Stellar’s Blockchain Briefly Goes Offline, Confirming the Project Lacks Decentralization
20.5.2019
Stellar’s network went offline for over an hour, raising questions over how truly decentralized the project is. The scenario was predicted by researchers earlier last month
$900 Million: Coinbase Records Highest Weekly Ethereum Trading Volume Since 2017
20.5.2019
Popular ethereum markets exceeded $900 million in trading volume on Coinbase last week, its highest amount since late 2017
Senior Official in Russian Parliament Says That Cryptos Can Ruin Governments
20.5.2019
A senior official in Russia's parliament has argued that cryptocurrencies have the potential to ruin governments
MakerDAO Fee Decrease Stalls Amid Decline in Token Holder Voting Turnout
20.5.2019
A decrease to fees on stablecoin DAI failed to activate over the weekend due to a lack of voter turnout
Crypto Listing & Delisting Announcements For the Week
20.5.2019
Below is our weekly collection of digital asset listing and delisting announcements by cryptocurrency exchanges that we found last week.
Have we missed something? Do you have information about new listings and/or delistings? Let us know...
UK-Based Global Funds Network Calastone Switches Entire System to Blockchain
20.5.2019
The entire system for fund trade clearing services of London-based global funds network Calastone has been reportedly switched to the firm’s blockchain infrastructure
Crypto Market Sentiment: Ethereum Joins Bitcoin in the Positive Zone
20.5.2019
The crypto market sentiment continues its improvement with its score now standing at 5.48 – up from last week’s 5.1, according to Omenics (previously - Predicoin,) a crypto market sentiment analysis service. Most coins saw a rise in their respective scores and all remain in the neutral zone, while...
Seoul to Implement Blockchain in Citizen Cards, the Mayor Reveals
20.5.2019
The capital of South Korea plans to implement blockchain tech in an authentication system for citizen cards, the mayor of Seoul has revealed
Bitcoin.com’s Market Cap Aggregator Adds More Informative Crypto Data
20.5.2019
A little over a year ago, our web portal launched a new market cap aggregator, Markets.Bitcoin.com, which showcases the top 500 cryptocurrency market valuations. More recently we’ve added some great data to Markets.Bitcoin.com so people can get information on not only the price of their...
ABN AMRO Eyes Launch of Blockchain Inventory Platform, Dropping Wallet Plan
20.5.2019
As ABN AMRO drops its exploration of a crypto wallet product, the Dutch bank says it's seeking to launch a blockchain platform for trade inventory
Binance Hack: What Did CZ Do After the “F***, F***, F***” State?
20.5.2019
Source: Instagram, Binance
When Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao first realized that the exchange had been hacked, and plenty of funds stolen on May 7, his first thought was “F***!”. His second thought was quite different: “F***!!”, while the third one, and you’ll never guess it, was: “F***!!!”.
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Cash, Coins and Casinos: Japan Struggles to Regulate Online Gambling
20.5.2019
“It is a matter of time to grow to a market size that regulators can not ignore”: Increased demand for online gambling puts pressure on Japanese regulators