Yearn Finance Vault Users Lock $139M: Farmers Claim Collateralized ETH Gathers 90% APY
4.9.2020
On September 3, 2020, the well known Yearn Finance defi project “paused” the popular ethereum liquidity vault (yETH) service, after locking in a significant $139 million. Yearn’s vault feature launched on Wednesday, and saw $100 million deposited on the first day. The vault hype...
Latin America sends a ton of crypto to Asia, and vice versa
4.9.2020
Latin American companies are looking towards crypto as an escape from the banking system
Celo price spikes 32% after Coinbase listing
4.9.2020
The Celo platform utility token can now be traded on Coinbase and Coinbase Pro
SBI Plans Blockchain-based Digital Securities Exchange Launch
4.9.2020
Yoshitaka Kitao. Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings has announced plans to launch blockchain technology-powered digital securities exchanges.
Per Nikkei, the plan is the brainchild of SBI’s chief executive Yoshitaka Kitao. The CEO is also the head of Japan’s largest and fastest-growing...
Yearn.finance’s $140M yETH vault proves investors are ravenous for DeFi
4.9.2020
Yearn.finance’s yETH vault took in $140 million in ETH over 48 hours, signalling that automated investing may be the next DeFi frontier
$16B Worth of Dollar-Pegged Cryptos: Stablecoins Add $100M a Day Since Mid-July
4.9.2020
Stablecoins have been gathering a lot of steam and settling massive value in recent months. Moreover, on Thursday, Coin Metrics’ executive Nic Carter mentioned on Twitter that “stablecoins have been adding $100 [million per day] since mid-July. While a number of dollar-pegged...
BitClub Promoter Pleads Guilty for Role in $722M Fraudulent Mining Scheme
3.9.2020
50-year-old Joseph Abel pleaded guilty to securities and tax related offenses
MIT is helping the Boston Fed build a CBDC that can be scaled for consumer use
3.9.2020
Can MIT help the U.S. catch up to China in the CBDC race?
It’s been 4 months & KeepKey’s hardware is still vulnerable to remote ransom attacks
3.9.2020
They are apparently working on other things that are of a higher priority
QubitTech Makes a Leap Into The Quantum Future
3.9.2020
Disclaimer: The text below is a press release that was not written by Cryptonews.com.
Quantum computing is still something public mostly imagines as a part of a popular sci-fi franchise, yet the benefits, principles and mass adoption of quantum computing have been discussed in scientific circles...
Brazil’s Central Bank Says Nation Might Be Ready for a Digital Currency by 2022
3.9.2020
Brazil's fast-digitizing financial infrastructure could set the stage for CBDC in the next two years, said Campos Neto
Bitcoin price, stocks and gold plunge in tandem — What’s next?
3.9.2020
Bitcoin, gold, and the S&P 500 all sharply dropped today, causing traders to fear BTC is on the verge of a trend reversal