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ETH 2.0 Scheduled for December, Vitalik Deposits $1.4M Worth of Ether Into Phase 0 Contract
7.11.2020
This December the cryptocurrency community may see the first introductory phase of the highly anticipated Ethereum 2.0 consensus change. On Wednesday, the Ethereum Foundation published ETH 2.0 specifications explaining how the genesis phase will be invoked. Moreover, on November 5, Ethereum’s...
Decentralized Exchanges That Use Automated Market Makers Now Represent 93% of the Market
6.11.2020
A recent report by Consensys says the surge in decentralized exchange (DEX) volumes in Q3 of 2020 is down to their adoption of the automated market maker (AMM). According to the report, DEXs that use AMM, a software that algorithmically creates token trading pairs, now represent 93% of the market....
$5M staked in eight hours as community cautiously backs ETH 2.0
5.11.2020
Staking is now available for Ethereum 2, but are the returns and conditions worth it?
Maker community scrambles to fix long-standing vulnerability to flash loans
29.10.2020
A relatively benign attack highlighted the potential threat of flash loans
Can Github Remove the Bitcoin Codebase? Recent Repository Takedown Has Proponents Worried
26.10.2020
On October 23, the Microsoft-owned Github leveraged an ostensible DMCA takedown in order to remove 18 projects from the code-hosting portal. According to sources, the takedown stemmed from a request filed by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Github’s recent move has made...
SharkTron – DeFi Project That Implies Complete Autonomy
24.10.2020
PRESS RELEASE. SharkTRON decentralized platform has set the goal of maximizing the DeFi TRON potential. The main task is to create a complete platform autonomy with a gradual transition to self-management by community members. SharkTRON is an autonomous full-cycle ecosystem. Platform members...
Yearnify Finance (YFY) Next Generation Decentralized Finance Project, Token Pre-sale is Now Live
23.10.2020
PRESS RELEASE. Yearnify Finance is a community-centered DeFi-project, modeled to take the successful features of Yearn Finance (YFI), and improve upon them, we aim to bring the true value of yield farming finance accessible to all users, we offer the most secure and simple way to earn reliable...
Filecoin Founder Accuses Justin Sun of Spreading Lies About FIL Tokens as Fresh Dumping Allegations Emerge
21.10.2020
Juan Benet, a founder at Filecoin, is attacking Justin Sun for spreading completely false accusations about the movement of the FIL tokens soon after listing. In his long Twitter rebuff, Benet accuses Sun of spreading lies with the intention of harming the Filecoin project financially. Calling...
Filecoin Miners Start a Strike – FIL Validators Claim the Project’s Economic Model Is Not Working
19.10.2020
The Filecoin project has surely seen a lot of hype but during the last few weeks before the launch, the cooperative digital storage crypto project has been criticized a great deal. This weekend a few Filecoin miners have been on strike and claim the economic model is not working out for them. Just...
Yearn Finance Founder Blames Social Actors for Role in the EMN Token Hack
18.10.2020
Yearn Finance founder Andre Cronje suggests he did not mishandle the Eminence (EMN) project’s economic exploit, which he insists functions well. He accuses certain social actors of creating a story around EMN that caused rational actors to jump onto the token. Cronje’s comments follow...
Filecoin Offering: Community Alleges Token Dumping, Tron’s Justin Sun Wants the US SEC to Investigate
17.10.2020
The recent Filecoin (FIL) token offering is creating controversy as some crypto community members are alleging that an unknown account has received 1.5 million tokens when only 500,000 were due for unlocking. According to reports, 800,000 tokens out of the 1.5 million of such tokens have been...
Redditors are now spam-farming Bricks and Moons
16.10.2020
Reddit users have discovered they can farm memes for ERC-20 tokens and earn returns comparable to minimum wages in Sub-Saharan Africa
Bitcoin’s Intrinsic Value: Crypto Community Responds to Bank of England Governor
16.10.2020
Bitcoin’s intrinsic value has been heavily discussed in the crypto community this week following a remark by the governor of the Bank of England suggesting that the cryptocurrency may have no intrinsic value. Does Bitcoin Have Intrinsic Value? Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey talked...
Uniswap’s first community proposal seeks to reduce governance thresholds
13.10.2020
Uniswap’s first community governance proposal is up for a vote
Hathor Merge Mining Pool Commands 33% of the Bitcoin Cash Hashrate
13.10.2020
Bitcoin Cash proponents have been recently discussing a new mining entity with a large amount of hashrate joined the network. The merge mining operation called HathorMM currently captures 33% of the Bitcoin Cash hashrate and the miners are also mining Bitcoinsv as well. The Bitcoin Cash (BCH)...
Amid Confusion About Rules, Indian Crypto Community Pushes for Regulatory Sandbox
12.10.2020
India's crypto businesses are proposing a regulatory sandbox to allow startups to grow while the nation builds rules around the nascent space
Defi Community Members Aim to Sue Yearn Finance Creator Andre Cronje and Fork YFI
12.10.2020
Members of the decentralized finance (defi) community are upset with Yearn Finance founder Andre Cronje over the mishap with Cronje’s secret Eminence (EMN) project. The Eminence protocol gathered $15 million before the project was ultimately hacked before the official launch. According to...
Hit Record Producer Murda Beatz Tells Fans He Purchased Bitcoin
9.10.2020
Another hip hop artist has joined the cryptocurrency community, as the Canadian record producer, DJ, and songwriter ‘Murda Beatz’ (Shane Lee Lindstrom) said he bought some bitcoin on Tuesday. The music producer joins a slew of other recording artists that have joined the crypto...
Community reacts to new DoJ crypto enforcement guidelines
9.10.2020
The DoJ’s guidance around cryptocurrency enforcement, that cites "crime" and "criminals" 168 times, has been poorly received
Dapper Labs' Flow token auction closes at 4X the price of 'community sale'
7.10.2020
Dapper Labs, the team behind Cryptokitties, has completed a Dutch auction for the native token of their ‘Flow’ blockchain, selling 2% of its entire supply at $0.38 each