscalculation. Preliminary estimates released earlier this week had suggested gold imports…

Este artículo también está disponible en español. In an interview with popular crypto-focused YouTube channel Altcoin Daily, veteran financier and SkyBridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci revealed his top altcoins to buy and hold in 2025. Scaramucci, a former White House Communications Director and longtime Wall Street professional, provided his insights on various crypto assets—starting with his bullish stance on Ethereum (ETH) and expanding to a range of altcoins he believes will play a central role in shaping the future of decentralized technology. Ethereum: The Long-Term Crypto Winner Scaramucci began by identifying Ethereum as one of his key picks for the…

An update as promised: all systems are now ‘Go’ on the technical side (pun intended) and we intend to release Frontier this week. Thank you to everyone who provided feedback on my previous blog post. What became apparent is that prior to the big day, many of you wanted to know more about what the sequence of events would exactly be, and how to prepare your machine for the release. A transparent and open release Frontier users will need to first generate, then load the Genesis block into their Ethereum client. The Genesis block is pretty much a database file:…

Top NFT Collections (Last 24h) Here are the hottest NFT Collections of the day. Rank Name Volume Transactions Chains URL 1 Pudgy Penguins 564.41 ETH 21 ethereum View 2 Azuki 435.71 ETH 35 ethereum View 3 Azuki Elementals 260.49 ETH 147 ethereum View 4 Lil Pudgys 258.47 ETH 96 ethereum View 5 Doodles 250.72 ETH 54 ethereum View 6 Kaito Genesis 229.76 ETH 36 ethereum View 7 Age of Dino – Dinosty 222.64 ETH 750 ethereum View 8 NewCat 219.26 ETH 461 polygon View 9 Bored Ape Yacht Club 172.04 ETH 11 ethereum View 10 BEANZ Official 142.07 ETH 173…

Nicolas Maduro was unexpectedly sworn in for a third term as president of Venezuela, sparking widespread national and international outrage. In response to these actions, on January 10, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions on eight senior Venezuelan officials directly involved in Maduro’s ongoing efforts to suppress opposition and undermine democratic processes in the country. According to a statement from the Treasury, these sanctions align with similar actions taken by international allies, including Canada, the European Union, and the United Kingdom, further strengthening the anti-Maduro coalition. The sanctioned officials are accused of…

Goat Network has announced a strategic partnership with Zeepr to integrate its Bitcoin layer 2 scaling solution with Zeepr’s decentralized perpetual trading platform. Goat Network is a Bitcoin layer 2 scaling solution that strives to address Bitcoin’s yield generation obstacles and scalability challenges. On the other hand, Zeepr is a decentralized exchange (DEX) perpetual protocol that allows various mainstream financial products to be traded using crypto collaterals. Improved efficiency and scalability By using Goat’s Bitcoin layer 2 scaling solution, Zeepr’s decentralized perpetual exchange decreases transaction fees related to trading activities. These reduced trading fees help attract a broad variety of…

With the crypto market cap well above $3 trillion, plenty of altcoins are showing some very promising price activity. So, what are the best altcoins to buy right now? We’ve put together a shortlist of promising altcoin projects that have shown bullish price action over the last few weeks, as well as boasting strong use cases or price catalysts for the immediate future. Let’s take a look at the best altcoins in January 2025. What are the best altcoins to buy now? Before we begin, it’s worth noting that nobody can tell you which assets you should or should not…