Major Thai bank's venture arm sets up $50M fund to invest in blockchain, DeFi
9.2.2021
Siam Commercial Bank, over a century old, doesn't fail to keep up with the times
Blockfolio Apologizes After Racist Terms Posted in Portfolio App
9.2.2021
A "Signals" account has been blocked after making racist posts available to all users of the app
Attacked Blockfolio To Spend Up To USD 10m on Fixing Damage
9.2.2021
Popular crypto portfolio tracker and trading app Blockfolio claims they are nearly back to business as usual and are offering up to USD 10 million in credits following this morning's scandalous hack.
Blockfolio, which was acquired by crypto derivatives exchange FTX last year, has issued a couple...
KeepChange Foils Bitcoin Theft but Loses User Data in Sunday Breach
9.2.2021
The bitcoin marketplace has halted withdrawal requests temporarily
Yes, Huawei Is Getting into Mining – But Not Bitcoin Mining
9.2.2021
With the number of companies getting into bitcoin (BTC) and altcoins on the rise everywhere in the world, some say that it is now only a matter of time before Asia’s tech giants turn their attention to tokens.
But it appears that a few folks have jumped the gun with reports that Chinese mobile...
XRP risks losing top-5 crypto status as Polkadot, Cardano market caps hit $21B
9.2.2021
A second usurping of XRP by Polkadot leaves it perilously close to exiting the top five cryptocurrencies by market cap
Average Crypto Trading Fees 2020 – Cryptowisser Finds Industry Leaders Still Have Higher Fees
9.2.2021
PRESS RELEASE. Cryptowisser, who operates the world’s largest crypto exchange list, has published the second installment of its quarterly empirical report on trading fees among cryptocurrency exchanges. The 2020 Q4 report analyzes 350 different exchanges and is the biggest of its kind, giving...
Forum Blockchain Life 2021 will be Held at Moscow on 21–22 April, 2021
9.2.2021
Sixth biggest offline event on blockchain, cryptocurrencies and mining – Blockchain Life 2021 – takes place on April 21-22 in Moscow Every year the event gathers 4000 participants at the innovative venue Music Media Dome. For more information: https://blockchain-life.com/europe/ru/...
Serbian National Arrested and Extradited to the US for His Role in a $70M Crypto Mining Case
9.2.2021
A Serbian national has been extradited to the United States to face charges of defrauding investors out of more than $70 million through a cryptocurrency mining and binary options scam. Antonije Stojilkovic, 32, and six accomplices, who were all arrested between July and October 2020, faces up...
Bitcoin Inches Towards USD 50K, Ethereum and Altcoins Extend Rally
9.2.2021
Bitcoin price rallied significantly above the USD 42,000 and USD 45,000 resistance levels. BTC even spiked above USD 47,000 and traded to a new all-time high near USD 47,500. It is currently (05:00 UTC) consolidating gains and it could continue to rise towards USD 48,500 and USD 50,000.
Similarly...
Solana announces DeFi hackathon offering $200k in seed funding
9.2.2021
Solana will host a DeFi hackathon offering a $200,000 prize pool and $200,000 in seed funding to aspiring developers
Binance Labs backs Polkadot ecosystem with $2.4m investment in Plasm Network
9.2.2021
Binance has mobilized nearly one-quarter of its Polkadot ecosystem fund to lead Plasm Network’s Series A funding round