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Think Quant Trading Doesn’t Work in Crypto? Think Again
27.8.2020
Looking at the performance of crypto hedge funds in 2018 and 2019, it is obvious that crypto quant funds are working
YouTube’s Whac-a-Mole Approach to Crypto Scam Ads Still Remains a Problem
27.8.2020
Despite lawsuits and Google’s own ad policies, cryptocurrency scam ads are still making it through the YouTube gates and circulating for days
Everything You Need to Know About Jerome Powell’s Jackson Hole Speech
27.8.2020
The Federal Reserve Chair announced a slate of new policy approaches, but are they inspired or impotent?
Voyager to Pay Interest on DeFi Tokens to Gain Brokerage Clients
27.8.2020
Chainlink, Kyber Network and Basic Attention Token bring Voyager's interest program to 17
‘Gasless’ Technical Update Brings USDC One Step Closer to Venmo
27.8.2020
Users do not have to pre-fund their USDC-bearing wallet with ether before every transaction, according to Centre
ShapeShift Accuses Former Employee of Stealing $900K in Bitcoin
27.8.2020
The exchange wants $5,000 in damages from Azamat Mukhiddinov, its now-fired senior engineer
Bitcoin News Roundup for Aug. 27, 2020
27.8.2020
With bitcoin slightly bearish and cyber bandits pillaging New Zealand’s NZX exchange, CoinDesk's Markets Daily is back for your latest crypto news roundup!
More Than 95% of Crypto Futures Volume Is in Asia: Report
27.8.2020
Asian exchanges account for more than 95% of the futures volume in crypto, according to a new report by Switzerland-based Blockchain Valley Ventures
Blockchain Bites: What Rising Inflation Could Mean for Bitcoin and the US Dollar
27.8.2020
Bitcoin is a tool to avoid police extortion in Nigeria, centralized social media is being censored amid Thai protests and what Powell's address means for bitcoin
Coinbase Custody and Bison Trails Expand Integration to Enable Staking of Solana Tokens
27.8.2020
According to the announcement by Bison Trails, this will allow users on Coinbase Custody to stake their Solana (SOL) tokens using secure offline storage
Buggy Code Release Knocks 13% of Ethereum Nodes Offline
27.8.2020
Over 1,000 Ethereum nodes will have to resync or find a new client provider after a critical bug in OpenEthereum’s codebase was revealed
Polkadot-Based Acala Raises $7M as DeFi Grabs Land on Another Blockchain
27.8.2020
Acala, a DeFi startup building on the Polkadot blockchain, has closed a $7 million simple agreement for future tokens (SAFT) led by Pantera Capital
The Importance of Randomness in the Internet Age
27.8.2020
Random numbers might not sound like a public good, but we actually rely on randomness for a host of socially useful things
Bitcoin Pops and Drops After Powell Introduces Average Inflation Targeting
27.8.2020
Bitcoin whipsawed on Thursday after the Federal Reserve’s chairman signaled tolerance for high inflation, as expected
DCG to Invest $100M in Bitcoin Mining Venture
27.8.2020
Blockchain investment firm Digital Currency Group has branched into the bitcoin mining industry though a subsidiary called Foundry
Chainalysis Report Shows Healthy Crypto Usage in Venezuela
27.8.2020
The Venezuelan government's push to create a cryptocurrency-centric economy appears to be working, but perhaps not in the way officials had hoped
Russia Is Blocking Bitcoin-Related Websites Again
27.8.2020
Russian internet censorship agency Roskomnadzor has persuaded a court to block various crypto sites including a popular bitcoin OTC data provider
Developers Eye Mid-September for Ethereum, Polkadot Bridge Proof-of-Concept
27.8.2020
The Snowfork proof-of-concept acts as a two-way bridge between the Ethereum and Polkadot ecosystems, according to the group
Binance and Oasis Labs Launch Alliance to Combat Crypto Fraud and Hacks
27.8.2020
The aim is a comprehensive database of information gleaned from previous hacks and fraud used to proactively fight future ones. The platform supports Bitcoin, Ethereum, TRX and EOS blockchains
BlockFi Adds an Independent Pricing Partner to Guard Against Flash Crashes
27.8.2020
CF Benchmarks will now update prices on crypto deposits at BlockFi every second, allowing the lender to hedge against sudden market moves