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Since the creation of bitcoin in 2009, the number of new cryptocurrencies has expanded rapidly. [1]The UK's Financial Conduct Authority estimated there were over 20,000 different cryptocurrencies by the start of 2023, although many of these were no longer traded and would never grow to a significant size.
Chainlink's LINK token is an ERC677 token, an extension of ERC-20. All LINK tokens have been premined and largely withheld by the central issuer. A fraction of the pre-mined token supply was offered for sale to retail buyers in a controversial and legally murky [clarification needed] initial coin offering (ICO) [citation needed].
This list is ordered by consumer price index inflation-adjusted value (in bold) in millions of United States dollars in 2023. [note 1] Where necessary, the price is first converted to dollars using the exchange rate at the time the NFT was sold. The inflation adjustment may change, as recent inflation rates are often revised.
Tron (stylized as TRON) is a decentralized, proof-of-stake blockchain with smart contract functionality. The cryptocurrency native to the blockchain is known as Tronix (TRX). It was founded in March 2014 by Justin Sun and since 2017 has been overseen and supervised by the TRON Foundation, a non-profit organization in Singapore, established in the same year.
On March 26, 2018, Coinbase announced their intention to add support for ERC-20 tokens. [46] On April 5, 2018, Coinbase announced that it had formed an early-stage venture fund, Coinbase Ventures, focusing on investment into blockchain- and cryptocurrency-related companies.
Unlike many cryptocurrencies, XRP was pre-mined, with 100 billion tokens created at inception. [8] [13] The XRPL founders gifted 80 billion XRP, the platform's native currency, to Ripple Labs. [4] Ripple Labs holds a portion of XRP and periodically releases tokens into circulation through sales, aiming to maintain market stability.
The ERC-721 Non-fungible Token Standard is a technical framework, defining a set of rules and interfaces for creating and managing unique, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on the Ethereum blockchain. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] ERC-721 is recognized for formalizing the concept of an NFT and establishing the foundation of the multi-billion dollar digital ...
A "rug pull" is a scam, similar to an exit scam or a pump and dump scheme, in which the developers of an NFT or other blockchain project hype the value of a project to pump up the price and then suddenly sell all their tokens to lock in massive profits or otherwise abandon the project while removing liquidity, permanently destroying the value ...